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§153A -241 CH. 153A. COUNTIES <br />§15gA <br />in at least one newspaper of general circulation published is <br />county. After naming or renami <br />a ng a public road, or assign <br />reassigning street numbers on public road, a county shall G <br />notice of its action to be given to the local postmaster with <br />tion over the road, to the Board of Transportation, and to aunE <br />within five miles of the road. (1957, c. 1068; 1973, c. 507 ny' <br />! s. 1; 1981, 'cc. 112, 518; 1987, c. 28, s. 2.) ' S. <br />EJ•. <br />L4 <br />U� <br />Local Modification. —. Alamance <br />1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 900; 1989, c. <br />335, s. 1; Avery; 1983, c. 98; Brunswick: <br />1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1319; 1983, c. 98: <br />Cabarrus: 1981, c. 568, amending 1979. <br />2nd Sess., c. 1319; 1983, c. 98; Cleve. <br />land; 1987 (Reg, Sess., 1988), c. 906; <br />1989, c. 156, s. 1; Forsyth: 1981, c. 558; <br />Guilford; 1979, c. 283; McDowell: 1989" <br />c. 335, s. 1; New Hanover: 1983, c. 98; <br />Stokes: 1983, c. 299; 1989, c. 335, s. 1: <br />Surry: 1983, c. 299; Wake (Incorporated <br />municipalities therein, only): 1989, C. <br />511, S. 1. <br />Cross References, -- As to naming <br />roads and assigning street numbers in <br />certain unincorporated areas of cd <br />excepted from the application of th <br />tion, see § 153A. 239.1. <br />Editor's Note. — Session Laws <br />c. 1319, S. 1, as amended from to <br />time, excepts the following cot <br />from the application of this 86 <br />Alamance, Avery, Brunswick, B <br />Cabarrus, Cleveland, Henderson, <br />Dowell, New Hanover, Pender, _ <br />dolph, Sampson, Stokes and Surry C <br />ties. See Cross Reference above. o <br />. <br />The catchline of this section has <br />modified at the direction of the Rey <br />Of Statutes. <br />§ 153A.241. Closing public roads or easement, <br />A county may permanently close arfy public road or any e <br />ment within the county and not within a city, except public road <br />easements'for public roads under the control and supervision of <br />Department of Transportation. The board of commissioners s; <br />first adopt a resolution declaring its intent to close the public "r <br />or easement and calling ,a public hearing on the question. The U <br />shall cause the resolution to be published once a week for f <br />successive weeks before the hearing, a copy of the resolution to <br />sent by registered or certified mail to each owner as shown ori" <br />county tax records of property adjoining the public road or ei <br />ment who did not join in the request to have the road or easem <br />closed, and a notice of the closing and public hearing to be prof <br />nently posted in at least two places along the road or easement'! <br />the hearing the board shall hear all interested persons who app( <br />with respect to whether the closing would be detrimental to =1 <br />public interest or to any individual property rights. If, after�t <br />hearing, the board of commissioners is satisfied that closing t <br />public road or easement is not contrary to the public interest a <br />(in the case of a road) that no individual owning property in 't <br />vicinity of the road or in the subdivision in which it is located wou <br />thereby be deprived of reasonable means of ingress and egress,. <br />his property, the board may adopt an order closing the road;, <br />easement. A certified copy of the order (or judgment of the coul <br />shall be filed in the office of the register of deeds of the count <br />Any person aggrieved by the closing of a public road or an eas <br />ment may appeal the board of commissioners' order to the appropr <br />ate division of the General Court of Justice within 30 days after tf <br />day the order is adopted. The court shall hear the matter de not <br />and has jurisdiction to try the issues arising and to order the roa <br />or easement closed upon proper findings of fact by the trier of fac <br />116 <br />