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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.
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<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
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<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
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<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
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