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- ,— �.,`�•" '_.,.._.. 1. <br />§153A -241 CH. 153A. COUNTIES <br />In at least one newspaper of general circulation v~VV <br />county, After naming or renamin a published in <br />reassigning street numbers on a ublic road, road, <br />county <br />notice of its action to be P Y halal <br />tion over the road, to the Board of Transportation andlto <br />within five miles of the road" (1957, c Jur1s <br />s 1; 1981, cc, 112, 518; 1987 c. 1068; 1973, c. 507, s• aiiY`' <br />28 s. 2.) 5; <br />Local Modification. 0 j <br />1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. goo; 11989,cc. <br />335, s. 1; Avery; 1983, c. 98; Brunswick: <br />1979, 2nd Sess„ C. 1319; 1983, c. 98; <br />Cabarrus: 1981, , 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, <br />Surry: 1983, c 299. Wake (Incorporated 1: <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 <br />excepted from the application of this'i <br />tion, see § 153A- 239.1. <br />1. <br />Editor's Note. — Session La ' <br />c. 1319, s, 1, as amended from ti 19 <br />time, excepts the following <br />from the application of this adcui <br />Alamance, Avery, Brunswick, Biijj <br />Cabarrus, Cleveland, Henderson <br />Dowell, New Hanover, Fender,, <br />dolph, Sampson, Stokes and Surry N <br />ties. See Cross Reference above: <br />The catchline of this section has <br />modified at the direction of the Revue <br />of Statutes. <br />§ 153A -241. Closing public roads or easement <br />A county may permanently close an ' road or ment within the county and not within c tybexcept public roac <br />� easements for <br />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 p <br />t or easement and calling a <br />shall cause the resolution tbollcbhe aring on the question. The ba <br />successive weeks before the o be Published once a week for. f <br />sent by registered or certified mail to each owner as shown od; <br />county tax records of property PY of the resolution tai <br />ment who did not join in the request y to have the road or ea <br />closed, and a notice of the closing nd public road or ea <br />g semi <br />nently posted in at least two places along the r hearing asement' <br />the hearing the board shall hear all interested persons who appe <br />with respect to whether the closing would be detrimental to' f <br />public interest or to any individual property rights. If, afte6ic l <br />hearing, the board of commissioners is satisfied that closing tl <br />public road or easement is not contrary to the public interest ai <br />(in the case of a road) that no individual ownin g property in ti <br />vicinity of the road or in the subdivision in which it is located wo-M <br />thereby be deprived of reasonable means of ingress and egress) <br />his property, the may board <br />easement, A certified d 3 adopt an o r rder closing the road;. - of the ordr shall be filed in the office of the registerof deeds of the count] <br />judgment of the court <br />men Any person aggrieved by the closing of a public road or an ease <br />ate division of the General of <br />ourt of Justice s' order to the a ro ri' <br />day the order is adopted. The court shall hear the matter after no i <br />and has jurisdiction to try the issues arising and to order the roia <br />or easement closed upon U P proper findings of fact by the trier of fact. <br />r <br />116 ?? <br />