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35 <br /> 1 In addition, the Address Administrator contacted the North Carolina Department of <br /> 2 Transportation to ensure that the State Board of Transportation approval was not required to <br /> 3 rename this portion of the road in accordance with NCGS §153A-239.1. As required by North <br /> 4 Carolina law, a Notice of this Public Hearing was published in the News of Orange on <br /> 5 Wednesday, May 15, 2019, The Herald Sun on Sunday, May 19, 2019, and posted at the <br /> 6 following locations: <br /> 7 a. Orange County Courthouse <br /> 8 b. Piedmont Feed & Garden Center on Highway 54 <br /> 9 c. Intersection of Teer Road and Bradshaw Quarry Road <br /> 10 <br /> 11 NCGS §153A-239.1 requires that after renaming a road, the County shall notify the local <br /> 12 postmaster with jurisdiction over the road, the Board of Transportation, and any city within five <br /> 13 miles of the road. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Greene <br /> 16 to open the Public Hearing. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Public Comments: <br /> 21 <br /> 22 NONE <br /> 23 <br /> 24 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Greene <br /> 25 to close the Public Hearing. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Commissioner Dorosin clarified that there used to be two Teer Roads. <br /> 30 Michael Burton said originally there was one, and now there are two. He said the <br /> 31 reservoir took a portion of that road out, so it is no longer passable, which leads to great <br /> 32 confusion for Emergency Services. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 b. Public Hearing on Renaming a Portion of Apple Mill Road to Rips Nook Road <br /> 35 The Board conducted a public hearing on the renaming of a portion of Apple Mill Road <br /> 36 (Secondary Road 1225) to Rip's Nook Road. <br /> 37 Michael Burton presented this item: <br /> 38 <br /> 39 BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statute §153A-239.1 (NCGS §153A-239.1) grants a <br /> 40 county the authority to rename any road within a county as provided by the statute and by a <br /> 41 County Ordinance after the Board of County Commissioners has held a public hearing. The <br /> 42 Public hearing must be held at least ten days prior to the renaming the road and a notice of the <br /> 43 time, place and subject matter of the hearing prominently posted at the courthouse, in at least <br /> 44 two public places in the township where the road is located, and the notice of the hearing must <br /> 45 be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the County. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 The Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to <br /> 48 Assign and Regulate Road Names, House and Building Numbers in Orange County" (the <br /> 49 "Addressing Ordinance") on December 13, 2011. The Addressing Ordinance allows the <br /> 50 Addressing Administrator to rename a road according to NCGS § 6-34(b)(2)(a) which provides, <br /> 51 "Road names may be changed by the Address Administrator when the road name is a duplicate <br />