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