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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 4, 2021 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 5-d <br /> SUBJECT: Public Hearing on Renaming Joseph Johnston Court to Water Oak Court <br /> DEPARTMENT: Tax Administration <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> • Petition to Rename a Public Road Nancy Freeman, Tax Administrator and <br /> Known as Joseph Johnston Court Address Administrator, (919) 245-2726 <br /> to Water Oak Court <br /> • Map of the Road to be Renamed <br /> • Response from NCDOT <br /> • DRAFT Resolution <br /> PURPOSE: To conduct a public hearing on a petition to rename Joseph Johnston Court (State <br /> Road 2210) to Water Oak Court (see attached "Petition to Rename a Public Road Known as <br /> Joseph Johnston Court to Water Oak Court" and "Map of the Road to be Renamed"). <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 public <br /> hearing must be held at least ten days prior to the renaming the road and a notice of the time, <br /> place and subject matter of the hearing prominently posted at the courthouse, in at least two public <br /> places in the township where the road is located, and the notice of the hearing must be published <br /> in a newspaper of general circulation published in the County. The County may not change the <br /> name given a road by the North Carolina Board of Transportation unless the Board of <br /> Transportation agrees. <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 § 6-34(b)(2)(b) <br /> allows property owners to request to rename a public road for personal reasons. In order to do <br /> so, the property owners must provide a petition including the existing road name, the proposed <br /> road name, the reason why the person(s) are requesting the name change, and the signatures <br /> of seventy-five percent (75%) of those persons owning property addressed on the road in <br /> question. The proposed road name must conform to the requirements of Addressing Ordinance <br /> § 6-34(b) and the name change may only be approved after a public hearing is held on the <br /> matter as provided in Addressing Ordinance § 6-36 and the Board of County Commissioners <br /> have approved the petition for a road name change. <br />