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RES‐2021‐022 DRAFT  <br />  <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING PETITION TO RENAME A PUBLIC ROAD <br />KNOWN AS BRAXTON BRAGG COURT TO HYDRANGEA COURT <br /> <br />WHERAS, North Carolina General Statute § 153A-239.1 grants a county the authority to rename any road <br />within a county as provided by the statute and pursuant to a procedure established by Ordinance; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners on December 13, 2011 adopted an Ordinance <br />entitled “An Ordinance to Assign and Regulate Road Names, House and Building Numbers in Orange <br />County” (“the Addressing Ordinance”) establishing, among other things, a procedure for renaming roads <br />in Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners in adopting the Addressing Ordinance authorize <br />property owners to have the name of a public and private roads changed for personal reasons pursuant to <br />the procedure established by Ordinance Sec. 6-34(b)(2); and <br />WHEREAS, that property owners on Braxton Bragg Court have provided a petition requesting a road <br />name change of Braxton Bragg Court (State Road 2212) to Hydrangea Court; and <br />WHEREAS, that the petition includes the requisite signatures of seventy-five percent (75%) of those <br />persons owning property on Braxton Bragg Court; and <br />WHEREAS, that the proposed road name of Hydrangea Court conforms to the requirements of the <br />Addressing Ordinance; and <br />WHEREAS, that the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT) took action to name the road when it <br />approved a petition for the addition of the subdivision streets to the State system on March 15, 1988, and <br />therefore BOT approval is required to rename the road; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has at least ten days prior to the public hearing being <br />held on the renaming the road, has caused notice of the time, place and subject matter of the hearing to be <br />prominently posted at the courthouse, in at least two public places in the township where the road is located, <br />and published notice of such hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in the County; and <br />WHERAS, a public hearing was held on the matter. <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of County Commissioners <br />approves the Petition to rename BRAXTON BRAGG COURT, known as NCDOT Secondary Road (SR) <br />2212, which is attached and hereby incorporated into this document, to HYDRANGEA COURT, upon <br />approval of the road name change by the North Carolina Board of Transportation; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, upon approval of the renaming of Braxton Bragg Court to Hydrangea <br />Court by the North Carolina Board of Transportation, the Address Administrator shall cause notice of this <br />action to be given to the local postmaster with jurisdiction over this road, to the Board of Transportation, <br />and to any city or town within five miles of the road. <br /> <br />10