RES-2021-023-Resolution approving petition to rename a Public road known as Joseph Johnson Court to water Oak Court

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RES - 2021 -023 RESOLUTION APPROVING PETITION TO RENAME A PUBLIC ROAD KNOWN AS JOSEPH JOHNSTON COURT TO WATER OAK COURT WHERAS , North Carolina General Statute § 153A-239 . 1 grants a county the authority to rename any road within a county as provided by the statute and pursuant to a procedure established by Ordinance ; and WHEREAS , the Orange County Board of Commissioners on December 13 , 2011 adopted an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to Assign and Regulate Road Names , House and Building Numbers in Orange County" ("the Addressing Ordinance") establishing, among other things , a procedure for renaming roads in Orange County; and WHEREAS , the Board of County Commissioners in adopting the Addressing Ordinance authorize property owners to have the name of a public and private roads changed for personal reasons pursuant to the procedure established by Ordinance Sec . 6 - 34 (b ) (2 ) ; and WHEREAS , that property owners on Joseph Johnston Court have provided a petition requesting a road name change of Joseph Johnston Court ( State Road 2210 ) to Water Oak Court for personal reasons ; and WHEREAS , that the petition includes the requisite signatures of seventy-five percent (75 %) of those persons owning property on Joseph Johnston Court; and WHEREAS , that the proposed road name of Water Oak Court conforms to the requirements of the Addressing Ordinance ; and WHEREAS , that the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT) took action to name the road when it approved a petition for the addition of the subdivision streets to the State system on March 15 , 1988 , and therefore BOT approval is required to rename the road; and WHEREAS , the Board of County Commissioners has at least ten days prior to the public hearing being held on the renaming the road, has caused notice of the time, place and subject matter of the hearing to be prominently posted at the courthouse, in at least two public places in the township where the road is located, and published notice of such hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in the County; and WHERAS , a public hearing was held on the matter . NOW THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of County Commissioners approves the Petition to rename JOSEPH JOHNSTON COURT, known as NCDOT Secondary Road ( SR) 2210 , which is attached and hereby incorporated into this document, to WATER OAK COURT, and authorized the Address Administrator seek approval of the road name change by the North Carolina Board of Transportation; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , upon approval of the renaming of Joseph Johnston Court to Water Oak Court by the North Carolina Board of Transportation, the Address Administrator shall cause notice of this action to be given to the local postmaster with jurisdiction over this road, to the Board of Transportation, and to any city or town within five miles of the road .