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47 <br /> 1 on May 18 to approve resolution and authorize address administrator to submit resolution to the <br /> 2 NC Board of Transportation. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Roll call ensued <br /> 5 <br /> 6 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Chair Price praised the neighbors for taking on this issue. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 d. Public Hearing on Renaming Joseph Johnston Court to Water Oak Court <br /> 11 <br /> 12 The Board conducted a public hearing on a petition to rename Joseph Johnston Court <br /> 13 (State Road 2210) to Water Oak Court (see attached "Petition to Rename a Public Road Known <br /> 14 as Joseph Johnston Court to Water Oak Court" and "Map of the Road to be Renamed"). <br /> 15 <br /> 16 BACKGROUND: <br /> 17 North Carolina General Statute § 153A-239.1 (NCGS §153A-239.1) grants a county the <br /> 18 authority to rename any road within a county as provided by the statute and by a County <br /> 19 Ordinance after the Board of County Commissioners has held a public hearing. The public <br /> 20 hearing must be held at least ten days prior to the renaming the road and a notice of the time, <br /> 21 place and subject matter of the hearing prominently posted at the courthouse, in at least two <br /> 22 public places in the township where the road is located, and the notice of the hearing must be <br /> 23 published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the County. The County may not <br /> 24 change the name given a road by the North Carolina Board of Transportation unless the Board <br /> 25 of Transportation agrees. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 The Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to <br /> 28 Assign and Regulate Road Names, House and Building Numbers in Orange County" (the <br /> 29 "Addressing Ordinance") on December 13, 2011. The Addressing Ordinance § 6-34(b)(2)(b) <br /> 30 allows property owners to request to rename a public road for personal reasons. In order to do <br /> 31 so, the property owners must provide a petition including the existing road name, the proposed <br /> 32 road name, the reason why the person(s) are requesting the name change, and the <br /> 33 signatures of seventy-five percent (75%) of those persons owning property addressed on the <br /> 34 road in question. The proposed road name must conform to the requirements of Addressing <br /> 35 Ordinance § 6-34(b) and the name change may only be approved after a public hearing is <br /> 36 held on the matter as provided in Addressing Ordinance § 6-36 and the Board of County <br /> 37 Commissioners have approved the petition for a road name change. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Property owners have provided a petition requesting a road name change of Joseph Johnston <br /> 40 Court (State Road 2210) to Water Oak Court. There are eight parcels on Joseph Johnston <br /> 41 Court, each with different owners. Six of the eight parcel owners have provided signatures <br /> 42 agreeing to the proposed renaming. Therefore, the petition includes the requisite signatures of <br /> 43 seventy-five percent (75%) of those persons owning property on the road in question. The <br /> 44 remaining property owners did not respond to the request for signatures. (see attached <br /> 45 "Petition" and "Map") <br /> 46 <br /> 47 The Address Administrator contacted the North Carolina Department of Transportation <br /> 48 (NCDOT) and determined that State Board of Transportation approval is required to rename this <br /> 49 road in accordance with GS §153A-239.1 (see attached "Response from NCDOT") <br /> 50 <br />