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45 <br /> Chair Price said she would like more time to digest this. She asked if the Board could <br /> still authorize acceptance of written comment and schedule a vote for May 18. She asked if the <br /> Board could discuss it on May 18th as well. <br /> John Roberts said yes. <br /> Commissioner Bedford said she supports changing the 10 days of notifications to 15 <br /> days. <br /> Commissioner Bedford asked if staff would help with setting parameters on large-scale <br /> map amendments, and when and how there will be mailings and associated costs. <br /> Chair Price asked who seconded the motion. <br /> Deputy Clerk to the Board said it was Commissioner Greene. <br /> Laura Jensen reminded the Commissioners of the motion that was on the floor. <br /> Roll call ensued. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> Chair Price asked how Perdita Holtz would like to receive changes. <br /> Perdita Holtz said she would bring the original packet to the Board on May 18th, and all <br /> changes could be discussed at that time. <br /> c. Public Hearing on Renaming Braxton Bragg Court to Hydrangea Court <br /> The Board conducted a public hearing on a petition to rename Braxton Bragg Court <br /> (State Road 2212) to Hydrangea Court (see attached "Petition to Rename a Public Road <br /> Known as Braxton Bragg Court to Hydrangea Court" and "Map of the Road to be Renamed"). <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> North Carolina General Statute § 153A-239.1 (NCGS §153A-239.1) grants a county the <br /> authority to rename any road within a county as provided by the statute and by a County <br /> 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 <br /> public places in the township where the road is located, and the notice of the hearing must be <br /> published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the County. The County may not <br /> change the name given a road by the North Carolina Board of Transportation unless the Board <br /> of 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 <br /> proposed road name, the reason why the person(s) are requesting the name change, and the <br /> signatures of seventy-five percent (75%) of those persons owning property addressed on the <br /> road in question. The proposed road name must conform to the requirements of Addressing <br /> Ordinance § 6-34(b) and the name change may only be approved after a public hearing is <br /> held on the matter as provided in Addressing Ordinance § 6-36 and the Board of County <br /> Commissioners have approved the petition for a road name change. <br /> Property owners have provided a petition requesting a road name change of Braxton Bragg <br /> Court (State Road 2212) to Hydrangea Court. There are four parcels on Braxton Bragg Court, <br />