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47 <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton, to <br /> authorize the acceptance of written comments by 9 a.m. on May 6, 2021 and to schedule a vote <br /> on May 18 to approve resolution and authorize address administrator to submit resolution to the <br /> NC Board of Transportation. <br /> Roll call ensued <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> Chair Price praised the neighbors for taking on this issue. <br /> d. Public Hearing on Renaming Joseph Johnston Court to Water Oak Court <br /> The Board conducted a public hearing on a petition to rename Joseph Johnston Court <br /> (State Road 2210) to Water Oak Court (see attached "Petition to Rename a Public Road <br /> Known as Joseph Johnston Court to Water Oak 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 Joseph Johnston <br /> Court (State Road 2210) to Water Oak Court. There are eight parcels on Joseph Johnston <br /> Court, each with different owners. Six of the eight parcel owners have provided signatures <br /> agreeing to the proposed renaming. Therefore, the petition includes the requisite signatures of <br /> seventy-five percent (75%) of those persons owning property on the road in question. The <br /> remaining property owners did not respond to the request for signatures. (see attached <br /> "Petition" and "Map") <br />