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49 <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 /> e. Public Hearing on Renaming Service Road SR1223 to Diversity Drive <br /> The Board conducted a public hearing on the renaming of Service Road SR1223 to <br /> Diversity Drive (see attached "Renaming of a Public Road Known as Service Road SR1223 to <br /> Diversity Drive - Attachment A"). <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. <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 allows the <br /> Addressing Administrator to rename a road according to § 6-34(b)(2)(a) which provides, <br /> "Road names may be changed by the Address Administrator when the road name is a <br /> duplicate of another road name within a designated postal area or within Orange County <br /> and interferes with the accurate dispatch of emergency service or postal delivery. In <br /> addition, a road name may be changed when one road has two commonly used names <br /> or where portions of what appears to be the same road has two or more names." <br /> The Addressing Administrator is considering a road name change of Service Road SR1223 to <br /> Diversity Drive (see attached "Renaming of a Public Road Known as Service Road SR1223 to <br /> Diversity Drive - Attachment A"). Orange County Emergency Services has requested that <br /> Service Road SR1223 be renamed to Diversity Drive as to avoid the inaccurate dispatch of <br /> emergency vehicles. <br /> As required by North Carolina law, a Notice of this Public Hearing was published in the News of <br /> Orange on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 and The Herald Sun on Sunday, April 18, 2021, and <br /> posted at the following locations: <br /> • Orange County Courthouse <br /> • Piedmont Feed & Garden Center on Hwy 54 <br /> • Intersection of Service Road and Old NC 86 <br /> GS §153A-239.1 requires that after renaming a road, the County shall notify the local <br /> postmaster with jurisdiction over the road, the Board of Transportation, and to any city within <br /> five miles of the road. <br />