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I <br /> RES -2023 - 033 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION APPROVING PETITION TO RENAME A PUBLIC ROAD j <br /> KNOWN AS JUDAH BENJAMIN COURT TO ASPEN COURT <br /> WHEREAS , North Carolina General Statute § 153A-239 . 1 grants a county the authority to rename any <br /> road within a county as provided by the statute and pursuant to a procedure established by Ordinance ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Orange County Board of Commissioners on December 13 , 2011 adopted an Ordinance <br /> entitled "An Ordinance to Assign and Regulate Road Names , House and Building Numbers in Orange <br /> County" ("the Addressing Ordinance") establishing, among other things , a procedure for renaming roads <br /> in Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Board of County Commissioners in adopting the Addressing Ordinance authorizes <br /> property owners to have the name of a public road changed for personal reasons pursuant to the procedure <br /> established by Ordinance Sec . 6 -34 (b) (2 ) ; and <br /> WHEREAS , that property owners on Judah Benjamin Court have provided a petition requesting a road <br /> name change of Judah Benjamin Court ( State Road 2207) to Aspen Court for personal reasons ; and <br /> WHEREAS , that the petition includes the requisite signatures of seventy-five percent ( 75 % ) of those <br /> persons owning property on Judah Benjamin Court; and <br /> WHEREAS , that the proposed road name of Aspen Court conforms to the requirements of the <br /> Addressing Ordinance ; and <br /> WHEREAS , that the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT) took action to name the road when it <br /> approved a petition for the addition of the subdivision streets to the State system on March 15 , 1988 , and <br /> therefore BOT approval is required to rename the road ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Board of County Commissioners has at least ten days prior to the public hearing being <br /> held on the renaming the road, has caused notice of the time , place and subject matter of the hearing to be <br /> prominently posted at the courthouse, in at least two public places in the township where the road is located, <br /> and published notice of such hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in the County; and <br /> WHERAS , a public hearing was held on the matter; <br /> NOW THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of County Commissioners <br /> approves the Petition to rename JUDAH BENJAMIN COURT , known as NCDOT Secondary Road ( SR) <br /> 2207 , and further identified in Attachment A which is attached and hereby incorporated into this document, <br /> to ASPEN COURT, upon approval of the road name change by the North Carolina Board of <br /> Transportation; and <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , upon approval of the renaming of Judah Benjamin Court to Aspen Court <br /> by the North Carolina Board of Transportation, the Address Administrator shall cause notice of this action <br /> to be given to the local postmaster with jurisdiction over this road, to the Board of Transportation, and to <br /> any city or town within five miles of the road . <br />