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20 <br /> 1 A motion was made by Vice-Chair McKee, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton, to close <br /> 2 the public hearing. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 5 <br /> 6 A motion was made by Vice-Chair McKee, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton, to adopt <br /> 7 the resolution supporting the application to the Local Government Commission for approval of the <br /> 8 financing. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 11 <br /> 12 b. Public Hearing on Renaming Judah Benjamin Court to Aspen Court <br /> 13 The Board conducted a public hearing on a petition to rename Judah Benjamin Court(State Road <br /> 14 2207) to Aspen Court and considered adopting and authorizing the Chair to sign a resolution <br /> 15 approving the petition for further approval by the North Carolina Board of Transportation. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statute (NCGS) § 153A-239.1 (NCGS §153A-239.1) <br /> 18 grants a county the authority to rename any road within a county as provided by the statute and <br /> 19 by a County Ordinance after the Board of County Commissioners has held a public hearing. The <br /> 20 public hearing must be held at least ten days prior to the renaming the road and a notice of the <br /> 21 time, 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 of <br /> 25 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 signatures <br /> 33 of seventy-five percent (75%) of those persons owning property addressed on the road in <br /> 34 question. The proposed road name must conform to the requirements of Addressing Ordinance <br /> 35 § 6-34(b) and the name change may only be approved after a public hearing is held on the <br /> 36 matter as provided in Addressing Ordinance § 6-36 and the Board of County Commissioners <br /> 37 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 Judah Benjamin <br /> 40 Court(State Road 2207)to Aspen Court(see attached "Petition to Rename a Public Road Known <br /> 41 as Judah Benjamin to Aspen Court" and "Map of the Road to be Renamed"). There are twelve <br /> 42 parcels on Judah Benjamin, each with different owners. Nine of the twelve parcel owners have <br /> 43 provided signatures agreeing to the proposed renaming. Therefore, the petition includes the <br /> 44 requisite signatures of seventy-five percent (75%) of those persons owning property on the road <br /> 45 in question. The remaining property owners did not respond to the request for signatures. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 The Address Administrator contacted the North Carolina Department of Transportation and <br /> 48 determined that State Board of Transportation approval is required to rename this road in <br /> 49 accordance with NCGS §153A-239.1. <br /> 50 <br />