HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 05-04-2021; 5-e - Public Hearing on Renaming Service Road SR1223 to Diversity Drive 1
ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: May 4, 2021
Action Agenda
Item No. 5-e
SUBJECT: Public Hearing on Renaming Service Road SR1223 to Diversity Drive
DEPARTMENT: Tax Administration
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
• Renaming a Public Road Known as Nancy T. Freeman, Tax Administrator
Service Road SR1223 to Diversity and Address Administrator, (919) 245-
Drive - Attachment A 2735
PURPOSE: To conduct a public hearing on the renaming of Service Road SR1223 to Diversity
Drive (see attached "Renaming of a Public Road Known as Service Road SR1223 to Diversity
Drive - Attachment A").
BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statute § 153A-239.1 (NCGS §153A-239.1) grants a
county the authority to rename any road within a county as provided by the statute and by a
County Ordinance after the Board of County Commissioners has held a public hearing. The Public
hearing must be held at least ten days prior to the renaming the road and a notice of the time,
place and subject matter of the hearing prominently posted at the courthouse, in at least two public
places in the township where the road is located, and the notice of the hearing must be published
in a newspaper of general circulation published in the County.
The Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to
Assign and Regulate Road Names, House and Building Numbers in Orange County" (the
"Addressing Ordinance") on December 13, 2011. The Addressing Ordinance allows the
Addressing Administrator to rename a road according to § 6-34(b)(2)(a) which provides,
"Road names may be changed by the Address Administrator when the road name is a
duplicate of another road name within a designated postal area or within Orange County
and interferes with the accurate dispatch of emergency service or postal delivery. In
addition, a road name may be changed when one road has two commonly used names or
where portions of what appears to be the same road has two or more names."
The Addressing Administrator is considering a road name change of Service Road SR1223 to
Diversity Drive (see attached "Renaming of a Public Road Known as Service Road SR1223 to
Diversity Drive - Attachment A"). Orange County Emergency Services has requested that Service
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Road SR1223 be renamed to Diversity Drive as to avoid the inaccurate dispatch of emergency
vehicles.
As required by North Carolina law, a Notice of this Public Hearing was published in the News of
Orange on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 and The Herald Sun on Sunday, April 18, 2021, and posted
at the following locations:
• Orange County Courthouse
• Piedmont Feed & Garden Center on Hwy 54
• Intersection of Service Road and Old NC 86
GS §153A-239.1 requires that after renaming a road, the County shall notify the local postmaster
with jurisdiction over the road, the Board of Transportation, and to any city within five miles of the
road.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The expected financial impact for this item is the cost of a replacement
road name sign to be installed on the newly named Diversity Drive. Estimate for the cost of the
sign is $300 and will be paid from Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation's
budget.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated
with this item.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal
impact associated with this item.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board:
1) conduct the public hearing;
2) close the public hearing;
3) Authorize the acceptance of written comment(s) via e-mail to the Board at
ocboccC@orangecountync.gov or by delivery to the Tax Administration office at Gateway
Center Building, 228 South Churton Street, Suite 200, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278,
until 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 6, 2021.
No further Board action will be necessary as the Addressing Ordinance delegates authority to
rename the road to the Address Administrator after a public hearing is held.
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