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Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Worley - County Attorney - To Authorize the Closing of a Certain Unimproved Right-of-Way Between Stowe Lane and Lake Street, South Point Township, Gaston County
1. Receive Citizen Comment
2. Accept Motion to Approve Resolution
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STAFF CONTACT
Charles Moore - County Attorney
BUDGET IMPACT
budget
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BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT
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BACKGROUND
The Board of Commissioners received a petition to close approximately two hundred and sixty seven feet of an unimproved right-of-way between Stowe Lane and Lake Street, as highlighted on the attached map. The area in question is not passable to vehicular traffic and the topography renders the property impracticable to improve. The area to be closed is bounded on the North by Stowe Lane, bounded on the Northwest by Parcel Number 182731, bounded on the West by Parcel Number 300083, bounded on the South by Lake Street, bounded on the Southeast by Parcel Number 300082, and bounded on the Northeast by Parcel Number 207077. The Petitioner, Charles Dean Morgan, owns the surrounding parcels as described above.
Pursuant to G.S. 153A-241, the Board of Commissioners may close said right-of-way subject to a public hearing. At the December 11, 2018 meeting, the Board of Commissioners authorized the public hearing concerning the road closure to take place at the January 22, 2019 Board of Commissioners meeting. Pursuant to state law, the County advertised the public hearing for three weeks in the Gaston Gazette, placed notices of the public hearing near the property in question, and provided notice by way of first class mail to the surrounding property owners.
POLICY IMPACT
Closing the right-of-way in question will not negatively impact any property owner in the surrounding area as the right-of-way is currently impassable and the topography makes it impractical to improve. If the closure is approved, the Petitioner will obtain the right-of-way area which consists of approximately 0.177...
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