Title:
Set Public Hearing on Assessment for Street Improvements - Hearthstone Subdivision
Summary
ACTION:
1) Accept a petition for a Special Assessment for Street Improvements in the Hearthstone Subdivision; and
2) Adopt a Preliminary Assessment Resolution setting a public hearing for May 21, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. to receive citizen input with respect to the
Hearthstone Subdivision Preliminary Assessment Resolution
Staff Contact: David Goode, LUESA - Storm Water Services
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Property owners in the Hearthstone Subdivision located in the unincorporated area of Mecklenburg County are requesting a Special Assessment for street improvements.
County governments in North Carolina are not responsible for constructing or maintaining roads. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and incorporated cities and towns are responsible for street construction and maintenance. NCDOT only performs maintenance on streets built to their standards. The North Carolina General Statutes (N.C.G.S. 153A-205 and other provisions in Article 9 of Chapter 153A) do allow for county governments to make special assessments within unincorporated areas within the county for the costs of improving streets to bring them up to NCDOT standards, so the roads can be taken over for maintenance by NCDOT. In the typical special assessment, the costs of the street repairs are paid by the county at the time of the repairs and the County recovers the costs through an assessment applied to all properties along the street that is improved.
Property owners on Tatting Road, Bards Court and Carding Place in the Hearthstone Subdivision are requesting a Special Assessment to bring these streets up to NCDOT standards. The section of the subdivision where these roads are located was completed in 1983. NCDOT did not accept Bards Court, Carding Place and a portion of Tatting Road for maintenance at that time. In the interim, the streets have deteriorate...
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