Title:
Public Hearing: Assessment for Street Improvements - Hearthstone Subdivision
Summary
ACTION:
1) Acknowledge receipt of certification that notice of the public hearing was mailed by first-class mail to all property owners in the Hearthstone Subdivision;
2) Open public hearing to receive comments with respect to the request for a special assessment for street improvements in the Hearthstone
Subdivision;
3) Close the public hearing and adopt the Final Assessment Resolution for Street Improvements in the Hearthstone Subdivision
Staff Contact: David Goode, LUESA - Storm Water Services
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
General Statute 153A-190 requires a public hearing and approval of a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners for a special assessment for street improvements. On April 2, 2019, the Board of County Commissioners set this public hearing to receive comments with respect to the special assessment for street improvements in the Hearthstone Subdivision.
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 road maintenance can be assumed 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 appl...
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