Title
Continued Public hearing for Closing a Portion of Right-of-Way for Lahaina Lane and Ogden Lane
Action
ACTION:
Continue the public hearing with respect to the closing of a portion of right-of-way for Lahaina Lane and Ogden Lane until July 7, 2020
Staff Contact: Crystal Goode, LUESA - Storm Water Services
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
On January 7, 2020, the Board of County Commissioners set this public hearing to hear comments with respect to the closing of a portion of public right-of-way for Lahaina Lane and Ogden Lane. The current property owner, Mattamy Carolina Corporation, has petitioned to close a 1.51-acre portion of the public right-of-way for Lahaina Lane and Ogden Lane in the unincorporated area of Mecklenburg County. The portion of said right-of-way is located through the current and future development of the Ridgewater Subdivision Phase 4. As part of the development of Phase 4, the gravel roads will be abandoned and residents currently using these roads will have ingress and egress through the new paved roads of the approved subdivision. NCDOT informed the petitioner on March 22, 2019 that the portion of right-of-way petitioned to be closed are not State maintained.
On February 18, 2020, the public hearing was opened, and the Board of County Commissioners heard public comments and continued the public hearing until March 4, 2020. On March 4, 2020, Mattamy Carolina Corporation requested that the hearing be continued so they could work out an arrangement with the roads that may satisfy the Board. The Board voted to continue the public hearing to June 16, 2020. The developer has requested the public hearing be continued to July 7, 2020 so the construction of the roads can be completed.
General Statute 153A-241 requires the Board of County Commissioners to call a public hearing and to adopt a resolution declaring its intent to close a public right-of-way in the unincorporated part of the County. Attached is...
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