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IN THE MATTER OF THE PETrfXON OF THE CHURCH ~F GoD ORPHANAGE AND CHILD~t3 HC~E OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. TO CLOSE PINE VIEW AVENUE This Cause, coming on to be heard at a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Cabarrue County, N.C., on November 7, 1955, on the Petition of the Church of God O~phanage and Children's Home of North Carolina, Inc., and being heard by the Board of County Commissioners ~of Cabarrus County, N.C., and the Board finding as a fact that the petitioner is the owner and is in possession of a tract of land on the North side of Pine View Avenue in Block M of Section 4 of the B. L. Umberger Estate and of a tract of land on the South side of Pine View Avenue, which tract is a part of the homeplace of Sam W. Cook, and that both tracts extend along Pine View AVenue from S~hadybrook Road to Walnut (or Judas) Avenue; that Pine View Avenue wasnot shown on the original map of the B. L. Umberger Estate but is mentioned as a street or road in deeds for Meeperty along the Cook-Umberger line and lying between Shadybrook Road and Walnut (or Judas) Avenue; that all property on both sides of Pine View Avenue belongs to the Church of God O~phanage and Children's Home of NOrth Carolina, EXne., and that the~e are no rights-of-way leading from Pine View Avenue acroes the property of the Church of God Opphanage and Children's Home of North Carolina, Inc., to the property of any other person, firm or corporation; that Pine View Avenue is only one block in length; that i~ has never bben opened as a public street or road, nor has it been accepted by the State Highway and Public Works Coe~ission for maintenance; that its closing is not contrary to the public interest and no individual owning l~operty in the vicinit of said street or road or ~in the subdivision in which it is located will thereby be deprived of reasonable means of ingress or egreem to hie property; that the petitioner is a charitable organization engaged in the care, nurture ar~ education of orphans and needy children whose welfare and safety it desires to ~otect; that for the proper administration of the duties Which the petitioner has assumed it is for the best interest of the petitioner that the street o~ road be closed; that the closing of said street or road will contribute ~aterially to the safety of the children in the orphanage and children's home and will enhance the recreational facilities at their disposal; that it will not be detrimental to the proper enjoyment of their of their property by persons who own p~operty in the B. L. Umberger Es tare nor in the surro~mdi~ area, and that the petitioner has caused to be published in the Kannspolis Independent on October 6, October 13, October 20 and October 27, a notice of its intention to file this date its petition for the closing of Pine View Avenue; And the Board further finding as a fact that no person, firm, or corporation appeared in person or by attorney, nor did anyone appear as the representative of a group to oppose the closing of Pine View AYenue. It is, Therefare, on motion of P.E~nest Stallings, seconded by W.Frank McCray, and carried by unaminous vote, ordered, and adjudged that Pine View Avenue shall be and re~ain forever closed as a public street or road. Witnese our hands and t he corporate seal of Cabarrus County, North CarOlina, the day and year first above written.= J. Lee White W.F. l~Cray M.3. L~!es P.E.Sta _ll_ings L.Bowm~n Barrier Board of County.? Commissioners of Cabarrus County North C~folina.