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oo~ <br />Y t <br />NCGS: § 153A-239.1. Naming roads and assigning street numbers in <br />unincorporated areas for counties. <br />(a) A county may by ordinance name or rename any road within the county <br />and not within a city, and may assign or reassign street numbers for use on such a <br />road. In naming or renaming a road, a county may not: <br />(1) Change the name, if any, given to the road by the Board of <br />Transportation, unless the Board of Transportation agrees; <br />(2) Change the number assigned to the road by the Board of <br />Transportation, but may give the road a name in addition to its <br />number; or <br />(3) Give the road a name that is deceptively similaz to the name of any <br />other public road in the vicinity. <br />A county shall not name or rename a road or assign or reassign street numbers on <br />a road until it has held a public hearing on the matter. At least 10 days before the <br />day of the hearing, the board of commissioners shall cause notice of the time, place <br />and subject matter of the hearing to be prominently posted at the county <br />courthouse, in at least two public places in the township or townships where the <br />road is located, and shall publish a notice of such heazing in a newspaper of general <br />circulation published in the county. After naming or renaming a road, or assigning <br />or reassigning street numbers on a road, a county shall cause notice of its action to <br />be given to the local postmaster with jurisdiction over the road, to the Boazd of <br />Transportation, and to any city within five miles of the road. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Planning Staff recommends that if the road name is changed, that it be changed to <br />OLD NC 86 instead of OLD HWY 86 to be consistent with the segment of SR <br />1009 between New Hope Church Road and Homestead Road. Based upon the <br />comments received, the Board can decide at the public hearing whether to change <br />the name or not. <br />