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19 <br />(a) Use of assigned number required. No person may display or cause to be displayed <br />on any house, building or box any number other than the number assigned by the <br />Address Administrator. <br />(b} Removal obliteration and destruction prohibited. No person may remove, obliterate <br />or destroy any number displayed in accordance with this Ordinance. <br />(c) Road Address Number Assignment. The administrator .shall assign house and <br />building road address numbers in accordance with a systemthat,adheres as closely as <br />possible to the principles set forth in this section. However, matters of interpretation <br />of the assignment of road address numbers shall. be in the sound discretion of the <br />address administrator. <br />(d) Methodolo~y. The methodology used to determine the assignment of house and <br />building address numbers shall be: <br />(1) The County shall be divided by two axes. The north-south axis shall be NC 86 N <br />(New Highway 86 from the Caswell County line to I-85, Old NC 86 from I-85 to <br />Calvander). The east-west axis shall be St. Mary's Road (from the Durham <br />County line to US 70) and` a continuance of US 70 from that intersection <br />westward to the Alamance County line. <br />(2) Directionality of the road of origin used to determine "right" and "left" shall be <br />determined as one travels away from the intersection of the aforementioned axis. <br />(3) Addresses shall be assigned at either .the federal standard of 5.82 feet or twenty <br />feet intervals along the length of the road as determined by the Address <br />Administrator. The intent of this practice is to ensure there are available <br />addresses between addressable structures that can be assigned at a later date. <br />(4) The range of addresses shall begin with the lowest number in the range being <br />closest to the road of origin with the numbers increasing as the distance from the <br />road of origin increases. If the road to be addressed does not have an immediately <br />discernable origin but connects two roads, the road closest to the intersection of <br />the .aforementioned axis shall be deemed the road of origin. <br />(5) For all new roads, addresses shall be assigned along roads with odd numbers on <br />the left and even numbers on the right. <br />(6) Address ranges for new roads in a subdivision will begin with either even or odd <br />integers but not both. If a right turn must be taken to enter the subdivision from <br />the road of origin, all address ranges will begin with an even integer. If a left turn <br />must be taken to enter the subdivision from the road of origin, all address ranges <br />shall begin with an odd integer. <br />Draft Road Naming and Addressing Ordinance <br />~~•~ggR;-t~NovemUer°30,2011 <br />