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24 <br />FOR IM1VUJ~DIATE RELEASE <br />Release Date: November 9, 20i i <br />Contact: Steve Averett, Oxange County GIS Director, 919-245-2501 <br />Orange County to Hold Public Hearing on Addressing <br />Ordinance <br />ORANGE COiTNTY, NC -Orange County maintains nearly 23,000 addresses and 2,000 unique <br />streets in its jurisdiction. <br />On November 15, 2011 the Orange County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing to <br />receive input on the proposed address and road naming ordinance. The meeting at the Southern Human <br />Services Center, 2501 Homestead Road in Chapel Hill will begin at 7:00 p.m. . <br />The proposed addressffig and road naming ordinance will provide Orange County the authority to <br />correct issues and ensure efficient delivery of emergency services. <br />Nearly 10% of the addressable structures in Orange County do not display addresses correctly, addresses <br />are out of sequence, or are addressed to the wrong road. The biggest impact will be to private unnamed <br />drives that have three or more addressable structures. Less than 100 private drives will need to be <br />named and the associated structures re-addressed. ~ . <br />If adopted, the ordinance will go into effect after twelve months. During that year, County staff will be <br />conducting an educational campaign for property owners on the ordinance requirements. <br />This effort is being Ied by the Orange County Information Technologies' GIS division. The department <br />is responsible for assigning addresses and road names into the 9-1-1 address database used by Orange <br />County Emergency Services. <br />To read the proposed ordinance, go to the main Orange County website, www.co.oran eg nc.us and look <br />under "What's New." <br />