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8 <br />3. Only letters of the alphabet and blank spaces should be included in a road name. <br />Road names that are numbers (i.e. First Street) must be expressed using <br />alphabetical characters and not numbers. Road names should not contain the <br />following: <br />a. Symbols or punctuation; <br />b. Abbreviations of the main title of the street or road name; <br />c. Initials; <br />d. A single alphabetical character;. <br />e. Words that begin with "old" or "new;" <br />f. Offensive words or language in accordance with G.S. 147-54.7; or <br />g. More than 201etters including spaces. <br />4. All road names shall contain a road name suffix designation. Suffix designations <br />of roads include, but are note limited to, the following terms: avenue, boulevard, <br />court, circle, lane, parkway; place, road, street, trail or way. All street suffix <br />designations may be abbreviated in compliance with National Emergency <br />Number Association (NENA) Addressing Standards. <br />C. Physical Standards for Road Name Signs <br />1. Signs for public or private roads or drives shall conform with the physical <br />standards set forth in the United States Department of Transportation's Manual on <br />Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). <br />ARTICLE IV ADDRESSING <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 Assi~mnent. The administrator shall assign house and <br />building road address numbers in accordance with a system that 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 />Draft Road Naming and Addressing Ordinance 6 <br />August 1 S, 2011 <br />