Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
Issues Caused by Non - Conforming <br />Addresses and Streets <br />• Delayed response of emergency services <br />increasing the likelihood of loss of life <br />and /or property <br />Loss of revenue due to likelihood of improper assessment of <br />real and /or personal property <br />Loss of revenue due to inefficient assessment of 3R fees <br />Inefficient Environmental Health and Building Inspections <br />processes <br />Inefficiencies in identifying proper voting precincts for voters <br />Inefficiencies in verifying residency for libraries <br />Inefficient delivery of mail and package deliveries <br />Primary Items to be Enforced <br />• Address not displayed at all <br />Address not displayed properly (numbers smaller than three <br />inches, not on a non - contrasting background, not in the right <br />location, not posted from both directions) <br />• Address out of range (ex: 200 address looted on a 500 block) <br />Addresses & Streets out of sequence <br />Three or more habitable structures more than 75 feet <br />from the main road that share a common drive must <br />name and place signage on the private drive and <br />address/ readdress the three or more habitable <br />structures to the newly named private drive. <br />Penalties & Timeline <br />If the property owner does not comply within 60 days of <br />receipt of a notice of violation, a $50 penalty will <br />be assessed <br />Continued non - compliance 14 days after the first <br />penalty will result in another $50 penalty. <br />Additional penalties will follow every 7 days for <br />continued non-compliance- <br />There will be a grace period of ONE YEAR from the <br />adoption of the ordinance with no penalties <br />assessed <br />County staff will work directly and <br />indirectly with property owners on <br />assistance with compliance <br />