ORD-2011-042 Chapter 6 Building Regulations Article II, Numbering of Houses and Buildings and Road Naming

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standards set forth in the United States Department of Transportation's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). Ord. of 4-21-1987, § 4, eff. 4-21-1987; Amend. of 12-13-2011, eff. 12-13-2011 Sec.6-35 ADDRESSING (a) Use of assigned number required. No person may display or cause to be displayed on any house, building or box any number other than the number assigned by the Address Administrator. (b) Removal obliteration and destruction prohibited. No person may remove, obliterate or destroy any number displayed in accordance with this Ordinance. (c) Road Address Number Assignment. The administrator shall assign house and building road address numbers in accordance with a system that adheres as closely as possible to the principles set forth in this section. However, matters of interpretation of the assignment of road address numbers shall be in the sound discretion of the address administrator. (d) Methodolo~y. The methodology used to determine the assignment of house and building address numbers shall be: (1) The County shall be divided by two axes. The north-south axis shall be NC 86 N (New Highway 86 from the Caswell County line to I-85, Old NC 86 from I-85 to its intersection with N.C. 54, and then continuing along Old Fayetteville Road to Jones Ferry Road and along Jones Ferry Road to the Chatham County Line). The east-west axis shall be St. Mary's Road (from the Durham County line to US 70) and a continuance of US 70 from that intersection westward to the Alamance County line. (2) Directionality of the road of origin used to determine "right" and "left" shall be determined as one travels away from the intersection of the aforementioned axis. (3) Addresses shall be assigned at either the federal standard of 5.82 feet or twenty feet intervals along the length of the road as determined by the Address Administrator. The intent of this practice is to ensure there are available addresses between addressable structures that can be assigned at a later date. (4) The range of addresses shall begin with the lowest number in the range being closest to the road of origin with the numbers increasing as the distance from the road of origin increases. If the road to be addressed does not have an immediately discernable origin but connects two roads, the road closest to the intersection of the aforementioned axis shall be deemed the road of origin.