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n <br /> 61. <br /> Report on the Orange County Road naming and House Numbering Program <br /> SECTION 1: BACKGROUND <br /> The Orange County Road Naming and House Numbering Program was initiated <br /> on *larch 6, 1979.. it was designed to be an eighteen month program, running <br /> from March 1979 to August 1980. <br /> The purpose of the program is to improve access by emergency service <br /> and other vehicles within Orange County. According to County emergency <br /> service personnel, the existence of duplicate road names and the absence of <br /> road name signs presently cause a serious public safety hazard. This <br /> program will involve the adoption of a single, unique name for all public, <br /> state-maintained roads and the assignment of house numbers to all buildings <br /> located along them. When this program is completed, road name signs will be <br /> installed at all state road intersections outside the Towns of Chapel Hill, <br /> Carrboro, Hillsborough and Mebane. <br /> SECTION 2: RELEVANT STATE LAWS <br /> N.C. General Statutes 153A--239 and 240 authorize Counties to officially <br /> name and rename public roads provided they do not: <br /> (1) Change a name without the Board of Transportation's approval <br /> (2) Change the state road number assigned by the Board of Transportation <br /> (3) Give a road a name that is deceptively similar to the name of any <br /> other public road in the vicinity. <br /> State law requires that Counties do the following prior to adopting <br /> official road names: <br /> M Hold a Public Hearing to discuss the road names <br /> (2) Place 3 notices at prominent places along each road to be <br /> officially named at least 10 days prior to the Public Hearing <br /> (3) Notify the local postmasters, the Board of Transportation and <br /> any City within five miles, of the official road names after <br /> they are adopted. <br /> ALL OF THE RELEVANT STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WTH <br /> BY THE ROAD NAMING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. <br /> SECTION 3: PROCEDURE <br /> The Road Name Recommendations listed in Section 5 of this Report are <br /> the result of a long and thorough process. Procedural guidelines were <br /> adopted by the Board of Commissioners in August, 1979. <br /> The policies and procedures guiding the Orange County Road Naming <br /> and House Numbering Program require that the Program be conducted in the <br /> following way: <br /> (Continued) <br /> s <br />