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Memorandum To: Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> From: Sam Gattis, County Manager <br /> Date: January 26, 1979 <br /> Subject: Naming of Rural Roads <br /> LEGAL BASIS <br /> Section 153A-240 of our general statutes prescribes the conditions <br /> under which a hoard of county commissioners may name the public roads <br /> within a county that are 'not within a municipality. Restrictions are <br /> placed on this rather general authority. A board of county commissioners <br /> cannot: <br /> 1) Name or rename any road unless a public hearing is <br /> held after notice has been posted in at least three <br /> places along the road to be named or renamed_ <br /> 2) Change a road name assigned by the Department of <br /> Transportation unless the Department consents_ <br /> 3) Assign a road name deceptively similiar to the <br /> name of any other road within the county. <br /> OUTLINE OF TASK <br /> The task of naming the rural roads within a county can be broken <br /> into several parts: <br /> 1) Establish long run goals of program and formulate <br /> policies designed to implement these goals. <br /> 2) Identification of roads to be named and gathering of data <br /> (names, numbers, etc.) relating to these roads. <br /> 3) Research and publicity preliminary to tentative proposal <br /> of road names including community meetings to determine <br /> local sentiment, <br /> 4) Action by a "task force" to resolve problems identified <br /> in step 3. <br /> 5) Public hearings by Board of Commissioners to approve names. <br /> 6) Activate mechanism to assure continuing naming of roads. <br /> 7) Placing signs. <br /> 8) Replacing vandalized signs. <br />