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00611 I I NTRODUCl I feel The absence of toad name signs and house numbers poses a serious prohlem in Orange County. Access by all vehicles is impeded anti, Were emergency vehicles are concerned, the public's safety is endange'rod_ last year, a campaign was mounted by County emergency service personnel to bring this to the attention of County residents, Petitions were circu- lated and, in response, the Board of Commissioners initiated the Orange County Roar' Naming and ;louse Numbering Program. The Program has been in operation since March of this year. Policies to guide its administration are suggested in this report. II PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Orange County Road Flaming and House Numbering Program is designed to provide road name signs at all public road intersections and house num- bers to all structures, within Orange County and outside the municipalities It will involve the elimination of duplicate road names and the adoption of official names and addresses, The program will run from March 1979 to August 1980., Official navies and addyesses will be adopted throughout this time. Signs will be posted in two phases, Signs on heavily travelled roads will be posted in December- OF this year. The remainder will be posted in July and August of 1980,. The Road Faminq Procedure is as follows: A Road Naming Advisory Committee is appointed by the Board of Commissioners. It is comprised of fifteen members drawn primarily From government agencies and voluntary organizations. Its charge is to propose official names for all public roads local Information Heet.ings will be held by the Committee to pro- vide citizens the opportunity to comment on the Committee's proposals. Petitions will be available to citizens who would like to recommend alter- native names for adoption. A minimum of four Public Hearings will be held by the Board of Commissioners at Wch time official names will be adopted,. The House Numbering Procedure will require adoption of an ordinance. The ordinance will describe the numbering system used and require that property o,:nars post their house numbers upon notiiication of such numbers by the Program Coordinator. The Equal Interval System will be used and house numbers will be assigned to structures based on their distance from pre-selected base lines. A minimum of three Public Hearings will be held by the Board of Commissioners prior to the adoption of official house numbers, A minimum of siX. hundred (600) road name signs will be installed. The Program Coordinator will supervise their installation_ Signs will meet minimum standards established by Sta to and Federal authorities..