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03s <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action A nda <br /> Item No. 13 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: MARCH 2, 1987 <br /> SUBJECT: HOUSE NUMBERING ORDINANCE AND RENUMBERING SYSTEM <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: DON POWELL <br /> PROPOSED HOUSE NUMBERING ORDINANCE; <br /> PROPOSED NOTIFICATION LETTER; G.S. <br /> 153A-240; LOCATION MAP. <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To set public hearing date for ordinance establishing the <br /> authority and system for permanent house numbering in Orange <br /> County. <br /> NEED: In 1981 Orange County established a system for naming roads <br /> and streets in the County. However, identification of the <br /> location of homes and businesses continued to be according to <br /> the rural box numbers assigned by the postal service for pur- <br /> poses of mail delivery. This is an inadequate method where <br /> growth is occurring rapidly as the numbers assigned must be <br /> changed frequently at great inconvenience to the public. <br /> However, it is inadequate to give emergency service agencies <br /> indication of precise location. <br /> Per an agreement reached in January 1987 between the Manager <br /> and Chapel Hill Postmaster a joint project was undertaken <br /> between the County and postal service to begin the conversion <br /> of the rural box numbers to a system of permanently assigned <br /> house numbers. Once the actual assignments are made no <br /> further changes in numbering should be necessary. <br /> Two rural routes have thus far been renumbered according to <br /> the new system developed by the County. These include Route 8 <br /> (area north of Chapel Hill consisting of Stoneridge, <br /> Sedgefield, SR 1109, Mullhouse Road and Whitefield Road) and <br /> Route 5 (area west of Carrboro off Jones Ferry Road) . There- <br /> after, others will be done in phases. <br /> General Statute 153A-240 requires the adoption of an ordinance <br /> following a public hearing in order to implement the new <br /> numbering system. The proposed ordinance is attached. Once <br /> the hearing date is established the subject matter of the <br /> hearing will be duly posted and advertised. <br />