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O R A N G E C O U N T Y 050 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date April 6.,_ 1987 Action enda Item IId SUBJECT: ASSIGNMENT OF HOUSE AND BUILDING NUMBERS DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes __X_ No ATTACHMENT(S ) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Collins Location Map Staff Response to Citizen Concerns TELEPHONE NUMBERS : rr Hillsborough - 732-8181 Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 968-4501 PURPOSE : To approve proposed house and building numbers to be assigned in two rural routes in the County. . BACKGROUND : Per an agreement reached in January 1987 between the County Manager and the Chapel Hill Postmaster, a Joint project was undertaken between the County and Postal Service to begin the conversion of rural box numbers to a system of permanently assigned house numbers. Once the actual assignments are made, no further changes in numbering should be necessary . Two rural routes have thus far been been assigned numbers according to a proposed system developed by the County . They include Route 8 (area north of Chapel Hill consisting of Stoneridge and Sedgefield subdivisions, and homes bordering Old N.C. 86, Mill House Road and Whitfield Road) and Route 5 (area west of Carrboro off Jones ferry Road ) . As required by G . S. 153A-240, a public hearing was held on March 24, 1987 on the proposed house and building numbers to be assigned . At the hearing, several citizens voiced concerns regarding the proposed house numbers. These concerns are being addressed by the Planning Department, and actions taken to date are summarized in the attached memorandum. RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the proposed house and building numbers for rural routes 5 and 8, followed by notification of the Chapel Hill Postmaster, the N.C. Department of Transportation, and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro as required by G. S. 153A-240 .