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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMEN-T U L 23 mLLsBOROUGH NORTE CAROLINA - • - -tS rte! ►• ep'rember 14 , 19E7 Postmaster U.S. Postal Service Hillsborough, h: 27278 Deer Fostmester : F.s you probably know by now, Orange County has adopted an ordinance providing for the change-over from rural route addresses to house numbers. In its initial effort the Planning Department has been working most closely with the Chapel mill Post Office on Estes Drive. Lntire postal routes, those most affected by "growing pains" , nave been chosen by the :nape ) Hill Postmaster for house number assign- ment. To bete, three Chapel Hill routes - 2, 5, and E - heve been cnenged, with public hearings, posting of notices end The otner requirements of N. C. General Ststute 15.3F-2AC. Initially, it was decioet to involve only `hose Post Offices in whose jurisdiction address changes were being effected. l nesmucn as the high/ cro.'th areas exist primarily in the soLtnern part of the County, i t was felt that the Chapel H i l l Post Office would be a sole working partner with County Planning for the first months of the project. l t was I tier determined that this would hold -rue only if postal routes in their entirety, were assigned house numbers. hell into the project it was decided The newly constructed buildings, erected after the Ordinance went into effect, should also be assigned numbers ccf;fo'rming with the overall , County-wide system. This would preclude et additional actress change for tlht resident further down The line. But it would also bring- into the picture postal jurisdictions other than Cnape l M i l l . lie now are at . the point where those other postal Jurisdic- tions and Drente County planning msst meet to coordinate the address assignments relative to specific postal g:ortrols. •