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g. 190 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date _Sap±amibet_$z_1987_ <br /> ActionjAggoda <br /> Item L __ <br /> SUBJECT: ASSIGNMENT OF HOUSE AND BUILDING NUMBERS - RURAL ROUTE 2 <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING ___Yes _�_ No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Powell <br /> G. S. 153A-240 <br /> Location Map <br /> Letters in Response to Citizen <br /> Questions/Comments <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE : Consideration of approval of the proposed assignment of. <br /> house and building numbers on Rural Route 2 in Orange <br /> County. <br /> This item was presented at public hearing on August 24, <br /> 1987 . <br /> BACKGROUND: Per an agreement reached in January, 1986 between the County <br /> Manager and the Chapel Hill Postmaster, a joint project <br /> between the County and the U .S. Postal Service was <br /> undertaken to convert rural box numbers to permanently <br /> assigned house numbers. Two rural routes ( 5 and 8) have <br /> been converted to house numbers, and, since the adoption of <br /> the House Numbering Ordinance by the Board of County <br /> Commissioners on April 21 , 1987, residents have been <br /> utilizing assigned numbers as their addresses. <br /> Rural Route 2 has been prepared for the next conversion to <br /> house numbers. The route encompasses an area north of <br /> Chapel Hill including Blackwood Station, a portion of N. C. <br /> Highway 86, Hideaway Estates Subdivision and portions of the <br /> following State roads : Mt. Sinai , University Station, Old <br /> N.C. 10, New Hope Church and Old N. C. 86. <br /> As required by General Statute 153A-240, a public hearing <br /> was held on August 24, 1987, following the notification of <br /> all affected residents and posting of the hearing notice in <br /> the Courthouse and two public places in Chapel Hill Township <br /> (Estes Drive and Franklin Street Post Offices and Sunrise <br /> Farmers Market on N.C. Highway 86) . <br /> At the public hearing, many residents of Hideaway Estates <br />