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. <br /> Q-99 <br /> ORANGE C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date October 20, 1987 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # (11 6 <br /> SUBJECT: HOUSE NUMBERING - HIDEAWAY ESTATES SUBDIVISION <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Collins <br /> Vicinity Maps <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of the method for assigning house numbers in <br /> Hideaway Estates Subdivision. <br /> BACKGROUND: On September 8 , 1987, the Board of Commissioners approved <br /> the proposed assignment of house numbers on Rural Route 2 , <br /> including Hideaway Estates Subdivision. Since that time, <br /> several members of the community have voiced concern about <br /> the method used for the assignment of numbers. In an effort <br /> to clarify the application of the house numbering system to <br /> Hideaway Estates, information is provided regarding the <br /> procedure. <br /> The four-digit numbers assigned to Hideaway Estates were <br /> determined by scaling 50-foot increments on County tax maps <br /> southward along Old N.C. Highway 86 from its intersection <br /> with U.S. Highway 70 to a point of horizontal alignment with <br /> Hideaway Estates northern tip. The beginning point; i.e. , <br /> U.S. 70/Old N.C. 86, was used, since the two routes <br /> represent components of the north-south and east-west axes <br /> of the numbering system. <br /> From the northern tip of Hideaway Estates, addresses were <br /> assigned to residences at 50-foot intervals, beginning with <br /> Mr. Gambill at 5214 Hideaway Drive and, with increasing <br /> numbers, to Ms. Horne at 5912 , the southernmost property on <br /> Hideaway Drive. The assignment of numbers on 50-foot <br /> increments permits additional numbers to be present for <br /> assignment in the event that new residences are constructed <br /> in the future. The number which aligns most closely with an <br /> existing residence is assigned to that home. <br /> The system used to assign house numbers permits comparable <br /> numbers to be assigned to roads which run parallel to the <br />