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. , <br /> ORANGE GO-U 7TY PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> laLmsnoROtrc i <br /> N'ORTh: CAROLINA <br /> • <br /> 27278 <br /> i191 <br /> ,..f.4.4+dw r Qir <br /> MEMORAt3DUM <br /> TO: KEN THOMPON, COUNTY MANAGER- iA 'ci <br /> PROM: MARVIN FOI.LINS , PLANNING DIRECTOR <br /> DATE: F'EBRUARr 2, 1983 <br /> RE: HOUSE NUMBERING <br /> Your memorandum of January 26, 183 requested that I provide you . <br /> with information and recommendations ;:regarding the establishment - <br /> of a house numbering system for Orange County. The request was <br /> prompted by changes being made in rural route and box numbers in <br /> the southern � ortion of the county . This action required that area <br /> residents make changes to stationary or notify companies and individuals <br /> of such changes . A need for a constant house numbering system was <br /> expressed. F <br /> I have provided below information regarding the present house numbering <br /> system utilized in rural portions of the county, the efforts made by <br /> the Road Naming Advisory Committee in this area, and a recommendation <br /> as to possible actions for resolving this problem. <br /> Existing House Numbering System <br /> Information regarding the rural route numbering system was provided <br /> by Mr . J.C. Sharp and Mr. Horace Grant (Postmaster) of the Hillsborough.. <br /> Post Office. Prsently, the county is served by eight (8) different poste <br /> branches . These include Chapel Hill, Hillsborough , Efland, Mebane, <br /> Durham, Cedar Grove, Hurdles Mill and Rougemont. Each branch provides <br /> or serves from one (1) to eight (8) rural routes . When boundaries for <br /> routes are established, permanent landmarks are generally used so that <br /> they can be readily identified on the ground . No set procedure has been <br /> established for identifying rural routes , so individual post offices are <br /> left to their own creativeness or to rely on the experience of others in <br /> creating routes . <br /> Once a route has been established, individual box numbers are set up for <br /> the residents on that route . Numbers are assigned so that room is left <br /> in the numbering sequence for homes which are added later . As an example <br /> one house may be Box 45 with a 200 yard gap to the next house . That hnus <br /> has been assigned Box 55 . If a house were built between the two existing <br /> units , the new number would be Box 50. - <br />