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<br />cil, set the duties of any person appointed or designated as a fire prevention
<br />inspector. A fire prevention inspector shall not make electrical inspectionz
<br />unless he is qualified to do so under G.S. 153A -351. (1965, c. 626; 1969, c. 1064.
<br />s. 3; 1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
<br />§§ 153A -236 to 153A -238: Reserved for future codification purposes.
<br />ARTICLE 12.
<br />Roads and Bridges.
<br />§ 153A -239. Public road defined.
<br />In this Article "public road" or "road" means any road, street, high.; -a)%
<br />thoroughfare, or other way of passage that has been irrevocably dedicated to
<br />the public or in which the public has acquired rights by prescription, without
<br />regard to whether it is open for travel. (1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
<br />Local Modification. -- Brunswick: 1979,
<br />2nd Seas., t. 1319; Cabarrus: 1961, t. 568,
<br />amending 1979, 2nd Seas., c. 1319.
<br />§ 153A -240. Naming roads and assigning street numbers h2
<br />unincorporated areas.
<br />A county may by ordinance name or rename any public road within thi
<br />county and not within a city, and may assign or reassign street numbers for u_iE
<br />on such a road. In naming or renaming a public road, a county may not
<br />(1) Change the name, if any, given to the road by the Board of TransponG-
<br />tion, unless the Board of Transportation agrees;
<br />(2) Change the number assigned to the road by the Board of Transpori�-
<br />tion, but may give the road a name in addition to its number, or
<br />(3) Give the road a name that is deceptively similar to the name of ant•
<br />other public road in the vicinity.
<br />A county shall not name or rename a road or assign or reassign street
<br />numbers on a road until it has held a public hearing on the matter. At left
<br />10 days before the day of the hearing, the board of commissioners shall cauY
<br />notice of the time, place, and subject matter of the hearing to be prominently
<br />posted at the county courthouse, in at least two public places in the township
<br />or townships where the road is located, and shall publish a' notice of sum),
<br />hearing in at least one newspaper of general circulation published in the
<br />county. After naming or renaming a public road, or assigning or reassignirr
<br />street numbers on a public road, a county shall cause notice of its action to be
<br />given to the local postmaster with jurisdiction over the road, to the Board of
<br />Transportation, and to any city within five miles of the road.
<br />This section does not repeal or modify Chapter 945 of the Session Laws of
<br />1953, %%,hich pertains to naming streets in Kannapolis. (1957, c. 1068; 1973, c.
<br />507, s. 5; c. 522, s. 1; 1981, cc. 112, 518.) .
<br />Local Modification. — Brunswick: 1979,
<br />2nd Sess., c. 1319; Cabarrus: 1951, c. 562,
<br />amending 1979, 2nd Seas.. e 1319. Forsvth:
<br />1961, C. 558; Guilford: 1979, c. 263.
<br />Editor's Tote.. --- Pursuant to Session Laws
<br />1973, c. 507, s. 5, "Board of Transpor•L; Lion" has
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<br />been substituted for "State Highway Comru-
<br />sion" and for "Commission" in this section
<br />enacted by Session Laws 19 3, e. 522.
<br />Effect of Amendments. — The first 19:1
<br />amendment substituted -'at the County Cour,•
<br />house, in at least tk,o public places in tL
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