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<br />Local ModiStatioa. - Brunuwick: 1979. 2nd
<br />Seas., c. 1319; Cabarrus : 1981, C. 566, amending 1979,
<br />2nd Seas., c. 1319; Avery. 1983, c. 98; Brunswick:
<br />1983, c. 98; Cabarrus: 1983, a 98; New Hanover.
<br />1983, c. 98; Stakes: 1983, C. 299; Surry: 1983, e. 299.
<br />153A -240. Naming roads and assign -
<br />ing street numbers in unin-
<br />corporated areas.
<br />A county may by ordinance name or
<br />rename any public road within the county
<br />and not within a city, and may assign or
<br />reassign street numbers for use on such a
<br />road. In naming or renaming a public
<br />road, a county may not
<br />(1) Change the name, if any, given to
<br />the road by the Board of Trans -
<br />portation, unless the Board of
<br />Transportation agrees;
<br />(2) Change the number assigned to
<br />the road by the Board of Trans-
<br />portation, but may give the road a
<br />name in addition to its number-, or
<br />(3) Give the road a name that is
<br />deceptively similar to the name of
<br />any other public road in the vicin-
<br />ity.
<br />A county shall not name or rename a
<br />road or assign or reassign street numbers
<br />on a road until it has held a public hearing
<br />on the matter. At least 10 days before the
<br />day of the hearing, the board of commis-
<br />sioners shall cause notice of the time,
<br />place, and subject matter of the hearing to
<br />be prominently posted at the county court -
<br />house, in at least two public places In the
<br />township or townships where the road is
<br />located, and shall publish a notice of such
<br />hearing in at least one newspaper of
<br />general circulation published in the
<br />county. After naming or renaming a public
<br />road, or assigning or reassigning street
<br />numbers on a public road, a county shall
<br />cause notice of its action to be given to the
<br />local postmaster with jurisdiction over the
<br />road, to the Board of Transportation, and
<br />to any city within five miles of the road.
<br />This section does not repeal or modify
<br />ARTICLE 12. Chapter 945 of the Session Jaws of 1953,
<br />which pertains to naming streets in
<br />Roads and Bridges. Kannapolis. (1957, c. 1068; 1973, c. 507, s.
<br />5; c. 822, s. 1; 1981, cc. 112, 518.)
<br />5 153A -239. Public road defined.
<br />In this Article 'Public road" or "road"
<br />means any road, street, highway, thor-
<br />oughfare, or other way of passage that has
<br />been irrevocably dedicated to the public or
<br />in which the public has acquired rights by
<br />prescription, without regard to whether it
<br />1s open for travel. (1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
<br />Local Modification. - Brunswick 1979, 2nd
<br />Sess., c. 1319; Cabarrus: 1981, c. 568, amending 1979,
<br />2nd Seas., a 1319; Forsyth: 1981, r- 558; Guilford:
<br />1979, c. 283; Avery: 1983, c. 98; Brunswick: 1983, c.
<br />98; Cabarrus: 1983, r- 98; New Hanover. 1983, c. 98;
<br />Stokes: 1983, c. 299; Surry: 1993, r- 299.
<br />Editor's Note- - Pursuant to Session Laws 1973,
<br />a 507, s. 5, "Board of Transportation" has been
<br />substituted for "State Highway Commission" and for
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