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A mcLE 12. <br />Roads and Bridges. <br />Loeal Modifiratiga ! Brunswick: 1979. 2nd <br />seas., a 1319; Cabsmis:1981, e. 568, amending 1979. - <br />2nd Sew. e. 1319; Avert 1983, C. 98; Brunswick: <br />1983, F 98; Cabarrus: 1983, o. 98; New Hanover. <br />1969, c. 98; Stokes: 1983, c. 299; Sorry: 1983, c. 299. <br />§ 153A•240. Naming roads and assign- <br />ing street numbers in unin- <br />corporated areas. <br />A county mayy 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 />ppoortation, 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 />Chapter 945 of the Session Laws of 1953, <br />which pertains to naming streets in <br />Kannapolis. (1957, c. 1068;1973, c. 507, s. <br />5; a 822, s. 1; 1981, cc. 112, 518.) <br />f 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 />Loeal Modifieatioa. — Brunswick: 1979, 2nd <br />Seat,. a 1319; Caharrus:1981. G 568, amending 1979. <br />2nd Sm.. e. 1319; Forsytis: 1981, e. 558; Guilford: <br />1979, a 283; Avery. 1983, e. 98; Brunswick: 1983, c. <br />98; Cabamis 1983, e. 98; New Hanover. 1983, a 98; <br />stokes: 1983, e- 299; Surm 1993. e. 299. <br />Editor's Note. — Pursuant to Session Laws 1973, <br />c- 507, s. 5, "Board of Transporsation" has been <br />substituted for -State Highway Cotomiaaion" and for <br />180 <br />Z9 <br />