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Ax77 CLE 12. <br />Roads and Bridges. <br />§ 153A -239. Public road defined. <br />7. <br />Local Modification. $nur kk: 1979. 2nd 7 <br />Seas., t 1319; CabLm r. 1981• c, bM, amending 1979. <br />2od Seas.. e. 1319; Aeerr. 1983, e_ 98; Brunswick: <br />1983. tr 98; Cabarrus: 1983, a 98; New Hanover. <br />19&3, c- 98; Stakes: 1983, e. 299; Surry: 1983, c. 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 W 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 />stion, unless the Board of <br />ppoort3V sportation agrees; <br />(2) Change the number assumed' 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 />i on the matter. At )east 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 to-A hips where the road is <br />located, and shall publish a notice of such <br />he in at least one newspaper of <br />genera] 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 per•.aans to naming streets in <br />Iti=apolis. (1957, c. 1068; 1973, c. 507, s. <br />5; c 822, s. 1;1961, cc. 112, 518.) <br />In this Article 'public road" or "road" <br />means any road, sweet, highway, thor- <br />oughfare, or other way Of passage that has <br />bees irrevocably dedicated to the public or <br />in vvhith the public has acquired rights by <br />pres=iptioa„ without regard to whether it <br />1s open for gravel. (1973, c- 822, & 1.) <br />Y,*= Modification, — Brunswick 1979, 2nd <br />Ses&_ t_ 1319: Cabarrur 198L a 568. amending 1979, <br />2nd Sess., a 1319; ForrYI:= 1981, r- 558; Guilford: <br />1979, F 2&?; Avery- 1983, r 98: Brunswick 1983. L. <br />98: Cabsrnie 1983. t_ 9i:; New Hanover. 1983- e. 9e; <br />Stoker 1983. r- 299; Styr. :1983. r 299. <br />Editor's Notes — Pursuant to Session Laws 1973. <br />L 507. s. 5. -Board of 7tansportation" has been <br />substituted sot "State Fugbway Commission- and for <br />180 <br />