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j Local Modification• —MBrunswick- 1979. 2nd <br /> Sem.,c.1319;Caberrua:1981.a 568,amending 1979, <br /> 2nd Saa., C. 1319; Averr 1983, a 98; Brunswick: <br /> 1983, c. 98; Cabarrus: 1983, a 98; New Hanover. <br /> 1983,e.98;Stokes:1983,c.299;Surry:1983,a 299. <br /> 5 153A-240. Naming roads and assign- <br /> ing street numbers in unin- <br /> corporated areas. <br /> A county map 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 /> i road,a county may not <br /> 1 (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 /> I on a road until it has held a public hearing <br /> 1 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 towalshi s 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 Laws 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. Local Modification. — Brunswick: 1979. 2nd <br /> In this Article 'public road" or "road" Ses&•a 1319;Cabarrus:1981•c.568,unending 1979, <br /> means any road, street, highway, thor- 2nd Se&6^ a 1319;Forsyth: 1981, a 558; Guilford: <br /> qtl hfare,or other way o assi a that has 1879,c 283;Avert 1983.c.98;Brunswick:1983,c. <br /> g y $ 98;Cabarrus:1983.c-98;New Hanover 1983,a 98; <br /> been irrevocably dedica to the public or Stokes:1983,c 299;Swvr.1963.c M. <br /> in which the public has acquired rights by Editor's Note.—Ptn umt to Session Laws 1973, <br /> prescription,without regard to whether it c- so7, s. 5, Board of hansparwtion` has been <br /> is open for travel.(1973,c.822,s.1.) subsutnud for State Highway Commission'and for <br /> 180 <br />