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
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