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Loea1 MadiGe+tio� — Brunowidc: 1979, 2nd <br />Seat., t 1319; Cabw7 ut 1981. c 668. an.endlng 1979- <br />2nd 5em., c 1319; Avery: 1983. t- 98; Brunswick: <br />! 1983, G 98; Cabe": 1983, c- 99; New Hanover. <br />j 19s3. c 98; Swig: 1983, c. 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 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, iven 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 />j on a road until it has held a public hearing <br />j 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 />t lace, and subject matter of the hearing to <br />e prominent)y 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 vntli iurisdiction 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 />Z1cLE 12 Chapter 943 of the Session Laws of 1933, <br />w;:uch pertains to naming streets in <br />Roads and Bridges. 1;.annapolis. (1957, c. 1068; 1973, c. 507, s. <br />5; c. 822, s.1; 1981, cc. 112, 518.) <br />§ 153A -239. Public road de,5ned- <br />In this Article "Public road" or "road" <br />mez ns any road.. street, highway, thor- <br />oughfam, or other way of passage that has <br />es <br />be irrevocably dedicated to the public or <br />in which the public has acquired rights by <br />prescription, without regard to whether it <br />is opeil for travel. (1973, a 822, s. 1.) <br />Loco Modirscitio= ' Sru=wriele 1979, 2nd <br />Seat.. a 1319: Cabassuc 1981. c. 568. amending 1979, <br />2nd Seas_ C. 1319; Forsyth 1981. t- 556: Guilford <br />1972, c 283; Avery. 1983. G 98; Brunswick 1983. a <br />98; cabar= 1983. t 98; New iiarever. 1983. e- 98; <br />Stoke= 1983. c. 299: 5mr1. 2993. c 299. <br />Editor's Dote. — Pursuant to Swaim Laws 1973, <br />a 507. & S. -+oasd of Tr+aepvr+.stior' has been <br />substisnud for Sm" Hiabway Commua+oa' sad for <br />180 <br />