179.330 Names of county roads -- How changed and established -- Erection of signs. - Kentucky Statutes

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179.330 Names of county roads -- How changed and established -- Erection of signs. (1) Every county road shall be known by the name by which it was designated on the map or plat or record in the office of the county clerk of the county in which it is
located or by the order of the court establishing the road, or by the deed conveying
the right-of-way for the road to the county. (2) When the name of any road has been designated as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the name of the road can only be changed by an order of the county
judge/executive or the mayor of a consolidated local government. Such order may
be issued on a petition and proceeding in which fifty percent (50%) or more of the
property owners abutting upon the road have joined in the petition or have been
summoned for a hearing upon the petition by the county judge/executive or the
mayor of a consolidated local government at a day and time designated for the
hearing or in counties containing a city of the first class or consolidated local
government upon the recommendation of the county engineer and of the planning
and zoning commission. On similar proceeding an order may be issued designating
a name for any unnamed road in the county. (3) The fiscal court or a consolidated local government may cause signs bearing the name of each road as fixed by the county judge/executive or the mayor of a
consolidated local government, to be placed on the roads, or it may, by a resolution
duly recorded, authorize any person or organization to erect signs, approved as to
form by the fiscal court or a consolidated local government, bearing the name
designated to the road by the county judge/executive or the mayor of a consolidated
local government. (4) No person or organization shall remove or damage any sign erected as hereinabove provided for, or erect or place or cause to be erected or placed, upon a road any sign
or signs, indicating, marking, or designating a road by any other name than as
hereinabove provided for. (5) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Department of Highways from designating roads built under the supervision of the Department of Highways, either by name or
number. Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 192, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 319, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. IV, sec. 20(1). -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 9. -
- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
secs. 4324-1, 4324-2.