§ 153A-239.1. Naming roads and assigning street numbers in unincorporated areas for counties. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 153A‑239.1.  Naming roads and assigning streetnumbers in unincorporated areas for counties.

(a)        A county may by ordinance name or rename any road within thecounty and not within a city, and may pursuant to a procedure established byordinance assign or reassign street numbers for use on such a road. In namingor renaming a road, a county may not:

(1)        Change the name, if any, given to the road by the Board ofTransportation, unless the Board of Transportation agrees;

(2)        Change the number assigned to the road by the Board ofTransportation, but may give the road a name in addition to its number; or

(3)        Give the road a name that is deceptively similar to the nameof any other public road in the vicinity.

A county shall not name or rename a road or adopt an ordinance toestablish a procedure to assign or reassign street numbers on a road until ithas held a public hearing on the matter. At least 10 days before the day of thehearing to name or rename a road, the board of commissioners shall cause noticeof the time, place and subject matter of the hearing to be prominently postedat the county courthouse, in at least two public places in the township ortownships where the road is located, and shall publish a notice of such hearingin a newspaper of general circulation published in the county. At least 10 daysbefore the day of the hearing to adopt an ordinance to establish a procedure toassign or reassign street numbers on a road, the board of commissioners shallpublish a notice of such hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in thecounty. After naming or renaming a road, or assigning or reassigning streetnumbers on a road, a county shall cause notice of its action to be given to thelocal postmaster with jurisdiction over the road, to the Board of Transportation,and to any city within five miles of the road. Names may be initially assignedto new roads by recordation of an approved subdivision plat without followingthe procedure established by this section.

(b)        Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 62, s. 3. (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1319, s. 2; 1981, c. 568; 1983, cc. 98, 299; 1987(Reg. Sess., 1988), cc. 900, 906; 1989, c. 335, s. 1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990),cc. 836, 854, 911; 1991, c. 9, s. 2; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 778, s. 2; c.849, ss. 2, 2.2; c. 936, s. 2; 1993, c. 62, s. 3; 2001‑145, s. 1.)