GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 156

HOUSE BILL 510

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CLEVELAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO DELEGATE TO THE CLEVELAND COUNTY PLANNING BOARD ITS AUTHORITY TO NAME ROADS AND ASSIGN STREET NUMBERS IN THAT COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 153A-240, as it applies to Cleveland County because of Chapter 1319, Session Laws of 1979 as amended by Chapter 906, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:

"§ 153A-240.  Naming roads and assigning street numbers in unincorporated areas.

A county may by ordinance name or rename any road within the county and not within a city, and may assign or reassign street numbers for use on such a road.  In naming or renaming a road, a county may not

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

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

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

A county shall not name or rename a road or assign or reassign street numbers on a road until it has held a public hearing on the matter.  At least 10 days before the day of the hearing, the board of commissioners shall cause notice of the time, place and subject matter of the hearing to be prominently posted at the county courthouse, in at least two public places in the township or townships where the road is located, and shall publish a notice of such hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county.  After naming or renaming a road, or assigning or reassigning street numbers on a road, a county shall cause notice of its action to be given to the local postmaster with jurisdiction over the road, to the Board of Transportation, and to any city within five miles of the road.

A county board of commissioners may by ordinance delegate to the planning board of that county any authority it has under this section."

Sec. 2.  This act applies to Cleveland County only.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of May, 1989.