NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 283
HOUSE BILL 686

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF GUILFORD COUNTY TO DELEGATE THEIR AUTHORITY FOR NAMING ROADS AND ASSIGNING HOUSE AND BUILDING NUMBERS IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS TO THE PLANNING BOARD OF GUILFORD COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Board of County Commissioners of Guilford County may by resolution delegate its statutory authority pursuant to G.S. 153A-240 for naming roads and assigning house and building numbers in the unincorporated areas of Guilford County to the Planning Board of Guilford County.
Sec. 2. The Planning Board of Guilford County, after delegation to it properly made by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of Guilford County, may name or rename any public road within its legal jurisdiction of the unincorporated areas of Guilford County and may assign or reassign house and building numbers for use on such a road.
Sec. 3. In naming or renaming a public road, the planning board 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; or
(3)	give the road a name that is deceptively similar to the name of any other public road in the vicinity.
Sec. 4. The planning board shall not name or rename a road or assign or reassign house and building 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 planning board shall cause notice of the time, place, and subject matter of the hearing to be prominently posted in at least three places along the road involved.
Sec. 5. After naming or renaming a public road, or assigning or reassigning house and building numbers on a public road, the planning board 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.
Sec. 6. The planning board shall also cause notice of its actions and of the right of any person affected by its actions to appeal to the Board of County Commissioners of Guilford County to be prominently posted in at least three places along the road involved for 10 days.
Sec. 7. Any person affected by a decision of the planning board made pursuant to this act may, within 10 days, notify the planning department director of his desire to appeal to the Board of County Commissioners of Guilford County. The planning department director shall arrange for the appealing party or parties to be heard at a regularly scheduled meeting of the board of county commissioners within 30 days after receiving notice of appeal to the board.
Sec. 8. The Board of County Commissioners of Guilford County may by resolution revoke the delegation to the planning board pursuant to this act; however, such revocation shall not affect any action previously taken by the planning board pursuant to this act.
Sec. 9. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of April, 1979.