Meeting Date: August 4, 2025
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Road Naming, Addressing, and Display Ordinance
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Summary:
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A public hearing was held at the July 8, 2025 meeting regarding amendments to Chapter 3 of the Rutherford County Code of Ordinances, being Article VI presently entitled “Road Naming, Addressing, and Display.” The proposed amendment to Chapter 3, Article VI of the Rutherford County Code, is designed to do four things:
1. This updates and modernizes the old ordinance and includes a lot of requested corrections by Addressing staff.
2. This incorporates the strangely misaligned Section 12-2 under Chapter 12 of the Code. This is an existing ordinance for changing road names within the County, which for some reason is not included in the old “Road Name, Addressing and Display” ordinance where it should belong. Among the proposed changes is a new Section 3-118(f) which includes the same procedure for amending street names previously found in Section 12-2.
3. This gets a full procedure in place for changing street addresses, which is required under GS 153A-239.1.
4. This also modernizes the criminal penalty reference to remove the “post your house number or go to jail” misdemeanor since GS 14-4 only authorizes fines now. It is still a misdemeanor and $50 per day of civil penalties adds up.
It is requested that the Board approve An Ordinance Amending Chapter 3, Article VI, of the Rutherford County Code of Ordinances, Street Name, Addressing and Display and An Ordinance Repealing Section 12-2 of the Rutherford County Code of Ordinances, Procedure for Changing or Amending Road Names. A copy of these ordinances is attached.
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Budget:
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Contact Information:
Katie Doherty
katie.doherty@rutherfordcountync.gov <mailto:katie.doherty@rutherfordcountync.gov>
828-287-6136
Recommended Motion:
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1. Approve An Ordinance Amending Chapter 3, Article VI, of the Rutherford County Code of Ordinances, Street Name, Addressing and Display
2. Approve An Ordinance Repealing Section 12-2 of the Rutherford County Code of Ordinances, Procedure for Changing or Amending Road Names.