Meeting Date: July 7, 2025
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Public Hearing - Road Naming, Addressing, and Display Ordinance
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Summary:
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The Board will conduct a public hearing to listen to comments regarding amendments to Chapter 3 of the Rutherford County Code of Ordinances, being Article VI presently entitled “Road Naming, Addressing, and Display.” A redlined copy of the proposed Article VI along with a clean draft are presented for the Board’s information.
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. Mind it IS still a misdemeanor and $50 per day of civil penalties adds up.
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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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Public hearing requiring no action.