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Moore County commissioners remove three road names, adopt broader road-naming rules after debate over memorial names and sign theft
Summary
Commissioners approved removing and adding three road names and adopted revisions to the Moore County Road Name and Addressing Ordinance. Debate focused on proposed prohibitions on military-conflict memorial names and other descriptive names, and on public-safety concerns about stolen memorial signs.
Moore County commissioners on Feb. 18 voted to remove three previously approved road names, add three others and adopt a set of general revisions to the county’s Road Name and Addressing Ordinance after a public-staff presentation and extended discussion about which kinds of names should be permitted.
The board first approved removing Sanctuary Trail, Norton Court and Pamarana Vista from the ordinance because the associated subdivision approvals had expired and the roads did not exist. The board then approved adding Landon Way, Sanctuary Trail (reused in another subdivision) and Peel Farm Lane (listed in the packet as “Pill Farm Lane,” corrected at the meeting) as privately maintained roads under the ordinance. Finally, the board voted to adopt a revised ordinance…
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