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Rutherford County holds public hearing on updates to street naming, addressing and display ordinance
Summary
Planning staff presented a proposed update to a 1991 addressing ordinance to align county language with the North Carolina building code, state statute changes, and newer mobile home/RV park rules; hearing closed with no public speakers and no action taken.
Rutherford County planning staff presented a public hearing on proposed updates to the county's street naming, addressing and display ordinance on July 7, telling the Board the ordinance has not been revised since 1991 and needs changes to align with current state law and the building code.
A county planner identified as Katie explained the primary goals: standardize definitions and terminology, align local requirements with the North Carolina building code and recent statutory changes, and embed a street reassignment policy into the ordinance to comply with a statute referenced during the hearing. "There's really not any changes per se in the day to day workings of the addressing department," the planner said, adding the draft changes are mostly clarifications to match state code and newer local ordinances for mobile home parks and RV parks.
County counsel noted the current ordinance lacks a procedure for reassignment of street numbers — a process that can be required when road configurations change for emergency-response reasons — and said a new ordinance would embed a street reassignment policy consistent with the statute cited by counsel.
The public hearing was opened and closed; no members of the public requested to speak on this item. The Board took no action; the planner and county attorney said the hearing is part of the statutorily required process for adopting an ordinance that will include a reassignment policy and alignment with the building code.
Ending: County staff said the proposed ordinance will standardize addressing language and remove inadvertent local variations from older code; next steps include preparing the draft ordinance for the Board's future consideration.
