<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 22-23. - Assignment of numbers.</div>
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               The administrator shall assign house and building numbers in accordance with a system
               that adheres as closely as possible to the principals set forth in this section. However,
               matters of interpretation regarding the following guidelines shall be formulated through
               the sound discretion of the administrator:
               
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                  (1)
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                  The county shall be divided by two axes, the north-south axis shall be Highway 501
                  (from the Person County line to I-85) and N.C. 55 (from I-85 to the Wake County line).
                  The east-west axis shall be I-85 from the Orange County line to the Granville County
                  line.
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                  (2)
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                  Numbers shall run in an ascending order from east to west on streets to the west of
                  the north-south axis. Numbers, likewise, shall run in ascending order from west to
                  east on streets east of the north-south base line. Numbers shall run in an ascending
                  order from south to north on streets to the north of the east-west axis. Numbers,
                  likewise, shall run in an ascending order from north to south on streets to the south
                  of the east-west axis.
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                  (3)
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                  All dead-end streets shall begin numbers at the open end, no matter which compass
                  direction they follow.
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                  (4)
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                  Streets with both ends opening from the same direction shall begin numbering on the
                  end closest to the axis.
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                  (5)
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                  Streets which do not run north-south or east-west shall begin numbering at the end
                  closest to the axis.
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                  (6)
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                  Streets which connect to both axes shall begin numbering on the end stemming from
                  the north-south axis.
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                  (7)
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                  Each block shall begin a new series, for example, 101, 201, 301.
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                  (8)
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                  Numbers shall remain unassigned in order to accommodate future development, and block
                  numbers shall be assigned to undeveloped areas.
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