(A) All roads, whether public or private, shall be numbered uniformly and consecutively along the roadway centerline. Numbers shall be assigned along the entirety of all roads.
(B) The origin point of the numbering system shall be located at the Lincoln County Courthouse Building, where the Old U.S. Highway 321 and North Carolina Highway 27 radiate from the Courthouse Square.
(C) The Old U.S. Highway 321 is hereby designated as the north/south baseline and the North Carolina Highways 27 and 73 are designated as the east/west baseline for the numbering system.
(D) All roads having a north/south orientation will be numbered from the east/west baseline. All roads having an east/west orientation will be numbered from the north/south baseline.
(E) All roads, both public and private, shall be named and numbered if three or more addressable structures, including mobile homes, are located on and accessed by them. At the discretion of the Ordinance Administrator roads with two addressable structures may be named and numbered upon request by the residents along the road.
(F) (1) The initial number for a road shall be determined by measuring the perpendicular distance in feet between the appropriate baseline (division (C) above) and the nearest terminus of the road, dividing this distance by 25, rounding to the nearest integer, multiplying by two, and adding 100 to this product:
(a) I = (2 * INT((1.5D - 0.0000065D2)/20)) + 100; and
(b) Where:
1. D = perpendicular distance to appropriate baseline;
2. I = initial number for the road; and
3. INT(D/20) = round to the nearest integer.
(2) The Ordinance Administrator shall have the authority to adjust the initial number for a road to prevent the duplication of addresses along a mail delivery route or within a postal district. The Ordinance Administrator shall also have the authority to make adjustments from time to time as needed in the formula stated in this section.
(G) A pair of natural numbers shall be assigned for each 20 feet of roadway centerline. Odd-natural numbers shall be assigned to the left side of the road in the direction of increasing numbers (movement away from the baseline or origin). Even-natural numbers shall be assigned to the right side of the road in the direction of increase.
(H) One block shall be 1,000 feet in length along the roadway centerline (50 twenty-foot sections), and shall consist of 100 consecutive numbers.
(I) For numbering purposes, road orientation (north/south or east/west) shall be based on the overall direction of gain between the terminus points of the road. If the road is oriented at or near 45 degrees to the baselines, the Ordinance Administrator shall determine the orientation of the roadway in accordance with his or her best judgment.
(J) The county numbering system shall take precedence over all other systems, regardless of originating jurisdiction or other factors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, this division (J) shall not apply to numbering done by the City of Lincolnton within its jurisdiction.
(Ord. passed 4-16-2001; Ord. 2010-18, passed 12-6-2010; Ord. passed 3-21-2022)