Uniform Plan and Public Hearing

Uniform Plan and Public Hearing. (a) The commission shall prepare an overall plan for the naming of public buildings and streets and numbering of buildings and properties on Rota. The commission, in the preparation of such plan, shall: (1) Take into consideration the requirements of the United States Post Office Department for the door-to-door delivery of mail; and (2) Formulate such uniform system of street address numbers so that: (i) Each residence and business address on Rota will be assigned an identifying number distinct from other such numbers on the same street; (ii) Each resident and business building erected after the formulation of such plan can also be assigned a distinct number; and (iii) The number of east/west streets shall commence at the east end of such streets and the numbering of north/south shall commence at the north end of such streets. (3) Formulate a uniform system of public building and street names that includes: (i) Giving preference to names which reflect the local culture and heritage; (ii) Naming public buildings and streets after those individuals who have made significant contributions to their communities. (4) Following the established practices of street naming and address numbering systems in use within the continental United States. (b) Before the adoption of the uniform plan, the commission shall set a date and time for a public hearing and give at least 30 days notice to all interested persons. All interested persons shall be given a reasonable opportunity to express their views on the plan before the commission adopts the plan. Source: RLL 7-1, §§ 5, 6, modified; RLL 22-06, § 2 (Jan. 21, 2022). Commission Comment: To enhance clarity, the Commission made the following revisions: in subsection (a)(1), following “mail”, “; and” was deleted and replaced by a period; in subsection (a)(2), “addresses” was deleted and replaced by “address”; in subsection (a)(2)(iii), “streets” was inserted after “north/south,” and, in addition, “; and” was deleted at the end of the subsection and replaced by a period; and in subsection (a)(4), “Following” was deleted and replaced by “Follow.” In codifying RLL 22-06, the Commission omitted drafting marks in subsection (a)(3)(ii) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).