AN ORDINANCE

No. 599

AN ORDINANCE FOR THE COUNTY OF SPARTANBURG TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTINUED MAINTENANCE OF THE UNIFORM ROAD NAMING AND PROPERTY NUMBERING SYSTEM ESTABLISHED UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 357 (FEBRUARY 1987), TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT THEREOF AND TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NUMBER 357.

WHEREAS, the efficient and effective provision of police, fire, emergency medical, rescue and other public services to the citizens and businesses of Spartanburg County require the establishment and maintenance of a uniform road naming and numbering system for property and building improvements located within the unincorporated area of Spartanburg County; and

WHEREAS, the County Council feels the provisions herein prescribed will secure the public safety and deliver the aforementioned public services in a more efficient and effective fashion.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Spartanburg County Council

ARTICLE 1 – GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. 0 PREAMBLE There is hereby established a uniform system for road naming and for numbering property and buildings on all roads, streets, and public and private ways in the area so defined as the unincorporated area of Spartanburg County and all streets shall be named and all buildings and property shall be numbered in accordance with the provisions set forth in this ordinance.

SECTION 1.1 AUTHORITY This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to authority conferred by Section 4-9-30 of the South Carolina Code Laws, 1976, as amended, to promote the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of present and future inhabitants of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, and pursuant to Section 6-29-1200 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, as amended (the Planning Enabling Act) and Section 23-47-60 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, as amended (the Public Safety Communications Center Act).

SECTION 1.2 TITLE This Ordinance may be cited as the Road Naming and Property Numbering Ordinance for Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

SECTION 1.3 JURISDICTION The regulations set forth herein shall apply only to those properties, buildings, streets, and public or private roads which are located within the unincorporated area of Spartanburg County. It shall be the responsibility of all municipalities and political subdivisions not in the unincorporated area of Spartanburg County to coordinate road naming and house numbering with the Spartanburg County Planning Department.

ARTICLE 2 – ROAD NAMING

SECTION 2.1 ROAD NAMING The Spartanburg County Planning Commission is responsible for approving and authorizing street names in its area of jurisdiction pursuant to Section 6-29-1200, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended. The Planning Commission shall not approve any new road name, public or private, which duplicates or is similar, either phonetically or by spelling, to another road name in the County, regardless of the road name suffix or prefix. Road names on all plats must be first approved by the Planning Department before the plat may be recorded in the Office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance. These and other road naming matters for Spartanburg County shall be more clearly spelled out in the County’s Road Naming Policy which shall be written and maintained by the Planning Commission.

SECTION 2.2 CHANGING A ROAD NAME Existing road names may only be changed pursuant to Section 6-29-1200, South Carolina of Laws, 1976, as amended. A road being renamed shall be subject to the Spartanburg County Road Naming Policy. Once a new road name is assigned, it may not be changed for five years. The Planning Department shall notify emergency service providers, the holder of the County’s E-911 contract, the U.S. Postal Service, and the Department of Roads and Bridges of the change. The Department of Roads and Bridges shall erect the proper signage. The certificate of the Planning Commission designating the changed name shall be recorded in the Office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance.

SECTION 2.3 ROAD NAME MASTER LIST A master list of the names, including pertinent prefixes and suffixes, of all roads and streets, public and private, within Spartanburg County shall be maintained by the Planning Department.

ARTICLE 3 – ADDRESSING

SECTION 3.1 PROPERTY NUMBERING SYSTEM All structures shall be assigned a unique street address in a manner so determined by Spartanburg County and spelled out in detail in “Guidelines for Addressing in Spartanburg County” which shall be developed and maintained by the Planning Department. The guidelines shall be approved by the Planning Commission and shall apply to existing numbers and future numbering requirements.

SECTION 3.2 ASSIGNMENT OF NUMBERS The Planning Department shall assign any and all developing structures located on any road or street, public or private, in the jurisdiction of this Ordinance its respective number under the uniform system provided for in this Ordinance. The Planning Department shall also number each new summary and final plat before it is recorded in the Office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance. Each house, building, and occupied structure shall have its own number. A separate and distinct number or alphabetical letter shall also be assigned for each separate occupant in a collective development such as apartment buildings, mobile home parks or shopping centers.

SECTION 3.3 RENUMBERING OF EXISTING PROPERTY

Existing numbers shall be changed only where it is necessary in the judgment of the Planning Department staff to maintain the order and uniformity sought by this Ordinance.

SECTION 3.4 NOTIFICATION OF ADDRESS Written notification of the proper address of each building shall be given to the owner, occupant, or agent of each building in all instances where a new number is assigned under the terms of this Ordinance.

SECTION 3.5 NOTIFICATION OF NEW ADDRESS INFORMATION TO PROPER AGENCIES It shall be the responsibility of the Planning Department to notify the U.S. Postal Service of new and changed address information. It shall be the responsibility of the occupant to notify their respective telephone company by returning an E-911 postcard and/or by informing the company of the correct address at the time telephone service is requested.

ARTICLE 4 – PLACEMENT OF NUMBERS

SECTION 4.1 GENERAL When each house or building has been assigned its respective number or numbers, the owner, occupant, or agent, shall place or cause to be placed upon each house or building controlled by him the number or numbers assigned under the uniform system in this Ordinance.

SECTION 4.2 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY Numbers as prescribed in Section 4.3 and Section 4.4 of this Ordinance shall be placed on buildings before receipt of a certificate of occupancy by the Inspections and Building Codes Department.

SECTION 4.3 POSTING OF NUMBERS Costs and installation of the numbers shall be paid for by the property owner or occupant. Residential numbers used shall not be less than three inches in height, and business numbers shall not be less than four inches in height. All numbers shall be made of a durable, clearly visible material and must contrast with the color of the house, building or structure. The numbers must be posted as numerals and not be spelled out.

SECTION 4.4 PLACEMENT OF NUMBERS Numbers shall be conspicuously placed immediately above, on or at the side of the door facing the street off which the structure is addressed so that the number is clearly visible from the street line. In the case where the building cannot be seen from the street or is situated more than fifty feet from the street line, the building number shall also be placed near the walk, driveway, or common entrance to the building, or upon the mailbox, gatepost, fence, curb or other appropriate place so as to clearly be visible from the street or road and to specifically identify the building to which the number belongs.

ARTICLE 5 – ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

SECTION 5.1 RESPONSIBILITY FOR ASSIGNING NUMBERS

Whenever any house, building, or structure shall be erected or located in the area of jurisdiction of this Ordinance, it shall be the duty of the Planning Department to assign its proper number based on the uniform numbering system set forth in this Ordinance. The Planning Department shall also number all subdivision plats prior to their recording in the Office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance and shall number all commercial/industrial development and mobile home park plats and site plans at the time such plats and site plans are permitted by the County. It shall be the duty of the Inspections and Building Codes Department to inform any party applying for a permit that they must obtain a proper address from the Planning Department prior to receiving a permit.

SECTION 5.2 CONFLICT OVER PROPER NUMBER In case of conflict as to the proper number to be assigned to any building or parcel of land, the Planning Department shall determine the number of such building or parcel.

SECTION 5.3 RESPONSIBILITY TO SECURE CORRECT NUMBER

It shall be the duty of the owner, occupant or agent of each house, building or other structure to secure the correct number or numbers as designated by the Planning Department for said property and post said number or numbers as prescribed by this Ordinance.

SECTION 5.4 WITHHOLDING OF BUILDING PERMIT No building permit shall be issued for any building or structure until the owner has obtained the assigned number or numbers form the Planning Department. In the event that the Planning Department is unable to assign an address immediately, the Address Technicians shall notify the Inspections and Building Codes Department of the delay. In such a case, the Inspections and Building Codes Department shall not withhold the permit. The Planning Department shall notify the applicant and the Inspections and Building Codes Department of the correct address as soon as possible.

SECTION 5.5 WITHHOLDING OF FINAL APPROVAL FOR NEW OR MODIFIED STRUCTURES Final approval of any structure erected, repaired, altered, or modified after the effective date of this Ordinance shall be withheld by the County Building Official until the permanent and proper numbers have been posted as prescribed by this Ordinance. The Planning Department will verify the addresses on these structures.

SECTION 5.6 PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS It shall be the responsibility of the Spartanburg County Communications Department to implement a public education and awareness program on the importance of obtaining and posting proper house numbers and issues related to locating the scene of an emergency. Community Clubs and local emergency services are encouraged to assist in the implementation of this task.

SECTION 5.7 ENFORCEMENT OF POSTING NUMBERS The Office of the Fire Marshall, with the aid of the local fire officials, will be responsible for enforcing the posting of numbers. Before the Fire Marshal issues a citation for any structures without properly posted numbers, the Planning Department will be consulted regarding the proper address of the structure in question. The Planning Department will issue a letter of warning up in ten days from the date the warning letter was mailed will result in a citation of the property owner, occupant or agent if the number has not been posted as prescribed herein. Only the Officer of the Spartanburg County Fire Marshal shall issue these citations.

ARTICLE 6 – VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES

SECTION 6.1 FAILURE TO POST ADDRESS Failure by the owner, occupant or agent responsible for a building to place or cause to be placed on each building proper numbers as provided by this Ordinance shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance, and the owner, occupant or agent shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for a term not to exceed thirty days. Each day that such violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.

SECTION 6.2 NAMING OF STREETS NOT APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION Failure to obtain proper approval from the Planning and Development Department of any road name used within the boundaries of Spartanburg County and the recordation of any plat containing any road name not approved by the Planning and Development Department shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance. Approval of a residential, commercial, or industrial design or site plan or approval of any parcel split does not give an automatic approval of the street names contained therein. Any person found in violation shall be deemed guilty of a miss demeanor and, upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned for a term not to exceed the authority of the Magistrate’s Courts.

SECTION 6.3 TAMPERING WITH STREET SIGNS, POSTING ILLEGAL STREET SIGNS Removing or defacing a street name sign in any manner, placing a street name sign in any location not approved for such by the Spartanburg County Planning and Development Department, or being found in possession of a stolen street sign shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance. Any person found in violation shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined or imprisoned for a term not to exceed the authority of the Magistrate’s Courts.

SECTION 6.4 REMOVING OR DEFACING NUMBERS Any person who unlawfully removes, defaces, mars, changes, destroys or renders an existing number or numbers unreadable in any manner shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined or imprisoned for a term not to exceed the authority of the Magistrate’s Court.

ARTICLE 7 – VALIDITY AND SEVERABILITY

Should any section of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole in any part thereof which is not specifically declared to be unconstitutional.

ARTICLE 8 – REPEAL OF ORDINANCE 357

Ordinance Number 357, dated February 11, 1987, is hereby repealed in its entirety.

ARTICLE 9 – EFFECTIVE DATE

This Ordinance shall take effect upon third reading approval.

ROAD NAMING POLICY

SPARTANBURG COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION

Adopted March 1, 1994

Revised May 2, 1995

Revised November 7, 1995

Revised July 9, 1996

Revised February 8, 2000

According to the South Carolina Code of Laws “The Planning Commission is responsible for approving street names in its area of jurisdiction. A person laying out a street is guilty of a misdemeanor if he shows an unapproved street name on a plat, street marker or deed.”

This purpose of this policy is to ensure that road names in Spartanburg County are sufficiently different from one another to facilitate E911, Postal and other service delivery and to reduce confusion for the driving public.

ROAD NAME REQUIRED

1. All County, municipal or State maintained roads must have a name.

2. No road or driveway, whether publicly or privately maintained, within Spartanburg County shall be named without the approval of the Spartanburg County Planning Commission.

Road names on plats for new residential subdivisions, mobile home parks, multi-family, commercial, and industrial developments must be approved by the Planning Department.

Any new road name on any plat exempt from Planning Commission review must still be approved by the Planning Department.

3. Any road or driveway, whether publicly or privately maintained, that serves as the sole access for four or more permanent residential or business structures must have a name. An occupied mobile home is considered a permanent structure.

4. When the Spartanburg County Planning Department (hereinafter referred to as the Planning Department) finds it necessary to name a road or driveway, whether publicly or privately maintained, they will request input from residents and property owners of record. If the residents and/or property owners of record do not respond within fifteen (15) working days of the date of the initial notification, the Planning Department reserves the right to name the road or driveway.

5. Naming a previously unnamed road or driveway does not change the maintenance responsibility; if it was privately maintained prior to it’s naming, it will remain privately maintained.

APPROVAL OF ROAD NAMES

1. All newly named or renamed roads or driveways in Spartanburg County must follow the attached “Guidelines for Road Names”.

2. A committee of employees from the Planning Department and Spartanburg County Communications (E911 Dispatch) will review proposed road names for compliance with this road naming policy.

3. When approving or changing road names, consideration will be given to the special needs of emergency service providers, United States Post Office delivery, and the computerized data bases of Spartanburg County (Geographic Information System, Enhanced 911, and Computer Aided Dispatch).

4. Once a road name is approved, it will be placed “on reserve” with the Planning Department. Road names reserved with the Planning Department must be developed within three (3) years of the date they were reserved, or the right to use the name within the context of County road naming policy will be null and void.

5. A newly named or renamed road or driveway shall carry the same name throughout its length.

6. A newly named or renamed road that serves as a natural continuation of an existing road shall have the same name as the existing road, unless the existing road name is to be changed.

7. Municipalities SHALL check new road names with the Planning Department to ensure that the names are not duplicated or otherwise problematic. If a municipality approves road names that are not acceptable to the Planning Department, THE ROAD NAMES WILL NOT BE ENTERED INTO THE COUNTY-WIDE DATA BASES since the new road names may cause confusion with existing road names.

GUIDELINES FOR ROAD NAMES

1. No new road name shall be approved which duplicates or is similar to, either phonetically or by spelling, another road name in the County, regardless of suffix or directional.

Road names in neighboring counties where community names and emergency services cross boundaries shall also be taken into account (in as far as is possible) when naming roads.

2. A suffix shall be included as a proper part of the road name. Name suffixes such as St., Dr., Ave., Ct., Path, etc., will be used to describe the type of road being named. Double suffixes shall be avoided, except in the case of Ext.

3. The Planning Department will not allow use of words which, in its opinion, are overused, either in the immediate area or county-wide, as such overuse if likely to cause confusion (examples of overused words: Old; Carolina; Spring; Glen; Blackstock; Foster, etc).

4. The Planning Department may allow, “compounding” of a road name (adding another word or words), except where such compounding would, in its opinion, likely lead to confusion with E911 or other service delivery (examples of compounds using “Smith”: Smith Farm Rd; Horace Smith Rd; Smith Meadows Trl; Smith Hills Dr; Smith Mountain Rd; Kennedy Smith Ln, etc.).

5. Directionals (N, S, E, W or combinations thereof) shall not be allowed unless paired. (example: N. Cattail Ln must connect with a S. Cattail Ln; SW Friddle St must connect with a NE Friddle St.)

6. Names that are vulgar or ethically offensive, in the opinion of the Planning Department, will not be approved.

7. Names that are exotic or have difficult spellings, in the opinion of the Planning Department, will not be approved.

8. Intentionally misspelled road names, which in the opinion of the Planning Department will cause confusion or delays in the delivery of emergency services, will not be approved.

9. Lengthy names (more than 28 characters/spaces) will not be approved.

10. Abbreviations as road names shall not be permitted. (i.e., E.B.N. Rd.)

11. Symbols shall not be allowed. (i.e. &, +, etc.)

12. Hyphens and apostrophes shall not be entered into County databases and, therefore, shall be avoided.

13. Initials shall not be allowed at the beginning of a road name.

14. A road name which can be confused with a property number shall not be accepted (i.e., 290 Commerce Park Drive, Thousand Oaks Drive, or 101 Business Parkway).

CHANGING A ROAD NAME

A road name change may be initiated by either Spartanburg County or by property owners.

· A request to change the name of a portion of a road, such that one continuous road shall have more than one road name, shall be denied.

· Once a road is named, property owners and/or residents may not request a new name for five (5) years.

The Spartanburg County Road Naming Policy shall be followed in the naming or renaming of any road or driveway, whether publicly or privately maintained. The road names on the Spartanburg County Road Atlas, currently maintained in Spartanburg County Planning Department, shall be considered correct until evidence to the contrary is presented.

COUNTY INITIATED ROAD NAME CHANGES

Pursuant to South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 6-29-1200, Spartanburg County may initiate road name changes for the following reasons:

1. A road name duplicates or is similar to another, either phonetically or by spelling, within a 911 community or an emergency service district. This is in according with State Law, which states “Existing duplicated road names must be changed as necessary by the local government to ensure the efficiency of the emergency response system”; or

2. County Communications Department (E911 dispatch) submits a written request to the County that a certain road name be changed due to its causing confusion with the dispatch and/or delivery of emergency service delivery; or

3. An emergency service provider requests in writing that a particular street name is causing service delivery confusion; or

4. United States Postal Service presents a request in writing stating that a particular road name is causing service delivery confusion; or

5. When road configurations exist or change so that a road is split into two or more non-continuous sections; or

6. When Planning Department staff finds conditions that are likely to result in confusion in emergency service delivery.

In instances where duplicated or problematic road names are located outside the jurisdiction of the Spartanburg County Planning Commission, the Planning Commission staff shall work with the local jurisdiction in question to rename the duplicated or problematic road.

OWNER INITIATED ROAD NAME CHANGES

If a road has had its current name for five or more years, a property owner may request a road name change by presenting a petition to the Planning Commission.

(a) The request to change the road name must be made for the entire road. Portions of a road

will not be considered for a name change.

(b) A petition form must be obtained from the Planning Department and must specify the proposed new road name.

(c) The proposed road name must meet the requirements for new road names in Spartanburg County.

(d) In order to be considered by the Commission, the petition must be signed by at least seventy-five percent (75%) of resident property owners whose street address would be affected by changing the road name. This petition is not considered a legally binding document; resident property owner information will be verified against the tax assessor’s database records.

It is up to the petitioner to contact the residents and property owners about the proposed name change.

The Spartanburg County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing regarding the requested road name change. The Planning Department staff will notify residents and/or property owners of the date, time and location of this public hearing. The Planning Department staff will advertise this hearing in a newspaper of general circulation at least fifteen days prior to the public hearing.

COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OWNER INITIATED NAME CHANGES

The party initiating the request for a road name change shall be responsible for the cost of replacement of all signs. Costs will be determined by the Public Works Department on a case-by-case basis. The County will erect signs in public rights-of-way, but will not place signs on private property even though they may be required.

The party initiating the road name change shall also pay a $25.00 fee to defray the cost of advertising for a public hearing and the cost of notification to residents and property owners of the new road name.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR CHANGING A ROAD NAME

GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR ALL ROAD NAME CHANGES

1. The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing regarding the proposed road name change after providing notice of such public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation at least fifteen days prior to the hearing. Planning Department staff will notify the property owners and residents of record of the time, date and location of the public hearing.

The public hearing will allow residents/property owners to express their opinion and/or provide information to the Planning Commission regarding the proposed name change.

2. After the public hearing, the Planning Commission will vote to determine the road’s new name.

In the event of disagreement over the new name, the Planning Commission will select a neutral name.

3. The decision of the Planning Commission will be final, according to State Statutes.

4. The Planning Department staff will notify residents and/or property owners along the road in question of the Planning Commission’s decision and the impact, if any, on their property’s street address.

5. Road name changes will be recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds.

PROCEDURES SPECIFIC TO COUNTY INITIATED CHANGES

In addition to following the general procedures for road name changes outlined above, County initiated changes will provide further research, notification and hearings as follows:

1. Planning Department staff will perform field checks to determine:

(a) Number of residents and/or businesses affected by the proposed change; and

(b) Existence of improper numbering along the road in question.

2. Planning Department staff will select the road to be changed using the following criteria:

(a) Similarity to other road names in community or emergency response area;

(b) Historical significance of road name to Spartanburg County;

(c) One road serving as a natural continuation of another (one road with two or more names);

(d) Number of residents and/or businesses affected;

(e) Improper, inadequate or confusing numbering along the road in question;

(f) Information presented by residents and/or property owners.

All other things being equal, the change that will affect the least number of residents and/or businesses will be made.

3. Planning Department staff will notify residents and property owners of record whose property touches the road selected for renaming of the County’s intent to change the road name. These contacts may be made by letter, phone, in person or by other method; contacts will be documented.

4. The residents and/or property owners who will receive notification are the ones for which the County has records: current tax, E911, and postal databases.

5. Planning Department staff will solicit road name suggestions from residents and property owners of record whose property is addressed on the road selected for change. Residents and/or property owners shall have fifteen (15) working days from the date the original notification of intent to change the road name was mailed to respond to the request for road name suggestions.

6. Should residents/property owners fail to respond with a usable suggestion within fifteen working days, the Planning Department reserves the right to recommend a new road name to the Planning Commission.

7. The Planning Department staff may hold a pre-hearing meeting prior to the public hearing before the Planning Commission in an attempt to reach a consensus on a new road name and receive any other comments from the residents/property owners.

8. Planning Department staff shall notify residents and property owners of record of the name to be recommended to the Planning Commission as well as the date and time of the public hearing before the Planning Commission.

NOTIFICATION OF NEW ADDRESSES AND SIGNAGE

Addresses will not be issued nor the road signs bearing the new name be erected until the Planning Commission has approved the new name.

The Planning Department staff will notify the residents/property owners, the County Communications Department, the US Postal Service, SCC (the E911 database maintenance organization), affected emergency service providers, Piedmont Natural Gas Company, and the appropriate Public Works Department following the Planning Commission’s vote.

Spartanburg County will place road signs in public rights-of-way when the Spartanburg County Planning Commission changes a road name. Spartanburg County will not place signs on private property, even thought they may be required.

GUIDELINES FOR ADDRESSING PROPERTY IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY

Spartanburg County Planning Department

The guidelines are written in compliance with the Spartanburg County Street Naming and Property Numbering Ordinance.

1. The Address Technician will give out the following as a complete, proper address: a) a house or structure number, b) a correct street name, c) the proper E-911 community name and the postal community name if different from the E-911 community name, d) the proper zip code by which mail will be received, and e) if applicable, a building lot or apartment number.

2. Street naming will be carried out according to the Spartanburg County Road Naming Policy referred to in the Uniform Road Naming and Property Numbering Ordinance of Spartanburg County.

3. The address applicant must be able to furnish enough information about their location for the Address Technician to be able to match it with the correct tax parcel.

4. The Spartanburg County Planning Department staff will give out addresses only in the unincorporated areas of Spartanburg County unless an ordinance is passed by the governing body turning over the authority of the County.

5. All new streets shall be numbered with odd numbers on the left and even numbers on the right as the numbers increase, leaving at least one number for every fifty feet of road frontage.

6. Each structure shall have its own distinct address.

a. Each single, detached structure shall have its own individual number (i.e., 2700 Ball Park Road).

b. Collective developments (such as mobile home parks and apartments) containing only one street or located along only one street shall be assigned either one central number with a unit number or apartment number or each building may be assigned its own individual number along that street.

Collective developments containing more than one street or built along more than one street shall have an individual number assigned to each structure. The road name shall be the one that provides access to the building. Each street in the development shall be assigned a name consistent with the Spartanburg County Road Naming Policy.

An interior facing collective development such as a shopping mall shall be given a central number along with suite or unit numbers. The outbuildings of shopping malls shall be considered single, detached structures and given individual numbers.

c. Units in strip shopping centers, units in duplexes, and like developments shall be assigned a central number along with suite numbers or individual numbers along the street by which they are provided vehicular access. The outbuildings of strip shopping centers shall be considered single, detached structures and given an individual number.

7. All lots on subdivision plats, upon final approval by the Planning Commission, shall be assigned street addresses, a community name, and a zip code before they are recorded in the Office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance.

8. No correctly assigned address will be changed unless necessary to the functionality of the addressing system and the order and uniformity sought by the street addressing and property numbering ordinance.

9. Each new structure shall be assigned an address at the time an application is made for a building or mobile home permit. If, for any reason (large parcel, unclear previous numbering, road name problem, etc.), the Address Technician is unable to assign the address immediately, they shall place “XXX” on the permit so that it may be processed. They will assign the proper address as soon as possible and inform the Inspections and Building Permits Department and the applicant so the process may be completed.

10. All new addresses shall be reported to the U. S. Postal Service.

11. All new addresses shall be shown upon the County’s tax maps.

12. In the event of a conflict in either addressing or street naming, the County staff will use its best judgment to resolve the situation.

13. If a road meets the naming requirements and is named by the County, then all structures which have access from that road, only must be addressed on that road. In cases where a structure is located on a corner lot and is clearly visible from either road, then the structure may be assigned a number on either road.

14. Address blocks will be changed to the nearest multiple of 100 within a maximum distance of 2, 500 feet if possible at clear points of transition.

15. Periodically, it has been necessary to assign an address to a structure such as a cellular telephone tower, a subdivision sign, a barn, etc. Such addresses shall be noted on the tax map and on an address form to be filed in the Road File.

16. Vacant parcels of two or less acres may be assigned an address. However, it is impossible to assign a correct number on large acreage. If it should become necessary to do so, the Planning Department reserves the right to correct that number once it is known where a structure will be located.

June 1996

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