For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADDRESS PLANNING AUTHORITY. The Bargersville Town Council shall serve as the body with the responsibility for assigning street addresses within its jurisdiction. The Town Council may coordinate its addressing efforts with other agencies such as the Plan Commission, Utilities Superintendent, Town Building Commissioner, Town Marshal, County Plan Commission, County Sheriff, local postmasters and large mailers in the town such as utilities, government and the like.
BASE LINES. Existing recognizable lines which divide the town into quadrants or sectors. The intersection of Harriman Avenue and Main Street is the center point of the town for addressing purposes. Harriman Avenue and Main Street generally form the BASE LINES for the town.
BLOCK INTERVAL. The hundred number interval is the distance between grid lines, or the point where the next highest block number designation is used.
CUSTOMER (ADDRESSEE). A family, individual, residence, business or industry which receives mail at a delivery point.
FRONTAGE INTERVAL. The distance in foot frontage along a street, highway or road which is used to assign consecutive property numbers, beginning from the nearest grid or base line. The address system used by the town assumes a FRONTAGE INTERVAL of ten feet.
GRID LINES. Imaginary lines or actual town streets or roads which are located a specific distance from and perpendicular or parallel to base lines. These lines indicate the point where block numbers change from one hundred to the next higher hundred. GRID LINES are used to standardize the numbering of parallel blocks at the same distance from the base lines.
LOT. A lot is a designated parcel, tract, development or area of real estate which is either now being or will be used eventually for construction of a structure.
OUT OF BOUNDS ADDRESS. An out of bounds address is a term used by the U.S. Postal Service to designate addresses that are out of sequence with other surrounding addresses. Often this occurs when mailboxes are located on the back street of a property that faces another street or on corner lots.
PRIMARY ADDRESS NUMBER (CITY-TYPE ADDRESS). The numeric or alphanumeric component of a city-type address which precedes the street name (Example: 100 W. Harriman Avenue).
STRUCTURE. A residential home, apartment building or business, commercial, industrial, manufacturing or publicly owned building which fronts onto a public street or road.
TOWN. The Town of Bargersville, Indiana.
TOWN COUNCIL. The Town Council of the Town of Bargersville, Indiana.
(Ord. 1998-13, passed 12-8-1998)