(A) Administrative office. In the unincorporated areas of the county, the responsibility for the issuance of street addresses shall be assigned to the Assessor. The County Assessor shall issue and keep a permanent record of all issued property addresses within its jurisdiction and share the addresses with local postal authorities, government offices, schools and E-911 personnel. Determination of county road numbers or names and changes to same shall be the sole responsibility of the County Commissioners. The County Commissioners shall have final approval in the naming of streets in platted subdivisions, mobile home parks, commercial or industrial business parks and the like, under its jurisdiction. Local incorporated communities shall have final approval in the naming of roads and subdivision streets located within their corporate boundaries.
(B) Advantages. A street numbering system and corresponding property addresses provide individual structures with an exact geographic location in the county. City-type street/road addresses are necessary in order to provide a structure with a specific and more accurate identification for efficient mail delivery; to provide an easily identifiable geographic reference point for the quick dispatch of police, fire and emergency rescue equipment; to provide utility companies with a permanent address record for billing and service calls tied to a specific structure; and to provide ease of location, identification for friends, service vehicles or other individuals trying to locate a specific structure, or a county road.
(C) Conformity. From the effective date of this chapter, the numbering of all houses and other structures located on lots or parcels of land abutting public or private streets or roads within the jurisdictional area of the County Commissioners shall be accomplished in conformity with the uniform numbering system. At the time of issuance of any permit for construction of a house or structure, an address number shall be assigned to the house or structure by the County Assessor. The number shall be included on the permit, and no permit authorizing the occupancy of a home or structure shall be issued and no final inspection of a building performed for the purpose of permitting its occupancy shall be deemed complete unless the house or structure displays the officially assigned number in full compliance with the standards of this chapter.
(Ord. 2005-3, passed 4-11-2005)