(a) Street number. All addresses must contain a street number. No street number may contain more than four (4) digits or less than two (2) digits. Only whole numbers may be used in addresses. There shall be no non-sequencing of street numbers contained in addresses on either side of street. Street number ranges shall be based on the Lyman Uniform Street Numbering System. The properties on Main Street, its extensions, and all thoroughfares parallel therewith shall be numbered east and west from Limestone and the properties on Limestone, its extensions, and all thoroughfares parallel therewith shall be numbered north and south from Main Street and shall be so numbered that the even numbers shall be on the south and east sides of the street and the uneven numbers shall be on the north and west sides of the street.
(b) Street direction. The directional terms of "north," "south," "east" and "west" shall only be used for addresses along streets crossing Main Street or Limestone as they extend to the Fayette County line. Such directional terms shall only be used as a prefix to the name of the street.
(c) Street name. All addresses must contain a street name. Such names may contain a maximum of twenty (20) letters, however, such names shall not contain fewer than two (2) letters. The following are prohibited in street names:
(1) Punctuation;
(2) Numerical digits or numerical names;
(3) Leading single letter phrases or articles;
(4) Initiating a street name with a directional term;
(5) Confusing, obscene or irregularly spelled words;
(6) Duplicate or closely approximate names of existing streets;
(7) Abbreviations, except for the following which may be abbreviated: (a) Fort shall be abbreviated as "FT"; (b) Mount shall be abbreviated as "MT"; and (c) Saint shall be abbreviated as "ST"; and
(8) Use of the words "service", "street", "drive", "avenue", or "court."
(d) Street type. An address may contain the following street type, abbreviated as stated:
Alley | ALY | Pass | PASS |
Avenue | AVE | Path | PATH |
Bayou | BYU | Pike | PIKE |
Bluff | BLF | Place | PL |
Bottom | BTM | Plaza | PLZ |
Boulevard | BLVD | Point | PT |
Canyon | CYN | Rest | RST |
Causeway | CSWY | Road | RD |
Circle | CIR | Row | ROW |
Court | CT | Service Road | SRD |
Cove | CV | Spur | SPUR |
Drive | DR | Square | SQ |
Flat | FLT | Street | ST |
Fork | FRK | Terrace | TER |
Gateway | GTWY | Trace | TRCE |
Lane | LN | Trail | TRL |
Loop | LOOP | Viaduct | VIA |
Oval | OVAL | Walk | WALK |
Park | PARK | Way | WAY |
Parkway | PKWY | ||
(1) The term "SRD" is reserved for service road designation and shall only be assigned to streets by the urban county government.
(2) An address shall not contain a duplication of the type of street within its name (e.g., James Street Street). Street names shall never include a "type" (e.g. Avenue of Winners Street).
(3) Streets having the same name, yet designated as different types of streets, are acceptable only when the streets are contiguous and have unique number sequences.
(4) Structures must have an entrance easement to the street on which their address is assigned.
(5) Name and number sequence continuation across intersecting roadways shall also result in continuation of the type of street.
(6) Incomplete yet separate streets shall maintain duplicate names until it is determined that their connection is not applicable. If no connections have been proposed within five (5) years, then the addressing committee will reassess the disconnected streets. Once the roadways are assessed as being unable to connect to on another, the addresses shall be changed to assign unique addresses for all affected segments.
(e) Unit. Structures with multiple units shall have each major doorway labeled with a range of numbers or other approved designations when said doorways lead to groups of leasable/salable portions of a building. Unit designations shall be required for addresses of multi-divided structures. Such designations shall be used to distinguish individual suites, units, rooms, or apartments within the same building or structure. No more than five (5) characters may be used in such unit designations. Such designations shall contain only letters or numbers. If abbreviations are used, they must follow the United States Postal Service's Standards for Secondary Address Unit Designators.
(Ord. No. 3-96, § 2, 1-11-96; Ord. No. 73-96, § 1, 5-16-96; Ord. No. 374-2006, § 3, 12-12-06; Ord. No. 8-2010, §§ 2—5, 1-14-10; Ord. No. 92-2017 , § 2, 5-25-17)