All addresses shall be developed by the Department in accordance with this chapter. Addresses shall be developed and may be obtained by one of the three following ways:
(a) Rural Addressing Program. The Department shall develop premises addresses for all addressable structures in the rural addressing program area in accordance with this chapter, except as follows:
(1) Rural addressing shall be conducted in phases.
(2) The order and priority of phases shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors.
(3) Addresses of rural premises shall not be available early or “out-of-phase.”
(4) Routine addressing services shall be available for each completed phase.
(Ord. 92-01. Passed 1-21-92.)
(5) Only the primary structure, as identified by the owner, on a single-owner private access easement shall receive a primary address, unless the single-owner private access easement has been named pursuant to owner request, in which case all addressable structures will receive a primary address. All other addressable structures on the single-owner private access easement shall be assigned a secondary address.
The owner of any single-owner private access easement on which primary addresses have already been assigned during a phase of the rural addressing program completed prior to the adoption of this paragraph may request that such addresses be changed to conform to this paragraph.
(Ord. 94-09. Passed 4-20-94.)
(b) Individual Address Requests. The Department shall provide addresses to individuals upon request in accordance with this chapter. An individual requesting an address shall submit a small area map on an eight and one-half inch by eleven inch sheet at a scale of one inch equals 200 feet (available from the Department). The map shall show the closest named street to be accessed, the location of the proposed addressable structure, the location of the proposed driveway to serve the proposed addressable structure and any other addressable structures which might access the driveway.
All individual address requests shall be submitted, in writing, to the Department.
The Department shall develop the individual address requested within two working days after receipt of the information provided above and release an updated address map.
(c) Land Development Addressing. Addresses of premises shall be developed as part of the land development review process for new developments County-wide in accordance with this chapter and as follows:
(1) General requirements.
A. Addresses of premises shall be developed through a review of proposed record plats, approved construction/grading plans and proposed final site plans.
B. Addresses of premises shall be released for proposed addressable structures within fifteen working days of approval of the final site plan or recordation of the record plat, whichever applies, provided that the applicant has met all submission requirements of this chapter.
C. Addresses of premises shall not be released prior to approval of the final site plan or record plat, or both, as may be appropriate.
D. The Department shall publish and release an updated address map within seven days of release of an address.
E. No address will be assigned over the telephone.
(2) Supplementary requirements for lot developments greater than one acre in size. Requests for addresses for single-family detached residential structures on lots greater than one acre shall be processed as follows:
A. Individual premises addresses shall be developed upon the request of the lot owner following approval of the record plat by the County, recordation with the Clerk of the Court and bonding of any improvements as may be appropriate.
B. All such requests shall comply with the requirements of subsection (b) hereof.
(3) Supplementary requirements for lot developments less than or equal to one acre in size.
A. The Department shall determine addresses for residential single- family structures on lots less than or equal to one acre in size coincident with the review of proposed record plats for the subdivision creating such lots for such structures, except for corner lots.
B. The Department shall determine addresses for structures on corner lots upon written request by the applicant in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) hereof.
C. Addresses will not be released until after the record plat is approved, bonded and recorded.
(4) Supplementary requirements for residential multifamily, commercial, industrial and institutional structures. The Department shall develop premises addresses for proposed residential multifamily and commercial, industrial and institutional structures in accordance with this chapter and as follows:
A. The applicant shall submit two paper copies of the proposed final site plan to the Department concurrent with his or her submission of site plans for review to the Department of Building and Development.
B. All requests for addresses under this subsection shall be supported by an address plat in accordance with the requirements and standards outlined in Appendix II at the end of this chapter.
C. Address plats submitted in support of requests for premises addresses for commercial, industrial and institutional structures shall include secondary addresses for each suite, unit or apartment.
(Ord. 92-01. Passed 1-21-92.)