CHAPTER 152: ROAD NUMBERING AND NAMING
Section
   152.01   Purpose
   152.02   Definitions
   152.03   Property address numbering system
   152.04   Property addressing
   152.05   Responsibility for property addressing and road numbering
   152.06   Requirements for obtaining street addresses
   152.07   Incorporated cities and towns
   152.08   Effective date
§ 152.01 PURPOSE.
   The purpose of this chapter shall be to set standards for house numbering and road naming in the county and establish the authority and methods to be used when assigning addresses to properties in the county. These standards shall be used to establish residence locations which will be used in the implementation of an enhanced 911 emergency response system in the county. It is intended to provide continuity, avoid duplication and prevent general confusion regarding the location of developed parcels of land in the county.
(Ord. 91-8-19, passed 8-19-1991)
§ 152.02 DEFINITIONS.
   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 County Area Plan Commission and the Planning Director shall serve as the coordinating body in the county with the responsibility for assigning street addresses within its jurisdiction. The agency shall coordinate its addressing efforts with the County Sheriff; local postmasters; and large mailers in the county such as utilities, government and the like.
   BASE LINES. Existing recognizable lines which divide the county into quadrants or sectors. The second principal meridian and the range line are BASE LINES in the county.
   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 county road which is used to assign consecutive property numbers, beginning from the nearest grid or base line. The address system used by the county assumes a frontage interval of 10.56 feet.
   GRID LINES. Imaginary lines or actual county 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 100 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 land which either is now being or will be used eventually for construction of a structure.
   PRIMARY ADDRESS NUMBER (CITY-TYPE ADDRESS). The numeric or alphanumeric component of a city-type address which proceeds the street name.
   STRUCTURE. A residential home; apartment building; business or commercial building; industrial or manufacturing building; or publicly owned building which fronts onto a public street or road.
(Ord. 91-8-19, passed 8-19-1991)
§ 152.03 PROPERTY ADDRESS NUMBERING SYSTEM.
   (A)   Advantages of a property address numbering system. 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 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. A numbering system should make it easy for anyone to find the location of a county road or residential property in a short period of time and allow for a systematic expansion of address numbers as community growth occurs.
   (B)   The grid coordinate system.
      (1)   The county has structured the naming of its road system and the issuance of property addresses based on the Lyman/Purdue Street Numbering System. The system is better known as the grid coordinate system. The system utilizes two base lines which run at approximate right angles to each other to divide the county into quadrants. Most of the county roads are numbered based on their distance from the north-south and east-west base lines. In the county the north-south base line consists of the second principal meridian line.
      (2)   The east-west base line consists of the range line.
   (C)   County road numbers and names. Existing posted county street/road numbers or names will be used to delineate an assumed distance in feet from a base line or each other (grid lines) even though a true measurement to said road is not exactly the distance stated on the road sign. All address measurements will be taken from the middle of an intersection.
   (D)   Property numbering intervals. Street addresses are assigned in increasing order from each base and grid line. In the county, 1,000 potential property addresses exist for each 5,280 feet (one mile) of distance from the base lines. There are approximately 50 address numbers that will be available for each side of the street/road within each tenth of a mile. All of those available numbers will probably not be needed, depending on the density of development along the street/road. Therefore, addresses occur at each ten and fifty-six hundredths foot interval and block numbers change every 528 linear feet along a street/road. A specific street/road address is determined by measuring the number of ten and fifty-six hundredths foot intervals between the nearest grid line or county street/road signpost to the front entrance of a structure.
(Ord. 91-8-19, passed 8-19-1991)
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