Property numbers for dwelling units and places of business on all public and private streets shall be assigned by the rural addressing office in accordance with provisions outlined herein.
A. Uniformity: Property numbering shall be uniform, based on street frontage.
B. Consecutive Numbering: Property numbering shall be in a consecutive manner.
C. Prefixes: Pursuant to subsection 7-4-8B of this chapter, all streets deemed to run north from the zero point at the NW corner of sec. 27, T4N, R12E shall have a "North" prefix designation. All streets deemed to run south from the zero point shall have a "South" prefix designation. All streets deemed to run east from the zero point shall have an "East" prefix designation. All streets deemed to run west from the zero point shall have a "West" prefix designation.
D. Even And Odd Numbering: Even numbers shall always be assigned on one side of the street and odd numbers shall be assigned on the other. Even numbers shall be on the north and west sides of streets and odd numbers shall be on the south and east sides of the streets with the exception of municipal areas previously addressed by other authorities using a different method. Once assigned, numbers shall not be arbitrarily altered by utilities, or departments of the cities or county. If an area is annexed by a municipality, the existing addresses will be changed at the discretion of the municipality.
E. Expansion: The numbering system shall allow for expansion to accommodate future growth in the area.
F. Conformance With Grid System: Numbering shall be in accordance with the Gila County grid system. Numbers shall change by one every six feet (6').
G. Apartments/Condominiums/Group Housing:
1. Numbers shall be assigned to the property where a driveway joins the street; this becomes the street address of all units which face upon the interior court. Separate internal units of condominiums and apartments shall be designated with subnumbers or letters, not individual property numbers.
2. Mobile home parks shall be treated like other multi-family developments. The property shall be assigned one number, and each mobile home shall receive numerical designations such as Sp. 1, Sp. 2, Sp. 3, etc. However, if the development is a mobile home subdivision built in conformance with subdivision regulations, the properties shall be treated as individual residences.
H. Business Districts: In a business district, the main entrance to each separate establishment shall have its own number in sequence with other businesses along the street.
I. Numbering When Streets Change Direction: As a general rule, if a street changes direction drastically and for a substantial length, the numbering shall be changed to reflect the orientation with a different baseline and name.
J. Street Starting From Different Points On The Same Cross Street: When a street does not begin at the same location as a parallel street, the numbers shall begin with the same number measured from the baseline as on the parallel street. Likewise, buildings facing streets that do not extend to the baseline at present shall be assigned numbers as if they extended.
K. Diagonal Streets: The general principle to apply when numbering diagonal streets is to treat the street as either a north-south or an east-west street based on the greatest distance covered in any specific direction.
L. Corner Lots: When assigning a number to a building on a corner lot, assign a number from the street upon which the front entrance faces for a business; or assign a number from the street from which the driveway enters for a residence. Dual addresses shall be avoided. If a corner building has two (2) entrances which both look like front entrances, the decision is based on the general site layout and driveway entrance.
M. Duplex Buildings And Rear Houses On Interior Lots:
1. Separate numbers shall be assigned to the entrances of a duplex dwelling, and for separate single-family dwellings in the rear of other single-family dwellings (i.e., garage apartments).
2. If a commercial enterprise that is part of a residence has a separate entrance from the street, it may also be assigned a separate number. If there is a rear entrance or a hidden structure, a post should display the number on the path leading to the entrance, even if it is reached through another structure.
3. For units on alleys or interior malls where there is no access to a street paralleling the alley, a name is given to the alley and property numbers are assigned.
4. If there is access from a parallel street, numbers are assigned from the series on that street. In the case of commercial or industrial facilities, auxiliary buildings would not be assigned separate numbers, but the main building, where mail is received and business is transacted, would receive a property number.
N. Numbering On Circle Streets And Horseshoes: Circle streets or horseshoe shaped streets begin and end touching the same street. It is advisable in such cases to ignore compass directions and to give numbers on such streets to correspond with numbering on the streets where the circle originated. The even numbers shall be on the inside of the circle and the odd numbers shall be on the outside of the circle. There will be more properties on the outside of the circle than on the inside of the circle. In such cases, numbers shall be assigned in a regular manner to the outside of the street, using consecutive odd numbers. Numbers should then be assigned to the side having the shorter frontage so that the numbers correspond with property on the opposite side of the street. Avoid duplication of numbers if an auxiliary street using a different thoroughfare designation carries the same number as the main street. (Ord. O 09-08, 10-6-2009)