§ 151.096 SIGN STANDARDS.

   Road name signs shall meet the following standards.

   (A)   All road name sign blades shall be a minimum six-inch flat vertical dimension sign with a minimum of four-inch engineer grade “C” font letters.

   (B)   Public road name signs or “blades” shall be made of a reflective green sheeting with the road name in reflective silver letters on both sides.

   (C)   Private name signs or “blades” shall be made of a reflective green sheeting with the road name in reflective silver letters and a small yellow sheeting at the end of each sign with the black lettering of “PVT” on both sides.

   (D)   Historical name signs or “blades” shall be made of reflective brown sheeting with the road name in reflective white letters on both sides.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004; Ord. passed 8-12-2024)

ADMINISTRATION

§ 151.110 ORDINANCE ADMINISTRATOR AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

   The Tax Department Addressing Committee shall be responsible for the administration of this chapter, including, but not limited to:

   (A)   Developing general policies and procedures;

   (B)   Giving technical assistance;

   (C)   Preparing a progress report for the Surry County Board Commissioners;

   (D)   Maintaining addressing standards and assigning all numbers for addressable structures;

   (E)   Maintaining appropriate addressing records;

   (F)   Designating individual unit addresses within the multiple housing units in conformity with this chapter;

   (G)   Approval of change of address schematic when needed to facilitate house number assignments along existing roads;

   (H)   Authorizing legal enforcement action as required by ordinance;

   (I)   Notification of citizens, governments, agencies and post offices, as required by law; and

   (J)   Authorize to correct such clerical or administrative errors that may occur in keeping with the overall plan and intent of this chapter and to approve alternate methods of displaying and/or assigning road addresses which meet the intent of this chapter when strict adherence to these standards cannot be reasonably met.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004)

§ 151.111 APPLICATIONS AND PETITIONS.

   Applications and petitions shall be kept on file in the Surry County Tax Department. Address applications will only be processed if the landowner on the address application is the same landowner as reflected on the current recorded deed in the Surry County Register of Deeds. Address applications may only be signed by the current landowner or their contractor.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004)

§ 151.112 BUILDING PERMITS.

   A building permit shall be issued using the current tax parcel number. The final valid address will only be assigned by the Land Records/Addressing Technician in the Surry County Tax Department at the time the permit is issued.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004; Ord. passed 8-12-2024)

§ 151.113 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

   Final approval for a certificate of occupancy of any addressable structure or building erected or repaired after the effective date of this chapter shall be withheld until permanent and proper structure numbers have been posted in accordance with the requirements herein.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004)

§ 151.114 FEES.

   (A)   Fees and charges provided herein for the filing of petitions, applications, the cost of hearings, variances and maps shall be paid by the applicant under this chapter at the time of application.

   (B)   Applicants, developers, surveyors, etc., or the applicant’s representatives, shall pay the cost of road name signage blades, post and caps, including bolts, and lock nuts, as stated within Ch. 155 of this code of ordinances.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004)

§ 151.115 REASON FOR DENIAL.

   If the Tax Administrator or the Tax Administrator’s designee denies approval, the Tax Administrator shall provide a written statement of the reasons for non-approval of a particular action (petition, variance, application, etc.).

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004)

AMENDMENTS

§ 151.130 PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

   These regulations may be amended or revised from time to time by the Board of County Commissioners. The Board shall cause notice of public hearing, while not mandatory, shall be considered and, where feasible, shall be advertised once a week for two successive calendar weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the area. The notice shall be published for the first time not less than ten days or more than 25 days before the appointed date of the hearing. In computing such period, the day of publication is not to be included, but the day of the hearing shall be included.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004; Ord. passed 8-12-2024)