ORDINANCE NO. 2023-1A (Amended)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 4 OF THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS CODE OF ORDINANCE AS TO METHOD OF NUMBERING BUILDINGS, AND MAKING AMENDMENTS AS TO STYLE AND FORM FOR PURPOSES OF REFERENCE AND CODIFICATION.
WHEREAS, the City of White Sulphur Springs previously established a numbering mechanism for addressing within the city; and
WHEREAS, the Meagher County 9-1-1 system has been tasked with updating and maintaining addresses for consistency between the City and the County; and
WHEREAS, the Meagher County 9-1-1 system is being upgraded to a GIS (Geographic Information System) in accordance with a Next-Generation 911 (NG9-1-1) process across the state; and
WHEREAS, the old addressing system used an outmoded methodology which needs to be upgraded to meet the current technology; and
WHEREAS, such change to the methodology will be effective from the implementation of the NG9-1-1 system;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commission of the City of White Sulphur Springs Montana, that Title 1, Chapter 5, Section 4 of the Municipal Code, be amended as follows:
That Title 1, Chapter 5, Section 4 be renamed as follows:
Section 1.5.4 Method of Numbering
Buildings
Section 2
That the Code of Ordinance, Title 1, Chapter 5, Section 4 be amended as follows:
§ 1.5.4 METHOD OF NUMBERING
BUILDINGS
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(A) West and north sides of the roads and streets always have odd addresses and the east and south sides of roads and streets always have even addresses.
(B) Each street running north and south in the City is designated an avenue. Each street running east and west is designated as a street.
(C) Each street running on the west side of Central Avenue has a prefix of West, and each on the east side of Central Avenue has a prefix of East.
(D) Every avenue running east and west in the City is designated an avenue and shall have four different suffixes as follows.
(1) If the avenue is north of Main Street and east of Central Avenue, it has a suffix of northeast.
(2) If the avenue is south of Main Street and east of Central Avenue, it has a suffix of southeast.
(3) If the avenue is north of Main Street and west of Central Avenue, it has a suffix of northwest.
(4) If the avenue is south of Main Street and west of Central Avenue, it has a suffix of southwest.
(E) Every street follows the same addressing scheme. Each block and address range will correlate with the linear distance from the point of origin of the street or avenue, such as but not limited to Central Avenue or Main Street, and numbering will use an address range employing a “100-block” numbering structure and shall increase numerically as the street/avenue increases in distance from the point of origin. Each entrance for a residence or place of business shall have a separate number, and each staircase from a street shall have a number. Where necessary, a one-half number, such as “108-1/2” may be used in a structure with two dwellings. If a structure has more than two dwellings, each dwelling shall be assigned a letter such as 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D and the like.
Repealer. All resolutions, ordinances, and sections of the White Sulphur Springs Municipal Code and parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 4
Savings Provision. This ordinance does not affect the rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, or proceedings that were begun before the effective date of this ordinance. All other provisions of the White Sulphur Springs Code of Ordinance not amended by this Ordinance shall remain in full force an effect.
Section 5
Severability. If any provisions of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions of this ordinance which may be given effect without the invalid provision or application and, to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 6
EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after second reading and final adoption as provided by law.
Section 7
CODIFICATION. Upon Final Passage and Adoption, the City Clerk is authorized to publish the foregoing ordinance, making amendments as to referenced code sections, notations, and grammar as well as style to be consistent with the ordinance as passed. All references within the White Sulphur Springs Code of Ordinance shall be revised as necessary to be consistent with and reflect the changes in this ordinance. The Clerk, and through the Clerk the entity maintaining the Code of Ordinance, shall insert this ordinance and shall remove the prior provisions inconsistent with the current ordinance, as passed and adopted, in any official publication or on-line version of the White Sulphur Springs Municipal Code.
PASSED by the City Council and the City of White Sulphur Springs, Montana, on first reading at a regular session thereof held on the ______day of ___________, 2023.
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Rick Nelson, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Michelle Stidham, City Clerk
PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED by the City Council and the City of White Sulphur Springs, Montana, on second reading at a regular session thereof held on the ______day of ___________, 2023.
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Rick Nelson, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Michelle Stidham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney