§ 15-3. Road-naming and property-numbering system
(a) The uniform road-naming and property-numbering system for the unincorporated area of the county involves first giving each road in the county, regardless of length, a name based on historical facts obtained from primary and secondary sources. Next, the entire county had to be divided into parts small enough to assure any new structure of an address regardless of its location. This was accomplished by dividing each mile of road into eight hypothetical city blocks of 660 feet each. Each of these blocks was then assigned a number depending on its location and direction from the meridian streets (Highway 81 East and West, and Country Club Road—State Street Road North and South). For instance, the first 660 feet east of Highway 81 on Mentor Road would be designated the 100 block east on Mentor Road. The second 660 feet would be the 200 block east on Mentor Road and so on. Each of these blocks is in turn divided into lots of 25 feet each, and these lots are numbered in increments of four. Using the previous example, in the first block east on Mentor Road the lot extending from 75 feet to 100 feet would be numbered 113 East Mentor Road (see exhibit B). Similarly, the lot extending from 400 feet to 425 feet in the 600 block of East Mentor Road would be numbered 665 East Mentor Road. These addresses are odd-numbered because of their location on the north side of the road in the southeast quadrant of the county. On the south side of East Mentor Road in the southeast quadrant the lots will have even numbers.
(b) This system is as uniform as can logically be expected. It is an extrapolation of the addressing system used by the City of Salina. Because of this, several adjustments had to be made to compensate for discrepancies in Salina's system. The most noticeable of these adjustments is the substitution of Country Club Road-State Street Road for Iron Avenue and Highway 81 for Santa Fe Avenue as the meridian streets. Neither Iron Avenue nor Santa Fe Avenue connect to section lines beyond the city limits. Another discrepancy is that many of the blocks in Salina are not of uniform length. For this reason, many of the sections in the county extending away from Salina do not have exactly eight blocks. Some may have as few as six or as many as 15. In these instances the lot numbers were assigned in increments of two to facilitate the property numbering system. The reason Salina's system is used is to allow that city to grow through annexation without those people being annexed having to change their address. Theoretically, the City of Salina could grow to encompass the entire county but with a minimum of address changes.
(c) Rural addresses and road names are assigned by the county planning and zoning department.
(d) The address is based upon the location of the centerline of the driveway entrance to the public road, and not the location of the house on the property. The address may be adjusted to reflect the addresses of adjoining properties or addresses already assigned.
(e) Addresses are based upon the numbering system established in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
(f) Addresses shall only be assigned to residences, businesses, and other occupied structures and buildings where a phone is located. Vacant property with the entrance location determined or restricted by plat may be assigned addresses prior to construction. Exceptions may be made where a utility company requests an address be assigned for utility purposes.
(g) Addresses will be assigned based upon the approved construction registration.
(h) In the case of a building with multiple tenants, separate units within the building will be assigned the same base address, with a letter after the base address. In the case of a building that is modified after assignment of the address, the first unit will receive the address and subsequent units will receive the alphabetic letter, beginning with the unit closest to the main building entrance.
(i) Private roads, except those within PUD or industrial areas, will not receive a road name, and any addresses will be based upon the intersection of the private road with the public road. Private road identification signs on private road right-of-way or private property that conflict with the approved road names and in the opinion of the county planning and zoning director would cause confusion to emergency service providers, are prohibited.
(j) Within planned unit developments and industrial areas where street names have been assigned or approved by the county, separate addresses may be assigned by the county for individual structures or units.
(k) When more than one property is served by the same entrance road, driveway, or location the base address will be assigned to the original or first structure, and any new structures shall be assigned the same address followed by an alphabetic letter (i.e.: 631, 631A, 631B). To avoid confusion, the letters I, L, and O will not be used.
(l) In those instances involving a looped street that turns back into itself, addressing shall begin at the first property at the entrance from the main road, and follow around the loop in a counterclockwise manner.
(m) For those roads that do not follow a section line, or bend around physical features, road name changes may occur where the angle of intersection is 90 degrees or greater.
(n) As a general rule, roads that are discontinuous in right-of-way for more than one mile may be assigned a different road name. Road names may also change based upon location either side of the Meridian Streets (Highway 81, Country Club/State Street).
(o) New streets outside of incorporated entities shall be assigned names by the county planning and zoning department either through the platting of property, or by the deeding or dedication of right-of-way. Duplicate or similar street names shall not be allowed.
(p) Where unnamed frontage roads are utilized, the address shall be assigned based upon the entrance location of the property with respect to the main road as if the frontage road did not exist. Where named frontage roads are utilized, all property accessing the frontage road will be addressed from the frontage road.
(q) Where a joint entrance is mandated by plat or access restriction, but the driveway separates within the right-of-way, separate addresses may be assigned for each parcel.
(r) Road names outside of incorporated areas shall only be changed through formal action by the board of county commissioners. Requests for road name changes shall be submitted in writing to the county planning and zoning department for review and scheduling for action by the board of county commissioners.
(s) All residential, commercial, industrial, or public building sites obtaining new utility services shall be required to provide the assigned road or street numbers to all affected utilities prior to obtaining said service.
(Res. No. 878, 7-21-81; Amend. No. 8, 12-3-91; Res. No. 1256, 4-2-91)
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Zoning and master plan resolution, app. A.