§ 11.5-53. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Accessory building: A structure which is customarily associated with subordinated in size and incidentally in use to the principal structure and located on the same site.

Address numbering maps: A master set of maps which, in conjunction with approved plats, depicts the existing roadway naming and building numbering schemes, as well as the roadway naming system and building numbering plan created by this article, any proposed roadway naming and building numbering schemes within the unincorporated area of Polk County, and the layout of internal access roadways and lots or units in mobile home parks and apartment complexes.

Building: Any structure, including a mobile home, which is designed, built or used for the support, enclosure, shelter, or protection of people for any residential, commercial, or industrial purpose.

Building front: That area or portion of a building or its facade which faces the roadway and determines which roadway would be named in the building's address unless another designation is deemed necessary by the 9-1-1 addressing office.

Building numbering plan: A system by which existing buildings and projected lots and other sites for future buildings are assigned a building number to be combined with the roadway name for address in a uniform and coordinated manner as developed by the enhanced 9-1-1 addressing office and depicted on the address numbering maps.

City-style addressing: Assignment of house numbers in sequential order using the grid of the existing community and the roadway name from which the building is accessed.

County manager: The county manager appointed by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners.

Enhanced 9-1-1 emergency telephone system: The system maintained and operated by the enhanced 9-1-1 office whereby the uniform roadway address system created by this article, the address numbering maps, the telephone numbers associated with given addresses, and the enhanced 9-1-1 office's communications equipment and facilities are used in conjunction with each other to provide an efficient and reliable response to emergencies reported via 9-1-1 emergency telephone calls.

Enhanced 9-1-1 addressing office: The office and staff organized and operating within the emergency management division of Polk County Department of Public Safety which is authorized and directed by this article to administer, the uniform roadway address system.

Master street address guide: A listing of all streets and house number ranges within a 9-1-1 service area.

Mobile home park: A single parcel of land under a single ownership where five (5) or more lots are offered for lease or rent for placement of mobile homes or where mobile homes are offered for lease or rent, and which is developed with all necessary facilities and services for park residents in accordance with an approved site development plan.

Multiple building complex: Five (5) or more detached principal buildings situated on a single lot to which access is gained by a common driveway or internal access roadway.

Occupant: Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, trust, association, or other entity or organization which is occupying or leasing a building or other real property for a period exceeding thirty (30) days.

Owner: Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, trust, association, or other entity or organization which owns the fee title to, or has an undivided interest in, a building or other real property.

Principal building or structure: The building or structure having the primary use of the lot.

Private roadway: Those roadways which are not maintained by any public entity; but rather are maintained by those property owners who own the property underlying or abutting the road. Those roads, excluding a parking lot, providing access to five (5) or more principal buildings and subject to the roadway naming requirements of this article.

Private driveway: A privately owned driveway which is not maintained by a public entity in the area of the county right-a-way and is subject to county driveway standards, excluding a parking lot, which provides access to more than five (5) principal buildings and is not subject to the roadway naming requirements of this article, and is exempt from county road construction standards.

Recreational vehicle: A temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use which either has its own motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle.

Recreational vehicle park (RV park): A single parcel of land under a single ownership where five (5) or more lots are offered for lease or rent for the nonpermanent placement of recreational vehicles or tents, and which is developed with all necessary facilities and services for park residents in accordance with an approved site development plan.

Roadway: All thoroughfares, ways, or routes of travel located in the unincorporated areas of Polk County, including but not limited to roads, highways, and all open right-of-ways, when any part thereof is designed for or open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular transportation or traffic. This does not include parking lots, bicycle paths, alleys, sidewalks, service entrances, driveways, and privately-owned roadways which do not meet the definition of a "private roadway" as set forth hereinabove.

Roadway naming system: A system by which the names of all projected and existing roadways may be included on the address numbering maps subject to review for compliance with the Polk County Subdivision Regulations and this article.

Uniform roadway address system: The system created by this article which incorporates the roadway naming system, the building numbering plan, and the address numbering maps.

(Ord. No. 04-89, § 3, 12-15-04)