§ 11.5-59. Uniform roadway address system.

A uniform roadway address system devised by the enhanced 9-1-1 addressing office shall be based on a grid system which is a system of vertical and horizontal axes and which shall incorporate the roadway naming system and the building numbering plan in compliance with the Polk County Subdivision Regulations and this article. The uniform roadway address system shall be implemented in accordance with the following procedures:

(a)

If a building is located on a lot which is adjacent to two (2) or more roadways, the roadway name to be used in that building's address shall be the name of the roadway by which the building is accessed from the roadway by a driveway unless another designation is deemed necessary by the 9-1-1 addressing office. The number assigned to such building shall then be determined in accordance with section 11.5-58 of this article.

(b)

If a roadway runs in both north-to-south and east-to-west directions, the direction of such roadway, for the purpose of assigning even or odd numbers to buildings on a given side of the roadway, shall be determined by the direction in which the greater proportion of the roadway runs or by such other logical means as would minimize confusion where a predominant direction cannot be reasonably determined.

(c)

The enhanced 9-1-1 addressing office may retain the address numbering schemes used for mobile homes, lots within mobile home parks, or units within multiple building complexes as authorized or assigned prior to the effective date of this article by the United States postal service, the government of Polk County, or the government of a municipality, if retention of such address number schemes is the most reasonable option.

(d)

In situations where it would be more reasonable or practical for the enhanced 9-1-1 addressing office to assign an address to a building located in close proximity to a municipality based on a separate grid numbering system used by said municipality, it shall be within the discretion of the enhanced 9-1-1 addressing office to assign a number to such building which is in conformity with the municipality's separate grid numbering system.

(e)

Within thirty (30) days after a parcel of land, a subdivision, or any part thereof, becomes part of the unincorporated area of Polk County by municipal contraction or otherwise, the enhanced 9-1-1 addressing office shall review the address numbers of such property and determine whether such numbers, their posting, and the method of numbering for such contracted portion conform to the designated system and the building numbering plan established by this article.

(f)

Newly platted subdivisions will be addressed by the enhanced 9-1-1 addressing office or a designated addressing authority after the subdivision has been finalized.

(Ord. No. 04-89, § 9, 12-15-04)