Chapter 12.12
ROAD NAMING, ADDRESSING
Sections:
Article I. Road Naming
12.12.250 Processing the application.
12.12.300 County court action.
Article II. Addressing
12.12.550 Method of addressing.
Article III. Listing Road Names
12.12.010 Short title.
This chapter shall be known as Crook County Code Ordinance No. 85, Amendment No. 2, roads and addresses. (Ord. 85 Amd. 2 § 1, 2003)
12.12.100 Definitions.
(1) “Access point” means where the primary driveway enters the road on which a dwelling is addressed.
(2) “Dwelling” means residence, including house or mobile home, or place of business.
(3) “Point of origin of the addressing system” means the intersection of 1st Street and Main Street in the city of Prineville, which is the “point of origin” of the city of Prineville’s addressing system.
(4) “X axis” means the north-south line of Main Street of the city of Prineville which shall be extended as the north-south axis (X axis).
(5) “Y axis” means the east-west line of 1st Street of the city of Prineville which shall be extended as the east-west axis (Y axis).
(6) “Key to street prefix” means:
(a) All east-west streets north of the Y axis and east of the X axis shall be addressed North-East (NE).
(b) All east-west streets south of the Y axis and east of the X axis shall be addressed as South-East (SE).
(c) All east-west streets north of the Y axis and west of the X axis shall be addressed as North-West (NW).
(d) All east-west streets south of the Y axis and west of the X axis shall be addressed as South-West (SW).
(e) All north-south streets north of the Y axis and west of the X axis shall be addressed as North-West (NW).
(f) All north-south streets south of the Y axis and east of the X axis shall be addressed as South-East (SE).
(g) All north-south streets north of the Y axis and east of the X axis shall be addressed as North-East (NE).
(h) All north-south streets south of the Y axis and west of the X axis shall be addressed as South-West (SW).
(i) All streets following the X axis for the majority of their length shall be addressed as North (N) or South (S) as appropriate.
(j) All streets following the Y axis for the majority of their length shall be addressed as East (E) or West (W) as appropriate.
(k) All streets that begin and end on another street shall be called “loops.”
(7) “Private road” means any road that is not deeded for public use and one in which no rights or interest have accrued to the public, and includes private driveways, and other private access ways, over 150 feet in length, or which serve as access to two or more residences.
(8) “Public road” means a road over which the public has a right of use that is a matter of public record.
(9) “Road” means the entire right-of-way of any public or private way that provides ingress to or egress from property by means of vehicles or other means, or that provides travel between places by means of vehicle.
(10) “County-wide addressing system area” includes all that area of Crook County, excluding that area within the city of Prineville. (Ord. 85 Amd. 2 § 1(85.100), 2003)
Article I. Road Naming
12.12.200 County authority.
The Crook County court shall have the authority to name or rename any road in the following circumstances:
(1) When an existing public or county road is named or renamed.
(2) When a new public or county road is established. (Road names in subdivisions shall be named in accordance with the procedure established for subdivision review.)
(3) When a private road requires a name in order to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the public. (Ord. 85 Amd. 2 § 1(85.200), 2003)
12.12.230 Application.
A request to name or rename a road shall be made as follows:
(1) A petition to name or rename a road may be submitted to the county building department. The petition shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(a) Signatures of not less than 75 percent of the residents along the road, plus, in the event a resident is not the legal or equitable title holder, the signatures of the last owner of record according to the county assessor’s office.
(b) The name and phone number of the designated contact person.
(c) The location of the road by description or map.
(d) The legal status of the road, if known.
(e) The existing road name, if known.
(f) The proposed road name.
(g) The reason for the request.
(h) Written response from the local post office.
(i) Written response from the county 911 dispatch manager.
(2) A request may also be submitted by any public agency or utility whose function is affected by road names, including the Crook County court, the county planning department, or any other affected Crook County department. Such requests are not required to be accompanied by the information detailed in subsection (1) of this section. (Ord. 85 Amd. 2 § 1(85.230), 2003)
12.12.250 Processing the application.
(1) The county building department shall process all applications for road naming and renaming. The county building department shall:
(a) Verify legal status of the road.
(b) Check the proposed road name to avoid duplication or similarity with other existing road names and with those on approved preliminary partitions or subdivisions. No name will be approved that contains a compass direction (north, south, east, or west) except in the prefix.
(c) Perform a field check when necessary.
(d) Assist the applicant or other affected person to find alternate names when necessary.
(e) Notify the appropriate departments and agencies.
(f) Inquire of all residents abutting the road to determine the general consensus concerning the proposed road name. In the event a resident is not the legal or equitable title holder, such inquiry shall include the last owner of record according to the county assessor’s office.
(g) Prepare a recommendation and proposed order on the proposed road name for the county court.
(2) When the owners of property do not propose a name for an unnamed road, or cannot agree on a name or in any other circumstances where the county building department believes it is warranted, the county building department shall recommend a name to the county court.
(3) Roads in a proposed subdivision or planned unit development shall be proposed by the developer in accordance with the applicable provisions in CCC Titles 17 and 18. (Ord. 85 Amd. 2 § 1(85.250), 2003)
12.12.300 County court action.
(1) Following receipt of a recommendation and proposed order for a road naming or renaming, the county court shall conduct a public hearing on such recommendation and order at a regular court meeting. The court shall give written notice of the public hearing to owners of all property abutting the road, as shown by the records of the county assessor. Following the public hearing, the court shall adopt, reject, or modify and adopt the proposed order.
(2) Following action by the county court, the court shall notify the original applicant for the road naming or renaming of the court’s action.
(3) Copies of an approved order naming or renaming a road shall be sent by the county building department to the following:
(a) Department of public works.
(b) Department of assessment and taxation.
(c) Elections division.
(d) Local post office.
(e) Building department.
(f) City (if appropriate).
(g) Emergency services.
(h) E9-1-1 dispatch manager.
(4) Copies of an approved order or road name list may be made available, as the county building department feels is necessary, to:
(a) Telephone company.
(b) Local school district.
(c) Local power company.
(d) Local water district.
(e) Gas company.
(f) Any other affected agency or utility. (Ord. 85 Amd. 2 § 1(85.300), 2003)
12.12.450 Completion.
(1) Signed order shall be filed with the county clerk.
(2) County road name signs shall be constructed and installed without charge on county-accepted and maintained roads by the Crook County road department.
(3) County maps and files shall be updated.
(4) In the event that property owners on private roads and property owners on public roads that are not county roads (hereinafter “owners”) are required to place road name signs on their roads, and if these owners and districts fail to comply with the placement of the road name signs within the time frames contained within this chapter, then the county may send out by certified mail to those owners a notice of a hearing to be held not less than two weeks from the date of the notice. The county court shall then hold a hearing to determine whether the owners are responsible for placing the road name signs and, if so, then the owners will be charged with the cost of installing the road name signs including all costs associated with the hearing. The county court may provide for proportionate costs among multiple property owners as the court determines.
(5) The county may seek alternate funding through improvement districts or other sources for the installation of these signs.
(6) Street Name Signs Requirements.
(a) Lettering on ground-mounted street name signs should be at least four inches high in capital letters, or four-inch upper-case letters with four-inch lower-case letters.
(b) For local roads with speed limits of 25 miles per hour or less, lettering on ground-mounted street name signs should be at least four inches high in capital letters, or four-inch upper-case letters with four-inch lower-case letters.
(c) For local roads with speed limits over 25 miles per hour, lettering on ground-mounted street name signs should be at least six inches high in capital letters, or six-inch upper-case letters with six-inch lower-case letters.
(d) The sign post must be at least two feet from the edge of the pavement. There must be at least 5.5 feet of clearance from the bottom corner of the sign to the paved surface.
(e) The street name sign shall be retro reflective or illuminate to show the same shape and similar color both day and night. The legend and background shall be of contrasting colors. Street name signs should have a white legend on a green background. Street name signs must be readable from all directions.
(f) All street name signs must be approved by the Crook County building department.
(7) Stop Signs for Subdivisions Not Maintained by County.
(a) Stop signs shall be installed only within the subdivision roads. The stop sign shall be installed on the right side of the approach to which it applies.
(b) The sign post must be at least two feet from the edge of the pavement. There must be at least 5.5 feet of clearance from the bottom corner of the sign to the paved surface.
(c) When the stop sign is installed at this required location and the sign visibility is restricted, a “STOP AHEAD” sign shall be installed in advance of the stop sign. No other signs shall be mounted on stop sign posts. (Ord. 149 Amd. 1 §§ 8, 9, 10, 2006; Ord. 85 Amd. 2 § 1(85.450), 2003)
Article II. Addressing
12.12.500 Purpose.
In the interests of public health, safety, and welfare, a permanent county-wide addressing system is hereby established to provide a uniform addressing system. Such system will allow for systematic expansion as the various communities expand, will provide all emergency vehicles with the necessary information to quickly locate any dwelling by site address, and will further establish permanent mail delivery numbers and generally eliminate the confusions and delay caused by changing route and box system and other numbering systems. (Ord. 85 Amd. 2 § 1(85.500), 2003)
12.12.550 Method of addressing.
(1) All unnamed public and private roads within the county shall be assigned a name in accordance with the following:
(a) Where a dwelling is requested to be built along an unnamed public or private road and where four or more primary dwellings already exist, a name for the road shall be assigned pursuant to this chapter;
(b) All new subdivision roads shall be assigned a name pursuant to this chapter;
(c) Where a dwelling is requested to be built on a property 1,000 acres in size or larger, the building official or the building official’s designee shall review and determine the need for a road sign on an individual basis. The building official or the building official’s designee shall consult with the fire official prior to making a determination.
(2) All dwellings within the county-wide addressing system area shall be uniformly addressed from the point of origin. The city of Prineville numbering system shall be expanded to encompass all of Crook County, i.e., 16 blocks per mile, 330 feet per block.
(3) A dwelling with an access point on a primarily north-south road will be addressed based on the distance from the Y axis to the access point as measured in a northerly or southerly direction. In the case of a switchback or portion of the road that is generally parallel to the Y axis, a proportioning adjustment will be made in accordance with an established procedure to assure sequential three-, four- or five-digit numbers.
(4) A dwelling with an access point on a primarily east-west road will be addressed based on the distance from the X axis to the access point as measured in a easterly or westerly direction. In the case of a switchback or portion of the road that is generally parallel to the X axis, a proportioning adjustment will be made in accordance to an established procedure to assure sequential three-, four-, or five-digit numbers.
(5) A basically north-south road will have odd numbers on the west side of the road, and even numbers on the east side of the road.
(6) A basically east-west road will have odd numbers on the north side of the road, and even numbers on the south side of the road.
(7) The numbers will increase while going north from the Y axis on a basically north-south road.
(8) The numbers will increase while going south from the Y axis on a basically north-south road.
(9) The numbers will increase while going east from the X axis on a basically east-west road.
(10) The numbers will increase while going west from the X axis on a basically east-west road.
(11) Apartment houses, mobile home parks, and other multi-unit complexes shall be addressed as one dwelling. The management of such establishment shall assign unit addresses in a manner acceptable to the county building department and emergency service.
(12) Basically, “loops” shall be numbered counterclockwise with even numbers on the outside of the loop and odd numbers on the inside of the loop. Numbering shall begin with the entrance to the loop closest to the crossing point of the X-Y axis. No roads shall be designated as “loops” unless such road begins and ends on another street.
(13) No existing addresses will be changed unless it is necessary to ensure the safety and welfare of the citizens.
(14) All addressing and road naming shall satisfy United States Post Office and National Emergency Number Association requirements.
(15) No roads shall be designated as “courts” unless such road is either a cul-de-sac, dead end or is otherwise not a “through street.” (Ord. 260 § 1, 2012; Ord. 85 Amd. 2 § 1(85.550), 2003)
12.12.570 Display of numbers.
(1) Within 30 days after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter or within 30 days after issuance of a new number, each dwelling requiring a number as provided shall display address number prominently to the standards provided in the Uniform Fire Code:
(a) In a position near the principal entrance to the dwelling when the number will be visible from the street.
(b) On the mailbox serving the dwelling where the mailbox denotes the end of the access driveway.
(c) In cases where the dwelling is not visible from the access road or drive and where the mailbox does not indicate the end of the access driveway, the resident or owner shall erect a marker displaying the assigned number in view from the access road so that emergency vehicles can quickly locate the dwelling.
(2) Addresses in the unincorporated areas of Crook County shall be physically addressed with four-inch-high “house” numbers, which are of contrasting color to the background. These numbers shall be placed on the residence to the side facing the street or road, in a location which is visible from the road side of the residence containing the access point.
(a) “Curb address marking” or “rural address signs” shall also be installed where applicable.
(b) When there is a curb at the road access point of the dwelling, the “curb address markings” shall consist of curb markings placed at the center of the property (if not available, to the right of the driveway, two feet). The sign background color shall be of forest green (road sign green), and shall extend no less than two and one-half inches beyond the numbering. The numbers shall be of bright white and shall be three inches in height and a brush stroke of three-fourths inch in width.
(c) When there is no curb and the dwelling is more than 100 feet from the road, a “rural address sign” shall be placed at the end and to the right of the driveway. In the event that the driveway serves more than one residence or commercial building, more than one sign shall be required to properly identify the correct access to a given property. The “rural address signs” are green reflective signs with white reflective lettering and metal posts.
(3) Commercial and Industrial Property Addressing.
(a) Locations for property identification of commercial or industrial use shall consist of “rural address” signs when deemed necessary by the fire chief to properly identify access to the property. Specific address numbers meeting the prescribed specifications shall be placed on the front entrance door or on the front of the structure at an approved location as approved by the fire chief.
(b) Complexes with four or more occupancies shall be required to place a complex address identification locator map, placed at the right side of the main entrance as approved by the fire chief
(4) At the final inspection of new construction located in the county-wide addressing area, the building official or his designee shall inspect the dwelling to ascertain whether numbers are displayed as required above, and shall not sign off on final inspection until the above conditions are satisfied. (Ord. 85 Amd. 2 § 1(85.570), 2003)
12.12.580 Implementation.
The county building department is charged with the responsibility of implementing this system. The county building office shall:
(1) Make all determinations regarding address assignments.
(2) Provide the occupants and/or the owner with the new address for the dwelling at least six weeks prior to the effective use date.
(3) Notify local postal authorities of the new address at least six weeks prior to the effective use date.
(4) Provide the county planning department, the elections department, emergency services, E9-1-1 dispatch and local postal authorities with address maps on an as-needed basis. (Ord. 85 Amd. 2 § 1(85.580), 2003)
12.12.590 Fees.
The county building department will establish and collect reasonable fees to offset the cost of assigning an address to previously unaddressed locations. The fee shall include one sign and installation thereof. The addressing fee shall be submitted when the application for address is received. (Ord. 85 Amd. 2 § 1(85.590), 2003)
Article III. Listing Road Names
12.12.600 Ratification.
All existing road names are hereby ratified and adopted as if they had been adopted pursuant to this chapter. (Ord. 85 Amd. 2 § 1(85.600), 2003)