At a Regular Session of the County Commission of Cabell County, West Virginia, held at the Courthouse thereof, on the 6th day of May, 2004, the following order was made and entered:
AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE
ASSIGNMENT OF NAMES TO STREETS AND ROADWAYS AND IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE
OF THE MAPPING AND POSTING OF STREET SIGNS AND BUILDING NUMBERS IN
____________________CABELL
COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA____________________
In order to uniformly assign and maintain street addresses and provide for easy identification of those numbers for various purposes and to promote the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the County of Cabell, the Cabell County Commission enacts its 9-1-1 Addressing and Mapping Ordinance as follows:
WHEREAS, pursuant to W. Va. Code Articles 7-1-3 and 7-1-3cc, and consistent with W. Va. Code Article 24E-1-1 et seq., the Cabell County Commission has the authority to provide for the elimination of hazards to public health and safety; to establish and regulate the naming or renaming of roads, ways, streets, avenues, drives and the like, in cooperation with local postal authorities, the division of highways and the directors of Cabell County emergency communications centers; and to assure uniform, non-duplicative conversion of all rural routes to city-type addressing on a permanent basis. The Cabell County Commission may cooperate with other governmental units, shall maintain and update the addressing and mapping framework within their jurisdictions, and,
WHEREAS, the establishment of an Enhanced 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System in Cabell County has been approved and implemented by the Cabell County Commission; and,
WHEREAS, the establishment of an effective E911 system requires the assignment of names to all streets and roads in Cabell County, the assignment of building numbers to all buildings having telephones and/or occupancies, the erection of appropriate street signs at intersections; and the maintenance of a statewide mapping system, and,
WHEREAS, the Cabell County Commission has the authority to delegate, contract or cooperate with other governmental units to complete all necessary components of this Ordinance, for final approval by the Cabell County Commission,
WHEREAS, the Cabell County Commission intends to elect to participate in the Statewide Addressing and Mapping Project, pursuant to Title 169, Series 2 of the Code of State Rules, thus promoting the goal of prompt and accurate dispatch of emergency services of 9-1-1 personnel in Cabell County, and thereby enhancing the safety of the lives and property of the citizens and residents of Cabell County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED
this 6th day of May, 2004
by the County Commission of Cabell County, West Virginia.
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1: APPLICABILITY
Section 1.1 The provisions of this Ordinance apply to all unincorporated areas of Cabell County. The municipal corporations in Cabell County have the option to adopt cooperative addressing ordinances or to adopt their own stand-alone addressing ordinances. If a municipal corporation in Cabell County does not act to adopt a cooperative or standalone ordinance within one hundred twenty (120) days of the date of the enactment of this Ordinance, this Ordinance will apply to areas within such municipal corporations until and unless the municipal corporation acts to adopt a standalone ordinance.
Section 1.2 Pursuant to the Emergency Rules of the West Virginia Statewide Addressing and Mapping Board on file with the office of the Secretary of State, Title 169, Series 2 of the Code of State Rules, the Cabell County Commission hereby elects to participate in the West Virginia Statewide Addressing and Mapping Project. The Clerk of the Cabell County Commission shall, pursuant to those Emergency Rules, serve notice of this election on the Board within five (5) days of the enactment of this Ordinance, together with a true copy of this Ordinance.
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2: DEFINITIONS AS USED
IN THIS ORDINANCE
Section 2.1 For the purpose of this Ordinance, the following terms, phrases, works and their derivations shall have the meaning that is provided in the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) Standard Guidelines as referenced by the United States Postal Service, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
Section 2.2 “Address number” means the number assigned to consecutive intervals along a street or road pursuant to the Number Assignment Formula contained herein.
Section 2.3 “Road” or “Street” means any public or private thoroughfare, used for vehicular traffic and/or any easement or right-of-way that provides sole access to more than two parcels or lots. This term shall be defined as the “Street Suffix” and shall include, but is not limited to; avenue, drive, way, boulevard, highway, lane, pike or similar street types.
Section 2.4 “Number Assignment Formula” means as follows: Beginning from the point of origin a house number shall be assigned for each interval, with each interval on the right side of the roadway as one leaves the point of origin being assigned an even number, and each interval on the left side as one leaves the point of origin being assigned an odd number. Left and right shall be determined from the perspective of a traveler moving away from the road point of origin in a forward motion.
Section 2.5 “Interval” means the distance along a roadway of 10.56 feet, there being 500 intervals per mile on both sides of a road.
Section 2.6 “Point of Origin” means the beginning point of a road, which is the starting point for a numbering sequence. The point of origin for an individual road may be adjusted, upon Commission approval, to avoid numbering conflicts.
Section 2.7 “Primary structure” means, but is not be limited to, residential building, mobile home parks, commercial building, industrial building, office building, public building, utility, communications tower.
Section 2.8 “Display” means the manner the numbers are affixed to a structure or otherwise displayed when affixing to a structure.
Section 2.9 “Non-compliance”
means any failure to comply with the provisions of this Ordinance including,
but not limited to, by way of example: a number out of sequence, odd or even
number on wrong side of street, rural box numbers in a 9-1-1 address area,
numbers improperly affixed, numbers illegible, numbers unclear, numbers
obstructed, numbers not visible, numbers not present, numbers of improper size,
numbers not in contrast with immediate background, weatherworn numbers, wrong
numbers, and non-approved numbers.
Section 2.10 “Occupant” is any person, firm, entity, partnership, trust, corporation, association or other organization that is occupying or leasing a building or other property for a period exceeding thirty (30) days.
Section 2.11 “Owner” is any and all persons, firms, entities, partnerships, trusts, corporation, associations, or other organizations that own the fee title to, or have an undivided interest in, any building or property, which is subject to the provisions of this Ordinance.
Section 2.12 “City-type address" means a unique address for a structure using a building number and street name. “City-type addresses” are based on an address system, which means that they usually appear in a consistent numeric sequence along a street and reflect parity conventions (that is, odd numbers all appear on one side of the street and even numbers on the other). If number assignment is based on a standard numbering interval, then the “city-type address” will also logically provide a distance location from the beginning point of the road.
Section 2.13 “Emergency services purposes” means use for 9-1-1 or enhanced 9-1-1 dispatch and response.
Section 2.14 “West Virginia Statewide Addressing and Mapping Project” means the project for the creation of a statewide addressing and mapping system for emergency services purposes, but usable as a base for other purposes, in accordance with and consistent with Chapter 24E, Article 1 of the West Virginia Code.
Section 2.15 “West Virginia Statewide Addressing and Mapping System” or “the System” means the system to be created as a result of the Project, in which Cabell County Commission is participating, including, without limitation, the establishment of city-type addressing and mapping systems essential to the prompt and accurate dispatch of emergency service providers. The terms “Statewide Addressing and Mapping System” and “the System” also include any local modifications that may be made to the System in order to tailor it to meet specialized local concerns.
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3: APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF ADDRESSING
AND MAPPING COORDINATORS
Section 3.1 The CCE-911 Director is hereby appointed the Cabell County Addressing Coordinator. In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this Ordinance, the Cabell County Addressing Coordinator has the following duties:
Section 3.1.1 The Cabell County Addressing Coordinator shall recommend names, for approval by the Cabell County Commission, to any public or private road or street in Cabell County, which provides access to two or more occupied buildings.
Section 3.1.2 The Cabell County Addressing Coordinator shall negotiate with residents along streets or roads bearing duplicate or confusingly similar names in Cabell County and recommend name changes of such roads or streets to eliminate such duplication or confusing similarity. The Cabell County Addressing Coordinator shall coordinate the placement of street signs at intersections within the Cabell County with the West Virginia Department of Highways.
Section 3.1.3 The Cabell County Addressing Coordinator shall recommend a “Cabell County Road Name Index” for adoption by the Cabell County Commission and filing in the Office of the Cabell County Clerk. This Index is to be the official listing of names for streets and roads in Cabell County and such streets and roads are hereby assigned the names listed therein. As used in the Ordinance, the terms “street” and “road” shall have the same meaning and shall also include but not limited to avenues, boulevards, highways, lanes, ways, and similar street types.
Section 3.1.4 The Cabell County Addressing Coordinator shall cooperate with the West Virginia Statewide Mapping and Addressing Board, the Board’s Project Manager, the West Virginia Enhanced 9-1-1 Council, the Cabell County’s Assessor’s office, municipal corporations within Cabell County, the United States Postal Service and other interested agencies and persons in order to accomplish, within Cabell County, city-type addressing and other systems essential to the prompt and accurate dispatch of emergency service providers or other emergency services or 9-1-1 purposes, and for such other goals of the West Virginia Statewide Addressing and Mapping Project. The Cabell County Addressing Coordinator may not, however, take any official action not expressly authorized in this Ordinance or otherwise by the Cabell County Commission.
Section 3.1.5 In applying this Ordinance and the guidelines in the West Virginia 9-1-1 Addressing Handbook, the Cabell County Addressing Coordinator shall have the authority, in cooperation with the above agencies, to interpret this Ordinance to ensure a logical and efficient numbering and street addressing system.
Section 3.2 The CCE-911 Director is hereby appointed the Cabell County Mapping Coordinator. The Cabell County Mapping Coordinator shall cooperate with the West Virginia Statewide Mapping and Addressing Board, the Board’s Project Manager, the West Virginia Enhanced 9-1-1 Council, the Cabell County’s Assessor’s office, municipal corporations within Cabell County and other interested agencies and persons in order to accomplish, within Cabell County, digital mapping and other systems essential to the prompt and accurate dispatch of emergency service providers or other emergency services or
9-1-1 purposes, and for such other goals of the West Virginia Statewide Addressing and Mapping Project. The Cabell County Mapping Coordinator may not, however, take any official action not expressly authorized in this Ordinance or otherwise by the Cabell County Commission.
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4: INTERPRETATIONS AND
APPLICATION
This Ordinance is to be interpreted and applied consistent with the West Virginia Statewide Addressing and Mapping System. The Cabell County Addressing Coordinator and the Cabell County Mapping Coordinator shall make any necessary application to the Board for a waiver, or for local modifications of the System in order to tailor it to this Ordinance.
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5: STRUCTURE AND
LOCATION NUMBERING AND DISPLAY
Section 5.1 Whenever any house, building, or structure is erected or located after the initial establishment of the uniform numbering system as provided herein, it shall be the duty of the property owners to procure the correct number or numbers for the property and to affix these numbers to the building in accordance to this Ordinance. The owner shall place or cause to be placed upon each house or building controlled by him the number or numbers assigned under the uniform number system within thirty (30) days of notification of the assigned address. The cost of posting the address shall be the responsibility of the property owner.
Section 5.2 The owner shall file an application for an address assignment with the Cabell County Addressing Coordinator or such other duly authorized agent of the Cabell County Commission. No address may be assigned until the footer is in place and properly inspected. The address must be issued not later than sixty (60) days following identification of address and installed on the structure prior to final inspection.
Section 5.3 Display of Number – Residential Structure – Each primary structure must display the number of the address assigned to that address. The street number for residences shall be in accordance with The BOCA National Property Maintenance Code, Section PM-303.3, Exterior Structure, Premises Identification. The numbers shall be in Arabic numerals at least four (4) inches in height, and of a durable and clearly visible material. The numbers shall be placed on, above, or at the side of the main entrance so the number is clearly visible from the public right-of-way. Whenever a residence entrance is greater than fifty (50) feet from a public right of way, or not clearly visible from the public right-of-way, a number shall also be placed at the end of a driveway, or property entrance. Address numbers are to be a contrasting color to the background on which they are mounted.
Section 5.5 The owner or person in charge of any house, building, mobile home, or other structure to which a number has been assigned shall affix the number as outlined in this Ordinance within thirty (30) days after the receipt or notification of such number.
Section 5.6 Display of Number – Commercial and Industrial Structure – Address numbers for commercial and industrial structures must follow BOCA PM 303.3 code regulations of at least six (6) inches in height. The number must be placed above or on the main entrance to the structure when possible. If such number is not clearly visible from the public right-of-way, the number must be placed along a driveway or on a sign visible from the same. Address numbers are to be a contrasting color to the background on which they are mounted.
Section 5.7 Display of Number – Apartments and Similar – The address number assigned to a single building number shall be displayed on each assigned structure following the BOCA PM 303.3 code. Numbers and/or letters for individual apartments or units within these complexes must be displayed on, above, or to the side of the main doorway of each apartment or unit. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to affix apartment or unit numbers.
Section 5.7.1 Display of Number – Trailer Park and Similar – The address number assigned to a trailer within an organized trailer park must be one address number for the trailer park with each trailer assigned a lot or space number. The lot or space number must be posted and permanently affixed to the lot identifying the lot or space number. The main address to the trailer park must be posted at the entrance of the park. Address numbers are to be a contrasting color to the background on which they are mounted.
Section 5.8 The combination of such an address number and the road or street name must be the official address of such primary structure.