SECTION 121
Street Naming and Addressing Standards/Guidelines
For The Town of Camp Verde
A. Standards Purpose
The Town of Camp Verde establishes this Ordinance in order to provide for: (1) uniform assignment of property numbers; (2) the naming of new streets; and (3) renaming of old streets with conflicting or duplicate names. The purpose of this Ordinance is to provide for efficient and effective emergency services and for the safety and convenience of the residents of the Town of Camp Verde. The Town Council hereby provides for the enforcement of this Ordinance, and prescribes penalties for the violation hereof, as authorized by A.R.S. Section 9-462.05.
These standards provide for the establishment of situs/physical addresses only and are not to be construed to override or take the place of mailing addresses issued by the US Postal Service. Mailing addresses will not conform to the addresses issued by this program until such time as the US Postal Service determines that physical addresses must be used. The addresses issued by this program are specifically for the purpose of assigning a physical address to each structure and as such no addresses will be issued to vacant lots until such time as the property is occupied by a structure(s).
1. Guidelines Purpose
These guidelines provide for a base approach to:
a. The naming of new streets.
b. Renaming of older streets with duplicate or conflicting names.
c. Enforcement of the requirements.
d. Uniform assignment of address numbers.
e. The latitude to effect initial necessary changes in a common sense approach considering the input of those people affected by necessary changes.
2. The Street naming and numbering Standards/Guidelines are herein established to accommodate the street naming/addressing needs of the Town and may be amended as needed to accomplish an acceptable end result.
B. Applicability
1. This Ordinance shall apply to all lands within the incorporated area of Camp Verde.
2. These Standards/Guidelines shall apply to the administration of the Street Naming and Addressing Ordinance No. 91-A61.
C. Severability
Should any article, section or regulation of this Ordinance be judicially declared unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole, Or any portion thereof other than the article, section or regulation so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
D. Definitions
For the purpose of this Ordinance, the following terms are defined as follows:
Address: A residence, business or location identification including the following elements: Street Name, Number, and Unit Number, if applicable. A directional prefix and suffix designation shall be included in the official address.
Addressing Official: The Town Marshal or an authorized representative charged with the administration of these standards/guidelines.
Baseline: A north-south or east-west line used as a zero starting point for address numbers in a grid system. That point of origin shall be the Northwest comer of Section 32, Township 14 North, Range 5 East.
Dedicated Street: A named or unnamed roadway located on land that is publicly owned and reserved for public access.
Directional Prefix: A prefix assigned to a street based on its overall direction and its location within a grid system.
Driveway: A private use road, which serves as access to three or less dwellings or businesses which is not generally used for public travel. Driveways are not classified as streets and are not named.
Frontage: The direction a building faces, or the point at which a private driveway meets the prominent roadway for the purpose of addressing only.
Grid System: Addressing system whereby address numbers are assigned based on distance from a baseline.
Hundred Block: An incremental breakdown (one-tenth) of a thousand grid.
Mailing Address: The P.O. Box or Rural Route and Box number assigned by the US Postal Service for the purposes of delivering mail. The addresses assigned by this ordinance are not to be considered mailing addresses until determined by the US Postal Service.
Private Road: An unnamed roadway not located on publicly owned land, providing access to more than three dwellings or business.
Street Name: The official name of a roadway including a prefix and/or suffix designation as approved by the Town Council and/or the addressing official.
Street Naming and Addressing Standards/Guidelines: An established set of procedures and guidelines for the administration of this Ordinance. These standard/guidelines are adopted by reference, and may be amended, from time to time, by separate Resolution.
Suffix Designation: An optional descriptive qualifier at the end of a street name (Avenue, Street, Road, Place, Circle, etc.).
Thousand Grids: Grid numbers in multiples of 1000 located primarily on section lines when possible.
Unit Number: A number affixed to a building indicating a separate unit (apartment,
suite, etc.) within a building or complex that is assigned a single address. The unit number is part of the official address.
Ordinance: The Street and Numbering Ordinance as adopted by the Camp Verde Town Council by Ordinance No. 91-A61.
Town Council: The Mayor and Common Council of the Town of Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona.
E. General Provisions:
1. Authority: Only the Town Council or the Addressing Official or their authorized representative, may assign, approve, process applications for or change a street name pursuant to the requirements of this Ordinance and the Street Naming and Addressing Standards/Guidelines. The Town Council must ratify all final street name changes.
2. Enforcement: Notification and/or delivery of an address by the Addressing Official to the responsible party of the property and the owner of record constitutes notification for proper addressing and as such, starts the thirty (30) day period to allow for installation of an address. If attempts to post an address are unsuccessful after the initial 30 days has passed, the violation may be referred to the Camp Verde Town Marshal for enforcement. Any person who fails to comply with this Ordinance may be subject to a petty offense for the first offense, and a Class 3 Misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense as to the same property, each day the property is not in compliance may constitute a separate offense. "Person" includes the property owner, occupant or any persons having control over the use of the property.
3. Appeals: Any owner of property whose street name has been changed by a decision of the Addressing Official may appeal to the Town Council within fifteen (15) days of the decision. No decision is final until ratified by the Town Council.
4. Renamed Streets: If a street name is changed at the initiation of the Addressing Official or Town Council, the street name sign shall be installed by the Street Superintendent. All costs associated with the manufacture, installation and inspection of the street name sign shall be the responsibility of the Town.
5. Street Naming for New Roads or Subdivisions: Procedures for assigning new street names and addresses for roads or subdivisions are subject to the prior approval of the Addressing Official/and or Town Council and shall meet all criteria as established in the Street Naming and Addressing Standards/Guidelines. After approval of the street naming and numbering plan, the street name signs shall be provided by the subdivider or property owner according to the Street Naming and Addressing Standards/Guidelines, and installed by or at the location prescribed by the Town's Street Superintendent.
F. Street Naming/Renaming Standards:
1. Selection of Street Names: Names should be appropriate, easy to read so that children in particular, can pronounce the name in an emergency situation. Street names are subject to review and prior approval of the Addressing Officer pursuant to the procedures provided in the Street Naming and Addressing Guidelines. New streets must be named from a pool of historical locations, pioneer family names, local brands and native vegetation that is approved and updated by the Town Council and is available at the Community Development Department. OR the applicant has the option of submitting a list of alternate street names along with the Preliminary Plat for possible approval by the Council.
2. Streets names shall not be duplicated - All new street names must be unique within the Camp Verde Grid, Which includes Fort Lincoln, Lake Verde Club Estates, River Bend, McGuireville, Rimrock and Lake Montezuma. A street name is considered a duplicate if any of the following conditions exist.
a. A street has the same name as another street even if their prefix or suffix designations differ.
b. A street name sounds similar to the name of another street despite a difference in spelling.
3. Length of street names should be limited to spacing consistent with a 42 inch sign, usually 15-17 letters depending upon the suffix.
4. Street Configuration and Appropriate Naming:
a. Streets which change direction, or loop back onto themselves or another street, should be given one directional prefix based on the street's overall orientation in context with surrounding streets. A street should change directional prefix only where it crosses a base line.
b. Streets which change direction for a significant distance may change directional prefixes at the point where it crosses a baseline.
c. Streets located on the same alignment in the same geographical region should bear the same name and directional prefix though they are not connected.
5. Street Naming Procedures and Requirements for New Roads or Subdivisions:
After approval of a Preliminary Plat Map and before submittal of a Final Plat, the subdivider shall submit a Street Naming and Addressing Plan to the Addressing Official. In addition, if a property owner proposes to locate or construct a new road (private or public), the property owner shall submit a Street Naming and Numbering Plan to the Addressing Official for review and approval prior to road construction.
G. Street Name Sign and Installation Standards:
In order to ensure uniform appearance, readability, and proper maintenance, all street name signs for dedicated or private roads shall conform to the standards contained in this section. In addition, the installation of street name signs shall be' reviewed for conformance with all requirements contained in this section in order to ensure the safety and longevity of the installation.
1. Street Name Signs: All street name signs shall conform to the guidelines established in the Street Naming and Addressing Guidelines, as required by Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. MUTCD, US Department of Transportation
2. Street Name Sign Specifications:
a. Length of sign not to exceed 42 inches.
b. Sign blade to be 6 inches wide extruded aluminum with a .090 web thickness and a .250 flame thickness.
c. Sign letters shall be reflectorized.
d. Letters shall be white on green background.
e. Four Inches (4) shall be the minimum letter height for names.
f. Two inches (2) letter height to be used for suffix designations (and directional prefixes, if used).
g. Conventional abbreviations are acceptable EXCEPT for the street name itself (MUTCD)
H. Street Name Change Procedures
1. Method of Initiation: Street name changes may be effected in one of two ways:
a) Initiated by Town Addressing Official or Town Council for the purpose of implementing the Ordinance and these standards/guidelines.
b) An affected property owner or owners may FILE AN APPLICATION FOR a hearing to change the name of a public or private roadway within the Town by filing a petition with the Town Clerk. Name changes initiated by petition shall be only for the purpose of correcting a name duplication or rewording a difficult or unacceptable name. Name changes may not be initiated for frivolous or personal purposes and if a petition if filed, the Addressing Official may deny such request. If a petition for street name change is filed, the following shall be provided:
2. Filing: A request to initiate hearings to name or change the name of a public or private roadway within the Town may be filed with the Town Clerk by an affected property owner or group of property owners. Such request shall be accompanied by a petition showing consent of at least 51% of the property owners who live on and travel the entire length of the roadway in question, along with all required components of the application provided by the Addressing Official as established in the Street Naming and Numbering Guidelines. A committee may be established to assist in initial street name changes and appointments to this committee must be approved by the Town Council.
1. A completed Name Change application as provided by the office of the Addressing Official. This application includes the following MINIMUM information:
a) A correct list of names and addresses of all property owners on the street or road suggested for name change including those who signed the petition, to the best of the petitioners knowledge.
b) A letter stating the reasons why the street name change is needed. (i.e., eliminate duplicate name, help improve emergency services to the area, how the request conforms to Section F of the Standard/Guidelines, etc.).
2. A map giving the location of the road which is the subject of the petition.
3. Old name and proposed new name and alternate.
4. Description of the beginning and end of subject road.
3. Hearing: Upon receipt of a valid petition for a road name change, the Town Clerk shall set a hearing date before the Addressing Official allowing adequate notice to the affected public. Notice of the hearing shall be by first-class mail or hand delivered to all property owners of record, who own property on the road suggested for a name change. Notice should be given a minimum of ten (10) days prior to the hearing date. Notices of the hearing shall be posted at the beginning and the end of subject roadway and at intersections. The Addressing Official or Town Council may grant the request, deny the request, or hold the matter until a stated time and date for further consideration.
4. Protests: Any person may appear in protest/or favor to the requested street name change at the hearing or submit written protests at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing.
5. Street Name Map: When road name changes are adopted by the Addressing Official and ratified by the Town Council they will automatically become part of the official (street) road name map. Adoption of this section of the Ordinance will effectuate the official road name map(s). However, such road name change may not be shown immediately on the map until such amendments are made by the Addressing Official on quarterly, bi-annual or annual updates to such map(s) as determined necessary by the Addressing Official.
6. Effective Date: A road name change shall become effective within 60 days after the date of approval or upon appropriate signing unless a longer term is designated by the Addressing Official and/or Town Council.
I. Addressing Standards
1. Odd/Even Numbering System: Address numbers shall be assigned with even numbers on the north side of east-west streets and the west side of north-south streets, and with odd numbers on the south side of east-west streets and the east side of north-south streets.
2. Official Address: An address shall be complete and official only if it contains all of the following elements, unless listed as optional.
a. Number (Value denoting distance from baseline, plus a unit number, if necessary. Fractions or alphabetical letters shall not be included in an address number).
b. Directional Prefix (Indicating directions of street and its location within the grid system).
c. Street Name (As shown on address map and recognized by the Addressing Official).
d. Suffix Designation (Appropriate suffix as shown on the address map recognized by the Addressing Official) such as Avenue, Street, Road, etc.
e. Letters used shall be either heat activated 3M~2290 or equivalent, or pressure activated 3M#3290 or equivalent. Normally a type "C" letter should be used. However, a type "B" letter may be used if necessary to fit the name on the sign.
3. Number Assignment: Where multiple tenants are located within one building commercial or multiple/duplex residential), a singular address shall be assigned to each building and the individual tenants provided with suite or unit numbers.
4. In the case of mobile home parks, space numbers shall be displayed upon the mobile home park interior roadway side of the space in a consistent manner so as to be easily legible night or day to responding emergency service units. Space numbers shall be 2 1/2 inches in height and reflectorized.
5. Existing address Numbering systems: There is no present legal address system.
6. Display Standards: The Town may provide address numbers for display on individual buildings and/or properties during the initial addressing exercise. Thereafter the addressing numbers are the responsibility of the property owner or person responsible. The location, type, method and design of such numbers shall be in accordance with the Street Naming and Numbering Guidelines. Upon notification of assignment by the Addressing Official, the address shall be posted within thirty (30) days by the property owner or tenant. The following minimum standards apply:
a. Address numbers shall be located so as to be legible from the street on which the address is assigned.
b. Where a building is not clearly visible from the street on which it is addressed, its address number shall be posted at the point at which its private driveway meets that street.
c. Where unit numbering is necessary, the property owner is responsible for posting unit numbers in a logical and appropriate manner.
d. Addresses shall be maintained by the property owner or tenant so as to be clearly readable from the named roadway or street that it is addressed on.
7. Number Assignment and Notification Procedures: The determination of official address numbers and street names shall be according to the Addressing and Street Naming Standards/Guidelines contained herein. The following guidelines are provided to establish general procedures and are for the purposes of ensuring proper administration and notification to affected property owners/tenants:
a. Addressing of the Town shall be conducted on a phased time schedule established by the Addressing Official in accordance with staffing and monetary constraints. Such work may be contracted out if deemed necessary and shall be approved by the Town Council.
b. Upon final determination of a road name and address number for a particular property or area, the Addressing Official, or their duly appointed representative shall contact the property owner by first class mall or in person. Such property owner is according to the owner of record as listed on the assessment roll available in the Planning and Zoning Department, which is updated on an annual basis. Failure to provide notice according to this section does not constitute a violation of these standards/guidelines or result in disqualifying the official address assigned to the property.
c. If the Town provides address numbers and plaques for installation of official address numbers, the Addressing Official, or their duly appointed representative, may deliver, either by mail or in person, the materials necessary for address number installation. If, at the time of delivery it is deemed prudent to effect immediate installation of the number(s) and plaque, such installation may take place according to the standards /guidelines established herein for location in Section I-6-a&b.
d. If address numbers and/or plaques are not provided by the Town, such numbers shall be obtained, installed and maintained by the owner/tenant in accordance with the provisions contained in Section I-6.
e. Upon delivery of the address numbers and/or plaques (if applicable) or notification of the official address (if plaques and/or numbers are not provided), the property owner/tenant shall install the address in the proper location on the building or property. Such address shall be installed within 30 days of the date of address notification or number delivery, whichever applies.
f. Street renaming procedures: If a street renaming is required, it should occur prior to official assignment of a street address to ease property owner/tenant adjustment to the changes and to avoid confusion. However, the order in which such assignment or change occurs may not be preventable. Street renaming shall be in accordance with the procedures contained in Section F.