Glenn County Municipal Code § 15.71 Address Numbering

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a county-wide comprehensive address numbering system for the unincorporated areas of Glenn County. The system will enable emergency vehicles from fire, sheriff, and ambulance services to respond more quickly to calls and facilitate utility, postal, and other delivery services as well. Such an address numbering system is deemed to be in the public interest and necessary to protect the public health, general welfare and safety of the citizens of Glenn County. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

The Glenn County Master Address Numbering System shall consist of index lines corresponding to the township section lines within Glenn County. The Grid reference numbers shall range from zero to five thousand in the north-south direction and from zero to more than nine thousand in the east-west direction. The point of origin shall be at the intersection of the township line between T.17N. and T.18N. and the southerly prolongation of the section line between sections 11 and 12 of T.22N. R.10W M.D.B.&M. One thousand numbers shall be allocated sequentially for each six sectional increments to the east and north from the point of origin. The south and west sides of all roadways shall have odd address numbers and the north and east sides of all roadways shall have even address numbers. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

The Glenn County Master Address Numbering System shall initially be delineated on a set of the Assessor’s Parcel Maps. These maps shall show the grid index system and the assigned address numbers. The addresses shall also be recorded on the Assessor’s Master Property Index adjacent to their corresponding Assessor’s Parcel Numbers. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

Initial implementation of The Glenn County Master Address Numbering System shall be under the direction of the Public Works Director and supersedes any system used prior to its implementation. After the initial addresses are assigned by the Public Works Department, the system will then be maintained by the planning authority. The planning authority will be responsible for assigning all new addresses and for making any necessary changes in the system. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. Addresses shall be determined and assigned to all single family dwellings, duplex residences, properties, and business establishments and shall be issued to property owners and occupants without charge in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. A record of all numbers assigned pursuant to this chapter shall be maintained by the planning authority and open for inspection by the public during business hours.

2. An address number for a particular location shall be assigned to the principal access based on the incremental distance between index grid lines. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. Within six months after receipt of the address number, the owner of the property or building shall have the number displayed upon the building or land. The display of the number shall be in such a manner as to be visible from the roadway upon which the building or land fronts. Any old or obsolete number not in accordance with the system shall be removed or obscured from public view.

2. In areas where buildings or properties front upon roadways where mail delivery is provided, the number shall be displayed upon the mailbox or receptacle designed for receipt of mail.

3. In areas where buildings or properties are not clearly visible from the roadway and where mail delivery is not provided, the address shall be displayed on a four inch by four inch post, a metal stake or a suitable equivalent and elevated at least three feet for clear visibility from the roadway.

4. Residence or building address numbers shall be conspicuous to ensure positive identification and placed at front doors, on lamp posts, near garage doors, at driveway entrances or other areas of similar proximity and visibility.

5. All address numbers shall be a minimum of three inch letter height and three eighths inch stroke size with reflective finish and/or a color contrasting with the surface placed.

6. As a condition of approval for new construction, the assigned building address shall be posted in accordance with the minimum standards set by this chapter. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

Any person, firm or corporation, whether as principal, agent, employee or otherwise failing to comply with the provisions of Section 15.71.060 shall be guilty of an infraction. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

Any individual whose property is affected by the implementation of this chapter and who is dissatisfied with the implementation as it applies to his/her property may submit a written request, and fees pursuant to section 15.05.010, to the director for hearing by the Planning Commission. Such requests must be received by the director or post-marked no later than fifteen days after receiving notice of the Public Works Director’s or the director’s action. The director shall set the matter for a hearing before the Planning Commission within thirty days after receipt of the appeal by the appellant. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this chapter. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would pass this chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

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