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STREETS, ROADS, PUBLIC WAYS
CHPATER 4
E911 RURAL ADDRESSING
4-4-1 Purpose
4-4-2 Definitions
4-4-3 Base Maps
4-4-4 Address System
4-4-5 Implementation of System
4-4-6 Road Markers
4-4-7 House Numbers
4-4-8 Mobile Home Parks
4-4-9 Maintenance of the Uniform Rural
Address System
4-4-10 New Structures
4-4-11 Penalty
4-4-1 Purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is to
establish the standards and guidelines for the County-wide signing and
addressing system necessary for the successful implementation of the
E-9-1-1 System, to promote the convenience, safety and general welfare of
the residents of Lee County and provides for a penalty.
4-4-2 Definitions. For use in this Chapter, certain terms
or words are hereby defined. Words
used in the present tense shall include the future tense, the singular
number shall include the plural and the plural includes the singular. The words "shall" and
"will" are mandatory and the word "may" is permissive.
1.
Base Map. The official map(s) used by the agency coordinating the
uniform rural address system in Lee County which displays the official name
for every rural roadway and the designated address for every business and
residence.
2.
Building. A roofed and/or walled structure built for permanent use.
3.
County Engineer. The Lee County Engineer or designated
representative.
4.
Mobile Home Park. Any location where two or more mobile or
modular homes are located.
5.
Person.
Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, unincorporated
association or other entity.
6.
Private Road. A non-public roadway officially recognized by the Lee County
Board of Supervisors as an access for vehicles from a public road to a
private driveway leading to a building.
These roads are not recognized as public roadways by the State of
Iowa or Lee County and are, therefore, not maintained as such.
7.
Public Road. All land between the right-of-way lines perpetually dedicated
to the City, County, State or Federal government as an access for
vehicles. The term does not include
public easements on private property where the roadway has not been
dedicated to a jurisdiction or the jurisdiction has not accepted
ownership. These roads are
recognized by the State of Iowa and Lee County as public roadways and
maintained by the appropriate jurisdiction.
8.
Resident. The landowner, tenant, or person in charge of a house or
business fronting on public or private property.
9.
Road Marker. The street name sign along with the required hardware and
post.
10.
Subdivision. The division of a tract of land into separate lots or parcels
for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development.
11.
Unincorporated Area. All land located outside the city limits
of municipalities which are incorporated with the State of Iowa. Such land is under the jurisdiction of
the Lee County Board of Supervisors.
4-4-3 Base
Map(s). The Lee County Board
of Supervisors, by resolution, shall adopt the Base Map(s) as the official
addressing maps and no other property numbers shall be used or displayed in
the unincorporated area of Lee County.
The Base Map(s) shall be kept on file with the Environmental
Division of the Lee County Health Department in Fort Madison, Iowa.
4-4-4 Address
System. The uniform rural
address system shall extend over the entire unincorporated areas of Lee
County. The reference point for the
Base Map(s) is the Northwest Corner of Section 6, Township; 69 North, Range
7 West of the 5th P.M., Lee County, Iowa. The north-south base line is the west
line of Cedar, Harrison and Van Buren Townships. The east-west line is the north line of Cedar, Marion and
Pleasant Ridge Townships.
All streets, roads,
highways and other public thoroughfares running generally north and south
shall be designated "Avenues."
Numbering will begin with one hundred (100) on the western boundary
of Lee County and increase consecutively ten (10) avenues per section to
the far eastern edge of Lee County.
All streets, roads,
highways and other public thoroughfares running generally east and west shall
be designated as "Streets."
Numbering will begin with one hundred (100) on the northern boundary
of Lee County and increase consecutively ten (10) streets per section to
the southern edge of Lee County.
All diagonal streets,
roads, highways and other public thoroughfares will be assigned a common
name and call "Road".
Whenever possible, one
hundred (100) numbers shall be allowed for each mile section. For "Avenues" the east side
will have even numbers and the west side will have odd numbers. For "Streets" the north side
will have odd numbers and the south side will have even numbers.
The responsibility for
naming all public and private "Avenues", Streets" and
"Roads" for the Base Map(s) shall be with the Lee County Board of
Supervisors.
4-4-5 Implementation
of System. The E-9-1-1 Board
shall:
1.
Verify the accuracy of the base map that
shall be used in the assignment of addresses.
2.
Make all necessary corrections and
updates to that map.
3.
Assign addresses in accordance with the
system selected by the Lee County Board of Supervisors.
4.
Purchase sign assembly materials which
meet Iowa Department of Transportation specifications.
5.
Develop, print, and make available rural
reference maps.
6.
Notify post offices, rural emergency
providers, dispatchers, emergency vehicles and county offices, located in
adjacent counties whereby such districts overlap into Lee County of the
effective date of the system and the address assignments.
7.
Notify all residents affected by this
mandatory system, by publication and posting, of the following:
a.
How to use the system.
b.
That road markers have been placed.
c.
That permanent address markers have been
placed indicating the assigned house number.
d.
That maintenance of the system is
required and where replacement markers can be obtained and how to place
them.
e.
How to obtain address markers for new
structures.
f.
There is a penalty for refusing to use
the system and for removing, damaging, defacing, altering or destroying the
address marker.
8.
Distribute the markers.
4-4-6 Road
Markers. The County
Engineer shall supervise the installation of road markers at each road
intersection in Lee County whereby the provisions of this Ordinance
apply. Such markers shall be in
place on or before the date the system takes effect.
4-4-7 House
Numbers. The E-911 Board
shall provide for every person owning, controlling, occupying or using any
house, store, storeroom or building situated on premises fronting any
public or private roadway as provided in 4-4-4, a permanent marker on such
premises indicating the assigned number.
The permanent marker
with the house number affixed should be placed to the right of and within
twenty (20) feet of the center of the driveway on the right of way line as
one faces the property from the road.
The Volunteer Fire Departments of Lee County will be responsible for
the distribution and placement of house markers at all locations that have
been given an address at the time this ordinance goes into effect.
The provisions of this
ordinance shall not apply to accessory buildings but may apply to such
buildings located on a separate unit of frontage if requested by the owner
or proprietor and approved by the E-911 Board.
Any house number
existing at the time the provisions of this Chapter take effect and that is
different than the newly assigned number shall be removed by the resident
at the time the new number is installed.
4-4-8 Mobile
Home Parks. All mobile home
parks will have lot numbers posted in front of each developed mobile home
lot. The cost of these signs for
all existing mobile home parks will be paid for by the E-911 Board;
however, future mobile home parks will have to buy these lot number signs
from the E-911 Board. The mobile
home park owner will be responsible for the maintenance of the lot number
signs.
4-4-9 Maintenance
of the Uniform Rural Address System. The E-911 board shall be responsible for the enforcement and
maintenance of the uniform rural address system in Lee County. These duties shall include providing
markers for new addresses (at a cost to the owner), providing replacement
address markers (at no cost to the owner), replacing street markers as
needed and in conjunction with the County Engineer, updating maps, making
available new maps on a periodic basis, making periodic checks of the rural
areas of Lee County to insure that the provisions of this Ordinance are
being complied with any other duties necessary to insure the continued
maintenance of the uniform rural address system of Lee County. All replacement house markers must be
distributed from the E-911 Board.
4-4-10 New
Structures. Every person
erecting a building as set forth under the provisions of Section 7 of this
ordinance but after the date the uniform rural address system becomes
effective shall, within seven (7) days of commencement of construction,
notify the Environmental Division of the Lee County Health Department in
Fort Madison, Iowa, who shall within fourteen (14) days assign a number to
such structure. The owner shall
purchase an address marker from the E-911 Board and install said marker in
compliance with this Ordinance.
4-4-11
Penalty. Refusal to use the Uniform Rural Address
System, or the removal, damaging, defacing, alteration, or destruction of
the Uniform Rural Address Marker which indicates a premises assigned number
or the removal, damaging, alteration or destruction of a rural address
system marker or road marker intentionally by one who has no right to so
act may be punished by fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200) or
by imprisonment of not more than thirty (30) days. In addition, any violation of this
section shall be a county infraction which is punishable by a civil penalty
of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation, or if the
infraction is a repeat offense, a civil penalty not exceeding seven hundred
fifty dollars ($750) for second offense, not more than one thousand dollars
($1000) each repeat offense.
Failure to resolve the infraction after ten (10) days from receipt
of certified letter will result in fines.
(Ord. IV-3, Passed May 25, 1993)
Published June 3, 1993
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