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(1) Definitions. The following words and phrases are guidelines in the naming of streets:

Avenue means a street running north and south and more than five hundred (500) feet in length.

Boulevard means a street that is an arterial and is otherwise known as a Weld County Road. A boulevard runs north and south.

Circle means a horseshoe-shaped street beginning and ending with a major block.

Court means a street running north and south and less than five hundred (500) feet in length.

Drive means a curving street of more than five hundred (500) feet in length.

Lane means a curving street of less than five hundred (500) feet in length.

Parkway means a street that is an arterial and is otherwise known as a Weld County Road. A parkway runs east and west.

Place means a street running east and west and less than five hundred (500) feet in length.

Road means a street running diagonally, northwest-southeast or northeast-southwest and more than five hundred (500) feet in length.

Street means a street running east and west of more than five hundred (500) feet in length.

Way means a street running diagonally, northwest-southeast or northeast-southwest, and less than five hundred (500) feet in length.

(2) Streets – Frequency of numbers.

(a) Only one (1) number shall be assigned to each business, use or dwelling unit. Addresses are to be assigned every twenty-five (25) feet.

(b) Numbers shall be assigned to vacant lots within platted subdivisions and shall be assigned in such a manner that adequate numbers are reserved for possible future development or replat of parcel.

(c) All address numbers shall be assigned for the street upon which the structure fronts. When a street has been determined to be running in predominately one (1) direction, the numbering shall not be changed if there are slight changes in street direction.

(3) Streets – Numbering as to block and side of street.

(a) Streets traveling east/west with dwelling unit facing north/south shall follow the numbering system provided at the top of the grid (Exhibit 3-1). Streets traveling north/south with dwelling units facing east/west shall follow the number system provided at the side of the grid. Numbering shall commence with odd numbers assigned to the north or west side of the street and even numbers to the south or east side of the street; the original odd or even designation shall be continued throughout the drive regardless of change in compass direction. Exceptions would apply to Circles and Drives described in Subsections (4) and (5) below.

(b) The developer, owner or tenant of each building, house or structure shall post the assigned address number on said structure in such a manner to be clearly visible from the street.

(4) Circles.

(a) The interior sides of the circle shall bear even numbers, and the exterior sides shall bear odd numbers.

(b) House numbers shall be assigned within the appropriate block as relates to the Town’s established grid system.

(c) Numbering shall commence from the point closest to the established axis which most nearly parallels the circle.

(5) Drives.

(a) House numbers shall be assigned within the appropriate block as it relates to the Town’s established grid system.

(b) Numbering shall commence from the point closest to the established axis which most nearly parallels the drive. At this point, even numbers shall be assigned to the north or east side of the drive and odd numbers to the south or west side of the drive; the original odd or even designation shall be continued throughout the drive regardless of change in compass direction.

(6) Apartments, condominiums and commercial buildings with multi-tenants. Two (2) examples of addressing multi-unit addressing:

(a) Example 1: A numeric address shall be assigned to each actual, approved lot that is in contact with an approved street adjoining it. If there is to be more than one (1) building per lot, there shall still be only one (1) numeric address assigned for the lot, and the individual buildings shall have a letter assigned to designate each; i.e., A, B, C, etc. Each individual unit regardless of if it is a individual numeric addressed building or if it is one (1) of several with a numeric address assigned to the single lot and letters designating the building numbers, shall be numbered starting from the unit on the left side of the FRONT of the building, as if you were facing it, with #101, #102, #103, etc., in a counterclockwise fashion. The FRONT of a building shall be the addressable side of the building for a numeric labeled building and, for those buildings with a letter designee for a multiple building site, the main/front entrance for each individual building shall be its respective FRONT. In the event that the buildings have units on multiple floors, the unit numbering shall remain the same, as listed prior, for the first level, begin with #201, #202, #203, etc., for the second level; #301, #302, #303, etc., for the third level; and so on for additional levels, if necessary. For the event that the second level (or higher) unit’s front/main entrance was not the same as the first level, the unit above shall be the same as the unit below with the first number designating the floor number; i.e. #201 above #101, #202 above #102, #301 above #201, etc.

Example #1

(b) Example 2: In the case of the builder/developer assigned street names that were approved by the Town. This allowed for each individual building to have an individual numeric address listed to the adjoining street for each building. In the case/event of this, the address and building number would be one in the same. The individual units would be #101, #102, #103 and #104, for the first level (provided there are only four [4] units). The second level units would be #201, #202, #203 and #204.

If an access driveway/road is not named and therefore had a numeric address assigned to the entire site/lot. The individual buildings would then have a letter designee assigned for each building number; i.e., A, B, C, etc. The individual units would be #101, #102, #103, #104, etc., for the first level. The second level units would be #201, #202, #203, #204, etc.

Example #2

(7) Master numbering plat. A plat showing approved addresses shall be kept in the office of the chief building official, and any person desiring a number for a building shall apply to the building department and receive the proper number belonging to such building as shown by the plat, and no person shall be allowed to place any number upon any building except the number shown by the plat to properly belong thereto.

(8) Street interruptions. A street shall have only one (1) name for its entire length if it extends in a similar alignment, even though it is interrupted at one (1) or more locations prior to continuing.

(9) Street offsets. Streets offset with short jogs of less than a block may carry a continuous name. Where a street changes direction and continues a considerable distance, the name of the street should be changed, as well as the numbering system.

(10) Culs-de-sac or no-outlet streets. Culs-de-sac are to follow the rules outlined in Subsection (4). No-outlet streets are in alignment with an existing, named street or avenue in a grid system, in which case it shall bear the name of the existing, named street or avenue.

(11) Addressing of utilities, parks, telephone and temporary uses. The address should follow number sequence in relationship to the residential or commercial development where located. When assigning addresses to utilities, parks, telephone and temporary uses, each separate use will use the addressed assigned to the parcel and include the predetermined lettering system for that assigned use:

C

Cable Connection

E

Electric Meter

PT

Park – Town

PH

Park – HOA

STR

Storm Sewer

SAN

Sanitary Sewer

T

Telephone Service

TU

Temporary Use

W

Water Meter

(12) Duplication and similar sounding names. The name of a new street shall not duplicate the name of an existing street. Similar sounding names are considered to be duplication, regardless of spelling.

(13) Downtown Frederick. Street names and addresses in the Downtown area would remain as they are. The addressing system and street names in the Downtown area would extend to undeveloped parcels in the Downtown area. The Downtown area is bounded by County Road 13 (Colorado Boulevard) on the west, Frederick Way/Hawthorn Street on the east, 1st Street (County Road 16) on the north and Highway 52 on the south." (Ord. 860 § 1, 2006; Ord. 909 § 1, 2007)