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1989-34306-Ordinance No. 89-010 Recorded 12/26/19890 52 89-34306 BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTE An Ordinance Establishing and * Regulating a House Numbering * and Uniform Road Naming System* for Deschutes County, Oregon, and Declaring an Emergency. ORDINANCE NO. 89-010 Lr r", Vii,.,. e" MiCROnLME[) �; w THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, ORDAINS as follows: Section 1. ADOPTION OF ADDRESS NUMBERING AND ROAD NAMING TITLE. The provisions of Title 16, Address Numbering and Road Naming, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A," are hereby enacted and made a part of the Deschutes County Code. Section 2. REPEAL. This Ordinance shall supersede and repeal any other ordinance, or part thereof, that is in conflict herewith. Section 3. SAVINGS CLAUSE. Should any article, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordi- nance be declared invalid, such declaration shall not affect the validity of any other article, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase; and if this Ordinance or portion thereof should be held to be invalid on one ground but valid on another, it shall be construed that the valid ground is the one upon which said ordinance or such portion thereof was enacted. Section 4. EMERGENCY. This Ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this Ordinance takes effect on its passage. DATED this ')O-'-"' day of d , 1989. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ,DESCHMS COUNTY.,, OREGON LOIS E T: ( i(36M - Recording Secretary 1 - ORDINANCE NO. 89-010 MAUDLIN, ssioner sioner u_ -j ,4 - a 5 8 3 EXHIBIT "A" Section 16.04.010. AUTHORITY. ORS Chapter 215 empowers the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners, (hereafter "the Board"), to define through an ordinance the procedures and requirements relating to the addressing of structures and parcels in the unincorporated areas of Deschutes County, and to provide a uniform road naming system for Deschutes County. Section 16.04.020. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. The Board finds that it is necessary for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the residents of Deschutes County to establish and enforce a county -wide, systematic address and road naming system to facilitate the location by emergency services and others of dwellings and businesses by address. The provisions of this title serve that end by providing procedures and standards for systematic county -wide address numbering and road naming and renaming that will eliminate the problems associated with the route and box system and incorrect and duplicate addresses and street names. Section 16.04.030. EXCEPTIONS. 1. This title does not apply within the incorporated cities of Bend, Redmond and Sisters. 2. The County may enter into an agreement with any of the cities or fire districts within the County to establish or implement a numbering system within the established Urban Growth Boundary of such municipality or the boundary of such fire district. 3. Existing address numbers may be used in planned communities that were established before the County address system was adopted on December 4, 1974. Section 16.08.010. DEFINITIONS. 1. Address. A. Except as provided in paragraph C, an address shall consist of a five (5) digit number and a road name. This address shall be determined at the location where the access driveway intersects a county road, public way or private road. The address assigned to any empty lot shall be based on the most probable access loca- tion. B. Addresses shall end in an even number on the North and East sides of a road and shall end in an odd number on the South and West sides of a road. 1 - EXHIBIT "A" X584 C. An address may be fewer than five (5) digits when the address is assigned on a road that is a continuation of a city street and the address numbers on the city street are fewer than five (5) digits. 2. Board. Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners. 3. County Grid System. A coordinate system for address number- ing which covers all lands within unincorporated Deschutes County. A. The address numbers in the grid system shall increase as they traverse North and East from their initial line at the rate of 400 intervals per section or approxi- mately one interval for every 13 running feet of road. B. On North/South roads, the addresses shall be numbered in accordance with their location on the grid system, which begins with 50000 on the South and runs North consecutively to 71600, at the rate of 400 intervals per section. C. On East/West roads, the addresses shall be numbered in accordance with their location on the grid system, which begins with 7600 on the West and runs consecu- tively to 48400 at the rate of 400 intervals per section. 4. Commercial Lessee. A lessee occupying a structure or portion of a structure having a separate street address as defined herein for business purposes under a lease of one year's duration or more. 5. County Road. A public road designated by the county as part of the county road maintenance system. 6. Cul-de-sac (Dead end street). A short street having one end open to traffic and terminated by a vehicle turnaround. 7. Dwelling. A building or portion thereof designed or used as the residence or sleeping place for one or more persons. 8. East/West Road. A road that runs predominately East and West. Roads that lie predominately at an angle greater than forty-five (45) degrees from due North or due South shall be numbered as East/West roads. 9. Grid Lines. Grid lines are a part of the County Grid System and run West to East and South to North for the entire width and length of the county. These lines are used as reference points to determine the numerical portion of an address that 2 - EXHIBIT "A" 011J1-1 0585 is assigned to dwellings or other structures. (See Appendix "A.") 10. Initial South Line. The initial South line is the South township line of Township 22 South. This line is defined as the number 50000 for the purposes of the County Grid System. The address numbers shall increase South to North at the rate of 400 intervals per section until they reach 71600 at the North boundary of the county in Township 14 South. The initial South line runs the entire width of the county, West to East, through Ranges 6 through 23 East of the Willamette Meridian. 11. Initial West Line. The initial West line is the West line of Range 7 East of the Willamette Meridian (the line between Ranges 6 and 7). This line is defined as number 7600 for the purposes of the County Grid System. The address numbers shall increase West to East at the rate of 400 intervals per section until they reach 48400 on the furthest Easterly boundary of the county in Range 23 East of the Willamette Meridian. 12. North/South Road. A road that runs predominantly North and South. Roads that lie predominantly at an angle less than forty-five (45) degrees from due North or due South shall be numbered as North/South roads. 13. Private Road. A private right-of-way created by a recorded easement or other instrument, not dedicated to or accepted by the county or other public body, and not designated as part of the county road maintenance system. 14. Public Road. A road over which the public has a right of use that is a matter of public record. 15. Structure. Anything constructed or built, any edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some defin- ite manner, which requires location on the ground or is attached to something having a location on the ground. Section 16.12.010. ADDRESS NUMBER ASSIGNMENT AUTHORITY. 1. Deschutes County, through its Community Development Depart- ment, shall have the authority to and shall assign address numbers to vacant lots, dwellings and other structures requiring addresses as provided by this chapter. 2. The County, through its Community Development Department, shall have the authority to and shall change existing address numbers under the standards set forth in this chapter. 3 - EXHIBIT "A" �9J -0535 Section 16.12.020. PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR ASSIGNING NEW ADDRESS NUMBERS. The procedures for assigning new address numbers are as follows: 1. When a building permit is issued for a new dwelling or other structure on a lot or parcel that does not have an address, the Community Development Department shall assign an address number based on the street location of the structure's access and its location in the Deschutes County Grid System. 2. A new dwelling or structure with its access point on a North/South road will be assigned an address number based on its relationship to the grid system and where the access meets the road. 3. A new dwelling or structure with its access point on an East/West road will be assigned an address number based on its relationship to the grid system and where the access meets the road. 4. A new dwelling or structure with access on a North/South road will have an even address number assigned to it if it is on the East side of the road, and an odd address number assigned to it if it is on the West side of the road. 5. A new dwelling or structure with access on an East/West road will have an even address number assigned to it if it is on the North side of the road, and an odd address number assigned to it if it is on the South side of the road. 6. The numbers assigned to new dwellings or structures shall increase sequentially going North on a North/South road, and shall increase sequentially going East on an East/West road. 7. New dwellings or structures on cul-de-sacs shall be numbered in a consecutive alternating sequence with even and odd numbers, as illustrated in Appendix "B," attached hereto. 8. New dwellings or structures on circles or loops shall be numbered as illustrated in Appendix "C," attached hereto. 9. Each new single-family dwelling shall have one address number. 10. New duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes shall be given an address number for each living unit. 11. New apartment complexes, mobile home parks and other multi- unit complexes shall be given an address number as one dwelling. The owner of each such multi -unit establishment shall assign unit address numbers in a manner that is acceptable to the Community Development Department. 4 - EXHIBIT "A" {J 9 - 0587 Section 16.12.030. PROCEDURE AND STANDARDS FOR CHANGING EXISTING ADDRESS NUMBERS. The provisions of Section 16.12.020 of this chapter shall apply. In addition, the following procedures and standards shall apply to the changing of existing address numbers. 1. The changing of an existing address number may be initiated by the Community Development Department, or by application by the property owner or any public agency that may be affected by the address number. 2. All changes in address numbers shall conform to the County Grid System and the standards for address numbers set forth in Section 16.12.020 of this chapter. Any application or proposed change not in conformance with these standards shall be denied. 3. An existing address number may be changed by the Community Development Department if it is not in conformance with the County Grid System and the standards for address numbers set forth in Section 16.12.020 of this chapter. Proposed address number changes shall be carried out pursuant to the procedures set forth in subsections (6) through (9) of Section 16.12.030 of this chapter. 4. An application to change an address number shall be made to the Community Development Department and shall include, at a minimum, the following: A. name of applicant; B. location of dwelling or structure; C. existing address number; D. reason for address number change; and E. fee, if any, as established by the Board of County Commissioners. 5. The Community Development Department shall evaluate any proposed change to determine whether it conforms to the standards set forth in Section 16.12.020 of this chapter. If it does not, the application shall be denied. If the Community Development Department determines that the appli- cation is consistent with the standards set forth in Section 16.12.020 of this chapter, it shall proceed consistent with the procedures set out in subsections (6) through (9). 6. Notice of a proposed address number change shall be provided to the property owner and occupant. The notice shall inform the property owner and occupant of the County's intent to change the subject address thirty (30) days from the date of the notice and the reason for the change. The property owner and occupant shall be given ten (10) days from the date of the notice to comment in writing on the proposal. 5 - EXHIBIT "A" (:tri - 0588 7. The proposed address change shall become effective thirty (30) days from the date of the notice provided for in subsection (6) of this Section, unless the County determines from the comments received in response to the notice provid- ed under subsection (6) that the proposed change does not conform to the standards set forth herein. 8. Within ten (10) days of receipt of timely comments, notice shall be sent to commenting owners or occupants informing them of whether the proposed address number change was corrected in response to their comments. In cases where proposed address number changes are corrected in response to comments, the corrected address number shall become effec- tive as of the effective date proposed in the original notice of proposed address change, unless the corrected address is the address already in use by the owner or occu- pant. 9. The Community Development Department shall notify the offices of the County Clerk, County Assessor, Public Works Department, Postmaster and any affected public safety departments of a changed address number within thirty (30) days of the date the new number becomes effective. In addition, on a monthly basis, the Community Development Department shall publish a list of changed address numbers in a newspaper of general circulation designated for the purpose by the Board. Section 16.12.040. POSTING OF ADDRESS NUMBERS. 1. General Requirements. A. All property located outside the incorporated cities of Bend, Redmond and Sisters on which a structure is located shall display an address number. B. Such address numbers shall be permanently affixed in a location on the property that is clearly visible from the road used as the basis for numbering. The numbers shall not be less than three inches in height, shall be painted upon or affixed to the dwelling or structure in a contrasting and visible color, and shall comply with zoning or other ordinance standards for signs. C. In cases where the dwelling or structure is not visible from the access road and where the mailbox is not located at the end of the access driveway, the appli- cable fire district or emergency services agency, if any, shall be contacted to determine another location for address display so that emergency vehicles can quickly locate the house or building. 6 - EXHIBIT "A" !(19 - 0599 D. All construction sites or structures under construction shall display a street address number. The numbers as displayed shall conform to the requirements in subsec- tions B and C of this section, except that the numbers may be affixed to a sign visible from the road used as the basis for numbering. E. Every owner or commercial lessee of any structure shall be responsible for having the address number displayed thereon in conformance with the requirements of subsec- tion 1 of this section. 2. Assigned or Changed Address Numbers. Address numbers assigned or changed by the County under this chapter shall comply with the requirements of this subsection in addition to the requirements of subsection 1 of this section. A. Address numbers assigned or changed by the County must be displayed within thirty (30) days from the date on which construction begins or on which the address becomes effective, as provided in Section 16.12.030(7), except that address numbers assigned to sites with new construction shall be displayed from the start of con- struction on site. B. Address numbers assigned by the County to structures erected after the effective date of this title must be permanently displayed before occupancy or use. At the time of final inspection of a new structure, the Building Official or his designee shall verify that assigned address numbers have been affixed as required above. C. Every owner or commercial lessee shall be responsible for ensuring that the address number as assigned or changed by the County is displayed in accordance with the requirements of subsection 2 of this section. 3. Failure to display an address number in conformance with the requirements set forth in this section, or the display of an address number other than one assigned or changed in accor- dance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be a violation. Section 16.16.010. ROAD NAMING AUTHORITY. 1. Deschutes County, through the Community Development Depart- ment, shall have the authority to and shall assign road names to roads requiring names as provided in this chapter. 7 - EXHIBIT "A" t")9 - 0590 2. The County, through its Community Development Department, shall have the authority to and shall change existing road names under the standards set forth in this chapter. Section 16.16.020. UNNAMED ROADS. All unnamed public and private roads and other roadways which provide access to three (3) or more tax lots, or which are more than 1320 feet in length, shall be assigned a name in accordance with the procedures in Section 16.16.030 of this chapter. Section 16.16.030. PROCEDURES FOR NAMING NEW ROADS. 1. Application. A. The naming of a road may be initiated by the Community Development Department, Planning Commission, the Board, or by application of adjacent property owners, devel- opers, or public agencies which may be affected by road names. B. An application to name a road shall be submitted to the Community Development Department and shall include, at a minimum, the following: a. name of applicant; b. location of road by description and/or map; C. legal status of road, if known; d. proposed road name, with two alternate proposed names; e. reason for name request; f. petition(s) attached, if any; and g. fee, if any, as established by the Board of County Commissioners. 2. Notice of a proposed name assignment shall be sent to all persons owning property abutting the affected road or having an address on the affected road. Such notice shall be sent within ten (10) days of the receipt of an application, if any, or other action initiating the proposed road name assignment. 3. Persons receiving notice under paragraph 2 of this section shall promptly notify any tenants or other occupants of the affected property of the proposed name assignment. 4. Any person receiving notice under paragraph 2 above may comment in writing on the proposed name within ten (10) days from the date of the notice. 8 - EXHIBIT "A" 5. 6. H`']9 „ 0591 Standards. A. General. The proposed road name shall: a. Be limited to a maximum of two (2) words. b. Not duplicate existing road names, except for continuations of existing roads. C. Not sound so similar to other roads as to be confusing. d. Not use compass directions such as North, East, South, etc., as part of the road name. e. Not use designations such as Loop, Way, Place, etc., as part of the road name. f. Improve or clarify the identification of the area. g. Use historical names, when possible. h. Reflect a consensus of sentiment of affected owners and occupants, when possible, subject to the other standards contained in this subsection. B. Particular Roads. The proposed road name shall also conform to the following standards: a. North/South roads shall be called "roads" or "streets." b. East/West roads shall be called "avenues." C. Roads dead -ending in a turnaround 1,000 feet or less from their beginning points shall be called "courts." d. Roads of reduced right-of-way or curving roads of less than 1,000 feet shall be called "lanes" or "terraces." e. Curving roads longer than 1,000 feet shall be called "drives" or "trails." f. Roads that deviate slightly from the main course of a road with the same name, and are less than 1,000 feet in length, shall be called "places." g. Roads that are four lanes or more shall be called "boulevards." h. Historical roads may be called "market" roads. i. Roads running at oblique angles to the four points of the compass, less than 1,000 feet in length, shall be called "ways." (See Appendix "D," attached hereto.) j. Roads that begin at and circle back onto the same road, or that are circular or semicircular, shall be called "circles" or "loops." Staff Review and Road Name Assignment. The Community Development Department shall review road name applications and shall assign road names under the following procedure: 9 - EXHIBIT "A" 09-9 - 0592 A. Verify legal status of road with the County Clerk's office and Public Works Department. B. Check proposed road name(s) to avoid duplication or confusing similarity with other existing road names, with those on approved preliminary land divisions and with those approved for future use. C. Perform a field check, when necessary. D. Assist the applicant or other affected person(s) to find alternate names when required. E. Notify appropriate persons, departments and agencies of the road name application, and request comments. F. Review and consider all comments submitted. G. Assign a road name in accordance with the standards set forth in paragraph 5 above. 7. Notice of Staff Decision. Following assignment of a road name by the Community Development Department, notice of the road name assignment shall be sent to all persons entitled to notice under subsection (2) of this Section. 8. Appeal. Affected property owners and occupants shall have the right to appeal the assignment of a road name by the Community Development Department. Such appeals shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Deschutes County Development Procedures Ordinance, except where the provisions of this subsection conflict with the procedures ordinance, in which case the provisions of this subsection shall apply. Affected property owners and occupants shall have ten (10) days from the date of the staff decision in which to file an appeal. Issues on appeal shall be limited to whether the Community Development Department correctly applied the criteria set forth herein. 9. A road name assignment becomes final when no further right of appeal established herein is possible. Within ten (10) days of the road name assignment becoming final, the Board shall sign an order establishing the road name as assigned by the Community Development Department. 10. The affected property owners and occupants shall have one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of the Board order of road name assignment to begin using the road name. 11. Notice of Decision. Following the order of the Board naming a road, the Community Development Department shall: 10 - EXHIBIT "A" 0593 A. notify the applicant requesting the road name of the action; and B. send copies of the order naming the road to the follow- ing: a. Public Works Department. b. Assessor's Office and Tax Office. C. Postmaster. d. Planning Department. e. County Clerk's Office. f. Affected telephone and other utilities. g. Affected fire department(s). h. Local school district(s). i. Emergency services, i.e., police, fire, 911, etc. C. file the original order naming a road with the County Clerk. D. On a monthly basis, the Community Development Depart- ment shall publish a list of changed road names in a newspaper of general circulation designated for the purpose by the Board. Section 16.16.040. PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR CHANGING EXISTING ROAD NAMES. The following procedures and standards shall apply to the changing of existing road names: 1. An existing road name may be changed by the Community Development Department if the existing name: A. duplicates a pre-existing road name within the same postal zip code or geographic area; B. sounds like or is spelled so similarly to a pre- existing road name in the same postal zip code or geographic area as to cause confusion between the two roads; C. is known by more than one name; D. is different than the name of the road of which it is a continuation; or E. is not consistent with county road naming standards set forth in this chapter. 2. In choosing which road name to change as between two or more roads with the same or similar names (affected roads), the Department shall consider the following factors: 11 - EXHIBIT "A" vig - 0594 A. The number of properties, developed and undeveloped, abutting each affected road; B. The length of time a name has been in use to designate each affected road and whether the name used to desig- nate each road has any historic significance; C. Whether one affected road as named is relatively better known by the general public than the other affected road or roads as named; D. Any showing that a proposed road name change would be relatively more burdensome to abutting property owners than if another affected road name were changed. 3. Proposed name changes shall proceed under the process speci- fied under Section 16.16.030 of this chapter. Section 16.20.010. VIOLATION DECLARED A NUISANCE. The naming and or renaming of a road, or the numbering of a struc- ture, in violation of any provision of this title, is declared a nuisance. Section 16.20.020. INFRACTIONS. The naming or renaming of a road, or the numbering of or failure to number a structure in violation of any provisions of this title is a Class A infrac- tion. 12 - EXHIBIT "A" ` cn O o o 0 o O O cli N O CTI -41 ON O cn V 0 O o o 0 of r�`��" 0595 7600 LO o ro 0 cm v N O 0 0 -A O 0O 00 O 0 O 10000 O O 12400 CD m X 14800 tD m 17200 0 m 19600 m r N 22000 m rA v 24400 m T16S T15S T14S rn 26800 � XT 18S T 17S m cn rn 29200 m D x 31600 rn ;uT 19S m TTS m Cf) 34000 X m r�n^0 36400 38800 L Im m (n N T20S � m n 41200 T21 SCD N (0 C 43600 rn GO z N —� 46000 m m 3 N W m 48400 T22S rel 01 0 'PEND I X B b1400 10 '; 9�y� � p 596 61390 61385 61380 12 61375 61370 61365 � N 13 W 61360 o r, 61355 'D � 14 U 0 5A13 61350 m 4 61340 t5 � 3 61325 61320 16 61315 z ^ Ir 61300 CUL-DE-SAC - 5 [0.37 VF : ADDKES 1 Ue 1 y-Uc t -0y vlt:00 rri i ou 69050 LOOP DIAG 1 APPENDIX � 0 0 aoo 0 0 � 0 0 C 69110 69040 69120 69030 69130 wO 0597 69020 69140 DIAGRAM 1 � to 0 0 0 co 0 0 to to Lo kD LOOP 69045 69125 69035 69135 69025 69145 69015 69155 6 9000 AVENUE 69050 LOOP DIAG 1 � 0 0 � 0 0 aoo 0 0 � 0 0 o0 �- 0 69110 69040 69120 69030 69130 69020 69140 69010 69150 — 5[0.31 PF: ADDRES 104 19—Oct-89 05:00 PM / BOB -1 LOOP DIAG 2 - 5[0.3J PF: ADDRES 105 19 -Oct -89 05:00 PM / BOB -1 APPENDIX DIAGRAM 2 C �.�99 0598 59000 AVENUE .. .. .. .. 68855 68995 68865 68985 68875 68975 68885 58965 LOOP Lr) cu Mcn 6�9 �O � 0 ap a0 ao j� t0 t0 I LOOP DIAG 2 - 5[0.3J PF: ADDRES 105 19 -Oct -89 05:00 PM / BOB -1 .. .. .. .. .. LOOP DIAG 2 - 5[0.3J PF: ADDRES 105 19 -Oct -89 05:00 PM / BOB -1 APPENDIX C DIAGRAM 3 O O O O O OO O O O N N N N N 0 0 0 0 01� N N N N 2 O O O O O OO O O O N N N N N 20700 20690 N N 20680 20670 20660 0 N .0 0 O to N 0 t0 C:) to to O O N N N O 0 to O N 20705 20695 J 120685 20675 20665 OV9 - 0599 a LOOP DIAG 3 - 5[0.3]PF: ADDRES 105 19 -Oct -89 05:01 PM / BOB -1 to U to U3 N N N N 20705 20695 J 120685 20675 20665 OV9 - 0599 a LOOP DIAG 3 - 5[0.3]PF: ADDRES 105 19 -Oct -89 05:01 PM / BOB -1 APPEND I X C VO 0600 N DIAGRAM 4 N N 20540 20530 20520 20510 0 N ado vi 0 �p to 0 0 0 0 0 m N N N N N N C20545 0 0 0 0 0 N 20535 20525 0 W J Ld w 20515 cn 20505 CL1 N N N O O l0 O CU LOOPS - 5[0.37 PF: ADORES 103 19 -Oct -89 N N N N 20540 20530 20520 20510 20500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 d- 0 CU N CU N N 04:59 PM / BOB -1 APPENDIX D oboe N 0 W Avenue E o -P L O S