ORDER NO. 20811
APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION REFERREll TO
AS "LIFE STRUCTURE NUMBERING
RESOLUTION" TO ENHANCE 911 EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
On this the 24th day of February 1992, upon motion made by Commissioner
Holekamp, seconded by Commissioner Oehler, the Court UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED BY A VOTE OF 4-0-0, to adopt the resolution presented by
Kerr 911 Netwark relative to addressing, contingent on items
discussed and authorization for the County Judge's Signature based
on approval of the County Attorney's Opinion.
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STATE of TExAs
COUNTY OF KERR
DG~p~~
KERR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
ORDER #
ADOPTED
WHEREAS, Kerr County formed the Kerr Emergettcy 9.1-1 Network to fac0itate the
development, implementation and maintenance of an enhsaced 9-i-I emergency
cottununications systam which relies on rho automatic display of a caller's phone uttmber and
address when they dial 9-1.1; and,
WHEREAS, many roads in Korr County do not have assigned addresses and many atroets do
not meet the naming or addressing conventions desired; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 2, County Road and Bridge Act, (Art. 67021, Vetnons Texas Civil
Statutes) Section 2,011 (b) authorized the Comtnissioaers Court of a county to adopt standards
to name roads and assign address numbers to property located in the unincorporated areas of
the County;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that rho Commiaeioners Court of Kerr County, is
a regular meeting duly convened and acting in its capacity as the governing body of Kerr
County, does hereby adopt the standards attached hereto.
PASSED and ADOPTED this day of .1992
County Judge
ATTEST: ~„o.
County Clerk ,M•,~st
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ARTICLE I
1. SHORT TITLB
1.1 This Resolution shall be further referred to as the "Life Structure Numbering
Resolution."
ARTICLE II
2. ASSIGNING STREET NAMES
2.1 The following objectives should be considered in proposing and assigning street
names.
2.1.1 Duplicate names will be prohibited, based on the definition of a duplicate
numb given in this order.
2.1.2 A simplistic approach to naming will be followed to ensure continuity
with oxisting types of names.
2.2 Street naming and property numbering proadnrea shall be established in
conjunction with the platting and subdivision requirements of Kerr County
Commissioners Court.
2.3 A survey and inventory of all public street names within the county boundaries
shall be prepared by Kerr County Commissioners Court within 3 months for use
with addressing procedures. Property needing street Warning or number
assignment on public roads will be identified.
All street names and/or addresses not meeting the standards of this order shall
be repealed and renamed or readdressed according to the process outlined in this
order and will be approved by the Kerr County Commissioners Court.
2.4 The Master Street List will be maintained by an agency to be Warned by Karr
Emergency 9-1-1 Network and all street names mast be presented to this agency
for review and approval prior to offlclal acceptance of the proposed namt.
2.4.1 The administering agency shall be designated by the Kerr Emergency
9-1-1 Network.
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ARTICLE III
3. STREET SUPFiX OR THOROUGHFARE DESIdNATIONS
3.1 Tho use of thoroughfare dosignations as a locational device is a siatple method
of providing a uniform designation of streets of different types is followed
within the same jurisdiction. A street suffix or thoroughfare designation is not
required, but if it is used it must conform to the definitions that follow:
3.1.1 ]3OULEVARD - A street divided by a landscaped center island. A
street with a median reflecting the boulevard character implied in the
name.
3.1.2 COURT - Permanently closed street each as a cul-de-sac. A minor
sweet less than 500 feet in length, ending in a tumarotutd.
3.1.3 DRIVE - Winding thoroughfares. Roads that meander about and
continue through to other tights-of--way.
3.1.4 HIGHWAY -Designated state or federal highway. U.S. routes are
designated as highways.
3.1.5 INTERSTATl3 -Roads of the highest order, characterized by limited
access, wide right-of-way, adjacent development prohibited, and with
through-traffic preference.
3.2 The above defuudons typically reflect standard street suffix and thoroughfare
designations. In such cases that a street or mad does not conform to the
definition as stated, the Ketx County Commissioners Court shall make the final
deterntittation of the street suffix or thoroughfare designation.
3.3 Street suffix designations shall follow the Recommended National Emergency
Number Association (NSNA) Standards. See attaciunem A.
ARTICLE rv
4. DESIGNATION OF STREET NAMES
4.1 Multiple names with the same primary name am limited to fourteen occurrences
(i.e. Oak Way, Oak View, Oak Tree, Oak Hill).
4.2 All private roads with multiple family/business structures must be named and
specific addresses assigned to each structure. If the private road has only e
single structure, and the entrance to the private mad is from a named road,
then the private mad will be treated as a driveway and an address assigned u
the drive with the street name being that of the named road. If a private mad
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with no structures leads to one or more private roads with multiple sartcntres
then the private road must be named.
4.2.1 Adoption or sanction of a mad namo, or the subsequent posting of any
sign, is not to be consorted that public mairttenance of a private road is
mandated.
4.3 Duplicate streets wiU not be allowed as defined in the following examples
because a duplicate soeet name can cause confusion as to the correct location
of an emergency and significantly delay response time. The United States Postal
Service Guidelines For Street Name Request and Verifications for Duplications
will also be adhered to. A duplicate name can prohibit proper routing of calls.
4.4 A DUPLICATE STREET is a street that can be defined as a street that has the
same name as another street and matches the description in one or more of the
following cases:
4.4,1 Street name sounds aliko, yet, ie spelled differently and is is an area
served by the same Law Enforcement, Fire aad EMS ageaeiea. KATHY
LANE compared to CATHY LANE; WILD WOOD DRIVE compared
to WILDWOOD DRIVE.
4.4.2 Street name is plural. GREEN PASTIJRB ROAD compared to GREEN
PASTURES ROAD.
4.4.3 Soeet has the same primary name, yet it has #1, #2, A, B, C, etc., as
a suffix. COUNTY ROAD 214 compared to COUNTY ROAD 214A.
4.4.4 Street is within the same Postal Delivery Office and may span numerous
zip codes and has the same primary name with a nondiatinguishable
suffix or has a suffix omitted. LAREVIEW ROAD compared to
LAICEVIEW DRIVE; MAIN compared to MAIN STREET.
4.4.5 Street is within a different Postal Delivery Office from the potential
duplicate street, however, both streets are served by the same Law
Enforcement, Pire and EMS agencies.
4.4.6 Street is not contiguous or does sot connect and make a condrtuous
soeet. SMITH ROAD is interaeeted by INTERSTATE 30, however there
is no under or overpass connecting the two segments of road.
4.4.7 Street has a directional. These are oRea confusing if the directional is
omitted in request for service and can result in emergoncy services being
dispatched to the wrong location. 420 NORTH MAIN compared to 420
SOUTH MAIN.
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4.3 Proceedings should be initiated by either a petition of the directly affected
property owners or a public official of the jorisdicdon in which the street is
located. Name changes are considered for historical os clariflcation purposes
and are limited to reconsideration 2 years hence. Name changes must meet
same criteria established for new street narnea. Petition for change must be
pzesented with signatures from 3/4 of property owners abutting street.
Development along street and traffic volume may be considered as additional
criteria. The following reasons should be adopted as reasons for which a
request for change will be considered.
4,3.1 TECHNICAL: To establish continuity; eliminate duplications; correct
misspelling; enhance ease of location; improve coherence of street
numbering system; or provide a needed roadway designation such as
circle or loop.
4.3.2 NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT OR HISTORICAL
RECOGNTTiON: To recognize s person or organization; to favor
neighborhood association with its location, history, or area charaaeristics.
4.6 The requirements and policies of the U.S. Postal Service will be considottd in
street naming and house numbering.
4.7 Final approval of new street names and name change request resides with the
Kerr County Commissioners Court. Street trams adoption or changes must
comply with criteria established under these standards.
ARTICLE V
3.
INSTALLATION OF STREET SIGNS
5.1 Street signs shall be placed at the intersection of any two or more roads if any
of the intersecting roads are named. These signs shall meet the following
standards:
5.1.1 Elade material shall be of blue engineer grade reflective sheeting on a
ti" flat aluminum blank.
3.1.2 Letters shall be white with 4" upper-case letters for street names. Street
name suffixes (loop, circle) and prefuea (CR, PR) may be is 2" letter,
(and block numbers shall be 2" and be positioned in the bottom comer
of the sign.)
3.1.3 The sign shall be placed on metal poste five (3) feet above the pavement
and shall be free from any bushes, limbs, etc. which may inhibit the clear
view of the sign.
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3.2 The roaponaibiliry for both placctrtent and coats incurred ~ satd Placement of
street signs shall be as follows:
5.2.1 Signs for intersections which include only county-maintained loads or
county and state-maintained roads shell be the responsibility of the
County.
5.2.2 Signs for intersections containing both l~v~ and county-maintained
roads may be purchased by the property owners from the County, with
the County providing installation on a County right-of v~'ay'
3.2.3 Signs for intersections which contain only private roads shall be the
responsibility o£ the property owners and/o~zdd~i a~ttd ~ approved by Kerr
location in compliance with County
County Commissioners Court.
3.2.4 The initial expense of said sign placement in new development areas shall
- be the zesponsibility of the developer. ~ ~ Q-~~ s
~pro~ by Ken County C.otnmiss~tets
the subdivision plat
ARTICLE VI
6, DESIQNATION OF STRUCTURE NUMB1'.RS
6.1 The general principles of structure numberings are as follows.
6.1.1 Tho building numbers on parallel streets should be comparable. This
implies that numbers on any one amet should progress m the same
direction as numbers on parallel streets.
6.1.2 property numbering should be uniform, based on street frontage.
6.1.3 Numbering should be consecutive.
6.1.4 Even rlumbers should always be on one side of the street and odd
numbers should be on the other.
d.1.3 Tho numbering system allows for expansion to accommodate future
growth in the area.
6.2 The method of numbering assignment for Rea County wt11 ba based on a grid
system, the center point being the Kerr County Cotttthonse in Kemille, Texas.
6.2.1 The north-south axis baseline will be Texas Highway 16 from the north
county line to the east county line.
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6.2,2 The east-west axle baseline will be Guadalupe River from the east county
lice to the intersection of State Highway 1340 end State Highway 39.
It will~then follow State Highway 39 as the west county line.
d.3 Tho principle concerns for block length ere consistency, to the extent possible
sad the ability to assign numbers in a flexible range of intervals, such as 8' to
25' lengths on block frontage. Existing addresfm~g or~roa ~ ~ouaddre~sse d'I'uhe
adaptation to a different block length in p
recommended standard is ten blocks per mile or approximately 300 feat for a
practical length.
6.4 Assuming approximately 300 foot blocks, 100 numbers per block (50 separate
numbers for each side) the potential frontage interval for number assignment is
10 feet.
6.5 Odd numbers are assigned to buildings on one side of the street and even
numbers to those on the opposite side of the street. If the project is extending
addresses on an existing road, follow the same ntunbering system on each side
of the road.
6.5.1 This should follow a penem of even on the north end west sides and odd
on the south and east sides of a street or road.
6,6 Any old number in conflict with the number given by the agency specified by
the Court to maintain tins sysum shall be removed and any person refusing or
neglecting to remove the aetne shall be guilty of an offense.
6.7 The logical grammatical order of address elements shall be strnat number, prefix,
primary street name of number, suffix, post directional and secondary number
if any.
6.7.1 Urban designation (i.e. 100 VJ. Main St. SB #201)
6.7.2 Rural designation (i.e. CR 2100 SE)
6.7.2.1 CR shall designau County Road.
6.7.2.2 PR shall designate Ptivate Road.
6.7.3 The directional suffix shall consist of the directionals N, S, E and W.
6.8 Non-specific addresses such as comer location address are not permitted (i.e.
Main & 1st Street.)
5.9 A roadway may have an origin for each quadratt or a single origin closest to
the Courthouse. A quadrant origin is that point where a roadway crosses an
axis closest to the Courthouse.
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6.9.1 The purpose of identifying the origin of a roadway is to detemtirte the
dominant cardinal directioa of the roadway and the initial assignment of
_ the low end of the addrossing rango for said roadway 3n that quadrant.
-~10 In like manner roadways can always be named using the grid line value most-__ .
closely paralleling the roadways in quosdon. ---
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ARTICLE VII
7, POSTING OF DESIGNATED STRUCTURE NUMBERS
7.1 The owner or occupant or person in charge of any dwelling utdt, strueture or
use to which a numbcr has been assigned, shall be notifuxi m wnturg by the
implementing agency of the numbs! assigned to the same at any time after
adoption of this resoludon.
7.2 Within sixty (60) days aRer receipt of written notification, the owner, occupant
- or person in charge of any dwelling unit, structure or use to which a number
has been assigned shall cause the same to be posted.
7.2.1 Bither on the structure front. if visible from the street, or on an above-
ground sign attached to a poet or other object at the driveway or curb
cut, the numbers shall be no leas than three (3) inches in height and of
a color contrasting with the background. This section does not preclude.
an individual from also numbering the front entrance of a structure if
practical. .
7,2.2 Place on postal mail box when instructed by rho United States Postal
Service.
7.2.3 In the case that a building is served by two or more driveways or curb
cuts, the numbs shall be assigned and posted to the front entrance or
driveway.
7.2.4 It shall. be the duty of the owner, occupant or peraoa in charge of the
dwolling unit, structure or use, upon affixhtg the number assigned, to
remove any different number which might be mistaken for or confused
with the assigned number to the structure.
7.2.5 In such case whew the assigned nuatber catmot be posted ae required
above, the number shall be posted 88 prescribed by the Kerr County
Commissioners Court after coneultadon with the owner, occupant or
person in charge.
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ARTICLB VlII
8. TYPES OF NUMBERS
8.1 Two (2) types of numbers are designed under this resolution.
8.1.1 A primary number to be assigned to each street frontage of each parcel
of land, whether or not the parcel is occupied. The primary number is
required to be posted Daly if the parcel is occupied by a dwelling unit,
structure or active use and the owner, occupant or person in charge is
notified under Section 7.1 of this Rosolution. Other primary numbers
are reserved for future development of the numbered parcels and will be
assigned at the time of development.
8.1.2 Secondary numbers may be used when a numbez of unite, structure and
uses co-exist on the same parcel of land. 13xarnples of parcels requiring
secondary numbers include apazbrtent projects, condominium projects,
mobile (manufactured) home petite, office parks, planned unit
development, recreational vehicle packs, recreational areas, shopping
cents and other uses where the use of secondary numbers would clarify
the location of an individual unit for public safety purposes. To provide
secondary numbers, the administering agency shall work with the owner,
principal occupant, or parson in Charge of the project to determine a
Iogical numbering system under the following guidelines:
8.1.2.1 Existing number units and uses shall retain the present set of
addresses with only the ptitnary number befog changed if the
primary number is not ut sequence with the overall system,
8.1,2.2 Building on a single parcel with more than one (1) and less
than five (3) unite may be given either letter (preferred) or
number designations as requested by the owner.
8.1.2.3 A single building on a single parcol of land and with five (3)
or more units shall be gluon numerical (preferred) designations,
such as: Sulu 5, Apartment 3, etc.
8.1.2.4 Multiple buildings on the same parcel of land may ba given
secondary numbers consisting of number designations if the
buildings arc accessed from the main entrance to the project.
GeneraAy, the number designations should iacrease in a
clockwiso direction from tho main entrance,
8.1.2.3 Mobile (manufactured) home parks, recreational vehicle parks
and similar uses shall be given letter designations for lots or
sections and number designations for individual sites within lots
or sections.
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ARTICLE IX
9. IMPLEMENTATION IN STAC3ES
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9.1 Because of the large and complex nature of Rear County and the existing
numbering systems which may now be in place in some portions of
unincorporated Kerr County, this resolution shall be implemented in stages
covering sections of the entire area by the adoption of Implementation
Resolutions for each section of the county if necessary.
9.2 It shall be the policy of the Kerr County Commissioners Court to avoid
changing existing numbered addresses if the existing system follows a logical
and expandable order and can cotnply with rognisites of the United States Postal
Service and the Regional 9-1-1 Emergency Number System.
ARTICLE X
10. EXEMPT AND EXCLUDED STRUCTURES
10.1 The intent of this article is to exclade frets this resolution those structures which
do not present endangerment to hutnan life iP destroyed by fire or other events.
10.2 The following structures shall be excluded from the provisions:
10.2.1 Agricultural bul~dings not requiring a separate mailing address such as
a bam, poultry house, outbuilding or egnipment storage but7ding.
10.2.2 Storage and accessory buildings for the use of the occupant of another
building on the same property.
10.2.3 Buildings used as dwelling units, offices or the nominal work station of
an employee shall not be exempt.
ARTICLE XI
11. NEW STRUCTURE AND LOTS
21.1 Structure numbers will bo assigned to each new lot, tract or budding site on the
original drawings of a final subdivision plat, mobile (manufactured) home park
plan, planned unit development or arty other plan requiring the approval of the
Kea County Commissioners Court.
11.1.1 Structure numbers shall be illustrated oa final plat prior to approval of
final plat by the Ken County Commissioners Cotut.
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11.2 No building, electrical, plumbing or mechanical permit for any new or remodeled
or repaired structure will be issued by any department of the Rex County
govemmant following the implementation of this zesolution in the affected azea
of Ken County until the owner, developer or builder has procured from the
agency designated by the Ken Emergency 9-1-1 Network the official structure
number. Final approval for any certificate of occupancy or any principal
building enacted or repaired, or use requirirtg said tnrmber, shall be withheld
untll permanent and appropriate numbers have been displayed in accordance with
the standards of this resolution.
ARTICLE XII
12. UTiLITX COMPANY COMPLIANCE
12.1 Following the implementation of this resolution is Kon County, all utility
services regulated by the Texas Fublic Utt'lity Commission or say utility
cooperativo service organization, shall withhold service from any building as far
as practical until the owner, occupant, person in charge or other t+egttesting party
has famished the utility with a valid structure number as prescribed by this
Resolution.
ARTICLE XIII
13. IMPLEMENTATION BY KERR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
13.1 Every deparumemt and official under the jurisdiction of the Karr County
Commissioners Court shall not render any non-emergency service until tho
owner, occupant or requesting individual has provided a valid structure number
as necessary under this Resolution. Noa-emergency service includes any service
provided by the Ken County govemtnerit except fire, rescue, law enforcement
or emergency medical service.
ARTICLE XIV
14, PENALTIES
14.1 Any person, corporation or enterprise who sha11 do anytitirtg prohibited by this
resolution as the same exists or as it may hereafter be amended or who shall
fail to do anything required by this resolution as the same exists or as it may
hereafter be amended shall be amenable to the process of the County Court at
Law of Ken County, Texas.
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ARTICLE XV
15. Ei~FECTlVE DATE AND REPEALER
15.1 Sixty (60) days after the adoption of an Implementation Resolution for each area
of unincorporated Ken County, this Reaointion shall take effort and be in full
force and effect in that area of Kerr County.
15.2 All resolutions and parts of existing resolutions in conflict with this resolution
aze repesied herewith.
ARTICLE XVI
16. STANDARDS GOVE1iNING ADDRESSING
16.1 Attached hereto are Standards in detail governing ittrplementation of this street
naming and structure numbering process.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 1992.
KERR COUNTX COMMISSIONERS COURT
sy:
The Honorable William Stacy, County Judge
ATTEST:
sy:
County Clerk
Kerr County
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MEETING DATE: February z4, 1992
TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC) Consider signing resolution referred to as
"Life Structure Numbering Resolution" to enhance 9-1-1 emergency communications system.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: YES NO X
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