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az~DnvANG~ NO e 1874
CHAPTER 32 OF BUTTE COUNTY CODE
AN ORDIlVANGE TO PROVIDE A UNIFORM SYSTF.~i FOR THE NAMING OF STREETS AND
HIGHW.I~Y'S AND NUMBERII3G PROPERTIES AND PRINCIPAL BUILDIlVGS IN THE COUNTY
Tt~.e BOARD OF SUPERVISORS of the County oi' Butte DOES ORDAIN as fol
SECTION !: 'That Chapter 3~ of the Butte County Code is hereby.
added to read as follows:
SECTION 32p1• Purpose.
To provide for orderly .development ar~d eliminate dupl~.cation
anal, uncertainty, a definite system of finding dwellings and business loca-
bons rapidly asxd with certainty is needed is the interest of the public
health, welfare and safety far the unincorporated areas of the County of
Butte. It is necessary to enable emergency vehicles to respond quickly to
calls, expedite postal aad other delivery services, eliminate contusion and
error aad locate business places and residences fox custor~iers and friends
without difficulties aad lass of tune,
SECTION 32-2: Desi nation of Administratorv
A, The system sha~.l be continued, enforced, operated and main~-
to med within the unincorporated areas of the County of Butte by the Public
Works Director ar his authorized deptx~r, referred to in this chapter as
Address Coordii~.ator, and praperty.ntzmbers assigned wi~hxn such areas shall
be in accordance Goth the system. It shall be the duty of the Address
Coordinator to notify all persons of the road name and number assigxt.ed to
each location, the requirements of this ordinance that the numbers be in~
stalled and maintained, and to deterruine whether the same are installed ~.n
such a manner as to be visible from the street in front of each location or
the roadway or driveway leading to bu~.ldings removed a substantial d~,stance
from the pub~.ic street or road which the sub3ect site abuts.
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B. Each addressing area, as defined in Section 32-3, will have an
addressing cotmmittee. Each committee will have five members who reside in
the area they represent, The largest city or M~4C in each addressing area
will have a representative on the committee who will be its Address Area.
Coordinator. This Coordinator, along with a representative f~cam a law en~
farceffient agency, fire agency, ambulance agency and the. post office, will
comprise the five members a£ the area comanittees, These committees will
study the existing road names and problems with addresses in their areas
and recommend necessary changes to be made to clarify existing duplicate
and sound-alike road names, and existing addresses that are in error to I
achieve a coherent and organized system, and will~ke all recommendatkans to
the County Address Coordinator..
C, The Address Coordinator shall make sure-that all new-road names
avoid duplication and da not sound like existing road names in Butte County.
D. The Address Coordi.natar shall issue to any building owner or
occupant in an unincorporated area of Butte County upon request and ,without
charge, a number or numbers in accordance with this ordinance,
Ee The Address Coordinator shall be responsible for maintaining
the numbering and road naming system and. shall .keep a record of all numbers
and names assigned under this ordinance. Said records shall be open far
inspection by the public during regular business hours.
F. The Address Coordinator will coordinate-all naming or renaming
and addressing whin the incorporated cities in Butte County to achieve a
coherent and organ~.zed system of addressing for the whale of Butte County.
SECTION 32-3: Address Areas.
A map identz.fied by the title of "Butte County Address. Area Map",
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SECTION 32-3: Address Areas (continued)
Oc4~ber
approved by the Board of.Supervisors this I8th day of ,
1977, and filed in the office of the Address Coordinator and the.County.
Clerk will show the boundaries of the four address areas. Addressing maps.
showing the. systems- and addresses will be filed in the office of tl~e Address
Coordinator.
SECTXON 32-4: Street-Naming Procedureo
A. Street names shall be required of every access that serves at
least three (3) dwellings and/or business establishments or combix~ati.on
thereof, except in mobile home parks, condominiums, shopping centers and
apartment-type developments. In these cases, street names will not be
permittedP
B.. Mobile home parks, condominiums, shopping centers and apartzaeat-
type developments that have existing road or street, names will within sixty
{60} days of the notice given by the Address Coordinator showing the address
and space or apartment numbers take down existing road or street name signs
and erect the signs in accordance with the provisions of Saction 32-5, pars,
graph C-5 of this ordinance. ~.
C, All streets or roads shall be known by the same naffie for the
entire length, except that the Warne may, change when the street or road crosses
a base line.
D. The County of Butte shall have the right to name ar rename all
private roads, access or easements and county roads in the unincorporated
areas of Butte County.
E. All road names wi11 be reviewed by the Address-Coordinator befar
being subm~.tted to the Board of Supervisors.
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1 SECTION 32-4: Street-Namin Fxoceduxe {continued)
~ R. When naming or renaming any road, access or easement, the
3 Address Coordinator will contact one person loving an said road., access ar
4 easement to circulate a petition for seSectxng a name or new a,ar~e. Tf within,
~ thirty (30) days a new nose has not been submitted to the Address Coordinator,
g the County of Autte will have the xigtat to select a name or new name for sa~.d
+p road, access o~ easementm
g G. Any new county road may be officially named upon petition to
9 the Addxess Coordinator in the form of a map showing location and ala_gmment
10 of the road to be named and five {5} proposed names. These names wild. be
Z], studied to assure they do not duplicate or sound like any existing road names
12 in the County. If one of these road names does not conflict with any exist-
13 ing road names, this name will be recomnnended to the Board of sv.pervisors
14 in the form of a Resolution of Inte~xtion. Upon approval by the Board of
15 Supervisors, thereafter such road shah. be afcficially known by the name so
~,g designated. i
1? SECTION_32-5:
lg A private road may be officially Warned upon pe~~:tion to the Addxess
19 Coordinator in the farm of a map showing locaf:ian, alignment, five {5)
`~0 proposed road names and signatuxes of 60°/a of the property owners whose
~1 property is serviced by the private road proposed to be affected.
22 These names will be studied to assure they do not duplicate or sound
23 like any existing xoad names i.n the County. Xf one of these road names does
24 not conflict with any existing road names, this name will be recomaaended to
~ the Board of Supervisors in the form of a Resolution of Intentiozz. Upon
28 approval by the Board of Supervisors thereafter such road shall be officially
known by the name so designated.
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Any road name in the County may officially be changed ugon petition
to the Address Coordinator stating the existing road name, five (5) proposed
names and signatures of 60% of the property owners whose property is serviced
by such road, These names will be studied. to assure they do not duglicate or
sound like any existing road names in the county„ Tf one of these road names
does raot conflict with any existing road. names, this will. be submitted to the
Board. of Supervisors in the fox~na of a Resolution of Intention. The Resolu-
Lion of Intention shall be set for public hearing and notice of such hearing
shall be given by posting notice in at least three public places along the
road or roads proposed to be affected; such gosta.ng to be complete at least
ten (10) days before the day set for the hearing. At the time set for hear
or at any time. to which the hearing may be continued, the Board shall hear
and consider proposals to change the name of such road and upon adoption of
the change thereof, sha11 make a resolution officially designating the name
for said road. Thereafter, such road shall be known by the name so designtate .
SECTION 32-7•
Street name signs for existing caunty roads wild, be erected and main-
twined by the Department of Public WarksQ
Street name signs for new county roads established by subdivisions
and site improvements--the person doing the subdivision or improvements will
supply and erect all road signs to Butte County standards. The Butte County
Degartmeztt of Public Works will maintain the signs.
SECTION 32-5: Addressing Procedure
A. All addresses will be assigned or reassigned in accord with
the appropriate area and in normal sequence to its respective blackP
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SECTION 32-8: Addressi~.~_Proceduxe (continued)
B. Prior to the issuance of any address number, the principal
access to the property shall bear a name i,n accordance with the provisions of
this ordinance,
C. Mobile Name Barks, condominiuinss shopping centexs or apartment-
type developmentso
1. The main entrance wi~.l be numbered off the road it enters.
2e Street names will not be permitted.
3o Ea.ch space or apaxtmer~t will be assigned a space number
or apartment number by the Address Coordinator.
4o The owner ar develdpex of this L-ype. of development will
supgly the Address Coordinator with a small map showing
all the spaces or apartments and interior. streets to allow;
numbers to be assigned, (Recos~mtended scale of this simall
map is 1" = 200'), A copy will then be sent to each,
emergency agency and post office far their use.
5p At all intersections in this type of development there
shall be a s ign. showing the space or -~aparttuent nu~uber
range ahead on the side roads,
SECTION 32-9: Disp~as_of~Numbers
The Address Coordinator shall give notice to the occupants or owners
of buildings which are assigned ox reassigned numbers under this system, which
notice shah, contain, the new number ox nunnber reassigned to a particular.
building, and the date on which the new number shall be effective. Within
sixty (b0) days of such effective date of notice o£ number assigned ox
reassigned, the occupants} or owner{s} of th.e buildings shall~.cause the
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SECTION 32-9: Aisplay of Numbers (continued)
number to be displayed upon the building or land in such manner as to be
visible from the .street or road upon which the land or building fronts, and
shall remove ar obscure from public view any 'old ar previous number not in
accordance with the systesn.e The minimum, height of numbers to be used shal3.
be three inches (3") and contrasting color from basic backgroundo
SECTION 32-10: Penalties
Penalties will be as prescribed in Section l~y of this code..
SEC'~IbN 2: This ordinance shall take effect thirty (3O) days after its
passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (l5) days after-its passage, it
shall be published with the names of the members voting far and against the
same, once in a local newspaper published in the Couzxty of Butte, State of
California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte,
State of California, at the regulax'~meeting thereof on the- T$th day of
O cto6er 1977, by the following vote:.
AYES; Supervisors Lemke, Madigan,. Moseley and Chairman Richter
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Winston
NOT VOTING: None
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Chairman, Board of Supervisors
County of Butte, State of California
ATTEST: Clark Nelson, County Clerk
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