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Settlement Name
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Mountain Home
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Has Policy?
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Yes
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Policy
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CHAPTER 9.24
IDENTIFYING STREETS AND BUILDINGS
9.24.01 Uniform system and Street Numbering Committee.
A. Uniform Numbering System Established. There is hereby established a uniform system for numbering the property frontage on all streets, avenues and public and
private ways in the city of Mountain Home. All houses, buildings and lots shall be numbered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. No. 94-015, Sec. 1)
B. Street Numbering Committee. The Mayor is authorized to form a Committee of not more than three (3) people which Committee is to be known as the Street Numbering Committee. (Ord. No. 87-031, Sec. 1)
C. Responsibilities and Authority. The Committee shall have the following responsibilities and is hereby given the authority to carry them out. It shall have the power to establish the rules and regulations under which the Committee functions.
1. To assign or approve the name of presently unnamed streets, to assign or approve the name of any new street, to assign or approve the name of any new street brought into the city by annexation, and to change or approve the name of any existing street to prevent duplication or confusion caused by similarity.
2. To numerically designate each block of each street.
3. To assign to each building or combination of buildings if applicable, a number that is in keeping with the continuity of other numbers assigned that street.
4. To approve a type or types of numeral(s), with a minimum height, that may be used for numbering.
5. Determine that numbers are visible from directly in front of the building for at least one hundred (100) feet. (Ord. No. 87-031, Sec. 2)
D. Building Numbers. The owner of a new building at a location that did not have a designated number must request of the Committee, and the Committee must provide, a number by which that location can be identified. (Ord. No. 87-031, Sec. 3)
E. Numbering Not Affected by Transfer of Title. Unless otherwise changed by the Committee's number previously authorized will remain in effect notwithstanding a transfer of title. (Ord. No. 87-031, Sec. 4)
F. City Council Has Final Authority. The Committee may refer to the City Council any matter concerning its responsibility or action for direction or approval. The City Council has the final authority in all matters arising under this section. (Ord. No. 87-031, Sec. 5)
G. Penalty. Failure of a property owner, or his estate, to comply with the instructions, orders, or rulings of this Committee will result in a fine of Five Dollars ($5.00) per day for each day of noncompliance beginning on the 14th day following the date of notification from the Committee. (Ord. No. 87-031, Sec. 6)
9.24.02 Base line. Main Street shall constitute the base line for numbering along all streets running easterly and westerly and First Street shall constitute the base line for numbering along all streets running northerly and southerly. (Ord. No. 94-015, Sec. 2)
9.24.11 Non-standard streets. There is hereby established a uniform system of street naming in the address service area of the city of Mountain Home, Arkansas, and all streets, avenues and other public and private ways shall be named in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. A street or other public way running in the same direction and having an angular deviation of not more than ninety (90) degrees for a distance of not more than three hundred fifteen (315) feet shall carry the same name unless special circumstances make such a plan impracticable or not feasible. Street names shall not be duplicated within the address service area. That part of any street ending in a permanent dead-end or cul-de-sac shall not carry the designation of street, avenue or road, but shall carry the designation of court. The City Council of the city of Mountain Home, Arkansas, may adopt further designations or any additional rules and regulations which may be required from time to time. (Ord. No. 94-015, Sec. 11)
9.24.12 Procedure for implementing system. For the purpose of clarifying and systematizing the present street naming pattern in the address service area and to implement the application of the matters set forth in Section 9.24.11 herein, there is hereby adopted the following plan:
A. The city of Mountain Home, Arkansas, hereby authorizes the E-911 Coordinator to prepare and present to the City Council of the city of Mountain Home a recommendation for the naming of all unnamed streets, avenues and public and private ways within the address service area of the City and to propose new names to eliminate duplications and sound-alike street names. The proposals for new names to eliminate duplications and sound-alike street names that occur in the unincorporated parts of the address service area shall be reviewed by the E-911 office.
B. Guidelines for renaming existing streets may be used as criteria when considering the changing of a duplicate or sound-alike street name:
1. Does one street have any historical reason for its name?
2. Which street has the least number of structures on it and thus would require the least number of address changes?
3. Which street has had its name for the longest period of time?
4. Is the name and thoroughfare designation suffix appropriate according to other street names in the neighborhood?
5. Which street name is used for the longest distance or the most traveled section?
C. Priorities can be established by numerically weighing the importance of these items. Streets with the highest total number would be given priority for name retention.
D. Developers of property are encouraged to propose street names on plats containing new streets under the guidelines of this chapter. All such names are subject to review by the Planning Commission for compliance with this chapter. (Ord. No. 94-015, Sec. 12)
9.24.13 Plats. Every subdivision plat submitted to the City Council of the city of Mountain Home, Arkansas, for their approval after the effective date of this chapter shall bear upon its face the report of the Planning Commission of the proper names of any and all streets, avenues and public ways proposed for public use including private streets within the jurisdiction of the city of Mountain Home. (Ord. No. 94-015, Sec. 13)
9.24.14 Changes. The City Council of the city of Mountain Home, Arkansas, by resolution, may change, rename or name an existing or newly established street within the limits of said basing system at any time after the adoption of this chapter, upon recommendation of the 911 Coordinator. (Ord. No. 94-015, Sec. 14)
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Policy Score
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67
