Town of Millville, DE Article V Summary of Responsibilities

§ 104-16 Sussex County government.

The Sussex County government is responsible for:

A. Maintaining a county-wide database of street names.

B. Reviewing subdivision requests for conformance with this policy.

C. Reviewing requests for street name changes for compliance with this policy.

D. Notifying the United States Postal Service (USPS), Delaware Department of Transportation (DELDOT) and emergency services of street name changes.

E. Establishing, assigning and, when necessary, changing address numbers in accordance with this policy.

§ 104-17 United States Postal Service.

The United States Postal Service is responsible for:

A. Maintaining a dual addressing system, delivering mail addressed to either address for a time period in accordance with their regulations.

B. Maintaining a database of addresses as notification of address changes are received from the County.

§ 104-18 Property owners and residents.

Each and every property owner, occupant of each residence and business is responsible for:

A. Purchasing, posting and maintaining assigned address numbers in conformance with the guidelines set forth herein.

B. Removing old address numbers when new numbers are posted.

§ 104-19 Developers.

Developers are responsible for:

A. Obtaining approval for street names prior to receiving final approval of subdivision applications.

B. Purchasing and installing road name signs for all new roads.