[Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Buchanan
County 12-5-2016. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
[In regard to statutory references, unless the
County specifically amends the statutory provisions to the contrary
or repeals the statutory provisions, future amendments to said statute
shall take effect as provided by law.]
The street-naming and property-numbering map entitled "E911
Map of Buchanan County" to "Buchanan County, Virginia-County Road
Naming and Property/House Numbering System Reference Maps" dated March
27, 2007, with any and all subsequent modifications, is hereby adopted
as the official street-naming, property-numbering (GPIN) map of the
County, and all property numbers assigned shall be assigned in accordance
with this numbering map. The E911 Director shall be responsible for
keeping the street addressing and property-numbering (GPIN) system
up to date. However, the Commissioner of Revenue may continue to use
the tax map numbering system for assessment and tax purposes with
the proviso that such system will be indexed with the GPIN system.
The street-naming, property-numbering (GPIN) digital map shall be
kept on file in the office of the E911 Director.
To the greatest extent feasible, every road, lane, or other
access serving premises or separate parcels of land shall be named,
whether public, private, or government maintained. Some mobile home
parks and/or apartment developments may be exceptions to this rule
depending on the size of the project or the length of interval streets.
Naming of these roads, lanes, or accesses does not constitute
recognition as acceptance of the street by the County, nor is it done
for any purpose other than as a means of specifying an address for
locating a premises.
Every owner of improved property shall, on or before the first
day of January, 2017, purchase and display in a conspicuous place
on said property or near the entrance the number assigned. The numerals
selected should be at least three inches square, set against a background
of contrasting color, and located no further than 50 feet from the
front property line so as to be visible from and oriented towards
the street from which the address is located.
IMPROVED PROPERTY — Includes but is not limited
to: residences, buildings, gas wells and associated properties, coal
mine property, and any other structures above or below ground for
which a state or local agency requires a 911 address or falls within
the jurisdiction of the Building Code Official.
All residence and business buildings erected after the adoption
of this article shall be assigned a number in accordance with the
street-naming, property numbering maps, and shall purchase and display
such number as provided.
It shall be the responsibility of the County Planning Commission
to assign street names in all future subdivisions approved after the
adoption of the ordinance from which this article derived. The Planning
Commission must consult with the County Administrator in developing
a scheme consistent with the adopted system.
It shall be unlawful for any person to alter, deface, or take
down any number placed on any property in accordance with this article,
except for repair or replacement of such number.
It shall be the duty of every property owner or occupant or
person in charge thereof, upon affixing the new number in accordance
with this article and map, to remove any different number used in
the past which might be mistaken for or confused with the number assigned
to the structure.
It shall be the duty of the of Board of Supervisors for the
County immediately upon adoption of this article to file with the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County a copy of this article and
accompanying maps evidencing that the County has established an official
street-naming, house-numbering system.
It shall be the responsibility of the County Board of Supervisors
to review and act on all petitions for changes in street names which
have been officially adopted. Petitions will be considered on a case-by-case
basis.
