(a) 
Purpose.
The purpose of this article is to establish an accurate, comprehensive, system for assigning street names and addresses within the city’s jurisdiction. The City Council finds that such a system is necessary and desirable for fire protection, police protection and other public services performed by the city and other governmental entities and that use of the city’s Geographic Information Systems and computer-controlled emergency systems in the provision of such public services will be greatly enhanced by the application of this article.
(b) 
Administration and interpretation.
This article shall be administered by and interpreted by the Department of Planning and Zoning.
(c) 
No vested right created.
This article is enacted for the purposes set forth in subsection (a) of this section and not for the benefit of any person, including without limitation any developer, requesting an address or street name assignment or change. Nothing in this article grants or vests any right, privilege or property interest in the assignment or change of any address or street name or in the procedure used for same. The city reserves the right to assign and to change such street names and addresses as the city, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.
(d) 
No public dedication implied.
Under no circumstances shall the assignment of a street name, the assignment of an address, the grant of approval, or any other act or omission pursuant to this article constitute an acceptance of any proposed public dedication or an admission that any parking lot, driveway, easement, access route, street or way for vehicular or pedestrian traffic is a public street.
(Ordinance 1485 adopted 1/11/11)
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Accessory building.
A structure detached from a principal building located on the same lot and customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal building or use.
Address.
The term “address” means an identifier that is assigned to a tract of land, a building or a portion of a tract of building with the purpose of helping emergency services personnel locate said tract, building or portion thereof. The term includes the street number, the building number (if any) and the unit number (if any), either individually or in any combination. The address of a tract of land, a building, or a portion thereof is also usually used for the purposes of facilitating the location of the identified tract, building or portion thereof by members of the general public or other persons wishing to visit or locate said tract, building or portion thereof and of facilitating the delivery of mail to same.
Administrator.
The term “administrator” means the manager or director of the division or department designated by the City Manager to enforce and administer this article. The term shall also mean any person designated by said manager or director to represent said manager or director for the purposes of enforcement and administration of this article.
Alternative one-family dwelling unit.
The term “alternative one-family dwelling unit” means a dwelling unit that does not form part of a multiple-family dwelling and does not front on a street. The term may include but is not limited to a secondary residential building, a mobile home located in a traditional mobile home park, a residence in an off-street residential complex and other similar dwelling units.
Alternative one-family dwelling unit complex.
The term “alternative one-family dwelling unit complex” means either (i) a group of two or more alternative one-family dwelling units located on the same tract of land or on the same platted lot or on immediately adjacent tracts or platted lots or (ii) a group consisting of at least one standard one-family dwelling unit and one or more alternative one-family dwelling units all located on the same tract of land or on the same platted lot or on immediately adjacent tracts or platted lots. The term may include but is not limited to mobile home parks, off-street residential complexes, a standard one-family dwelling unit with an associated secondary residential dwelling and other similar properties.
Building number.
The term “building number” means an identifier that is assigned to a specific building within a multiple-building complex with the purpose of helping emergency services personnel locate said building. The term does not include the street number or the unit number (if any). The building number is also frequently used for the purposes of facilitating the location of the identified building by members of the general public or other persons wishing to visit or locate said building and of facilitating the delivery of mail to said building.
Collector.
The term “collector” means a street used primarily to provide access to residential streets and to conduct traffic to an activity center or to a minor arterial or a principal arterial.
Commission.
The term “Commission” means the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Kilgore, Texas.
Construction Codes.
The term “construction codes” means the building code, mechanical code, fuel gas code, plumbing code, fire code, residential code, energy conservation code, existing building code and electrical code of the city as adopted and amended by the City Council.
Dwelling unit.
A building or portion of a building which is arranged, occupied or intended to be occupied as living quarters.
Family.
The term “family” shall mean any number of individuals living together as a single household who are related by blood, marriage or adoption.
Minor arterial.
The term “minor arterial” means a street that carries traffic from smaller streets such as collectors to the major system of principal arterials and highways. The term includes the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.
Multiple-building complex.
The term “multiple-building complex” means a group of two or more buildings that meets all of the following criteria: (i) the buildings in the group are managed by the same person as a single enterprise or are commonly treated as a single enterprise; (ii) all of the buildings in the group are located on the same tract of land or on the same platted lot or on immediately adjacent tracts or platted lots; and (iii) at least one of the buildings in the group does not front on a street and is required by this article to have an address. The term includes but is not limited to multiple-family dwelling complexes, office complexes and other similar properties. The term does not include an alternative one-family dwelling unit complex.
Multiple-family dwelling.
The term “multiple-family dwelling” means any building in which all or a portion of the building is designed, built, rented, leased or let to be occupied as two or more dwelling units and in which one or more of the individual dwelling units does not have at least one ground-level entrance that fronts on a street and provides direct access to the dwelling unit so that the user of that entrance is not required to travel through another dwelling unit or through an area that is intended for the shared use of the occupants of more than one dwelling unit.
Multiple-family dwelling complex.
The term “multiple-family dwelling complex” means a group of two or more multiple-family dwellings managed by the same person as a single enterprise or treated as a single enterprise. The term includes, but is not limited to, apartment complexes made up of multiple buildings, condominiums made up of multiple buildings, and other similar properties.
Multiple-unit building.
The term “multiple-unit building” means any building in which all or a portion of the building is designed, built, rented, leased or let to be used by two or more separate enterprises. For purposes of this definition and without limiting this definition, each dwelling unit constitutes a separate enterprise. For purposes of this definition and without limiting this definition, each portion of a building under the control of a different owner or tenant constitutes a separate enterprise. The term “multiple-unit building” includes but is not limited to a multiple-family dwelling.
Principal arterial.
The term “principal arterial” means a principal traffic artery more or less continuous across the city that is intended to connect remote parts of the city and that is used primarily for fast or heavy volume traffic. The term includes but is not limited to each street designated as a major street on the Longview metropolitan transportation plan.
Public street.
The term “public street” means a street that is dedicated to the public and maintained by a governmental entity. Where context so indicates, the term shall also include a street that is intended to be dedicated or conveyed to the public or to a governmental entity.
Standard one-family dwelling unit.
The term “standard one-family dwelling unit” means a dwelling unit that does not form part of a multiple-family dwelling and does front on a street.
Street.
The term “street” means a way for motorized vehicular traffic that provides or is intended to provide access to more than one separate tract of land or platted lot.
Street name.
The term “street name” means an identifier that is assigned to a specific street with the purpose of helping emergency services personnel locate said street. The term does not include an address. The street name is also frequently used for the purposes of facilitating the location of the identified street by members of the general public or other persons wishing to visit or locate said street or a place located along said street and of facilitating the delivery of mail to places located along said street.
Street number.
The term “street number” means an identifier that is assigned to a specific building, tract of land or platted lot with the purpose of helping emergency services personnel locate said building, tract or lot. The term does not include the building number (if any) or the unit number (if any). The street number is also frequently used for the purposes of facilitating the location of the identified building, tract or lot by members of the general public or other persons wishing to visit or locate said building, tract or lot and of facilitating the delivery of mail to said building, tract or lot.
Unit.
The term “unit” means (i) a room within a multiple-unit building or a group of adjacent rooms within a multiple-unit building that are under the control and use of the same person or (ii) a dwelling unit within a multiple-unit building. Without limiting this definition to dwelling units, each dwelling unit within a multiple-unit building shall be treated as one unit for purposes of this definition. Without limiting this definition to rented units, each unit within a multiple-unit building that is leased or intended to be leased by a different lessee shall be considered to be a separate unit for purposes of this definition. In accordance with the previous sentence, each separate space or room for rent in a hotel, motel, hostel or other building in which rooms are commonly rented to travelers, visitors or tourists for overnight stays shall be considered to be a separate unit.
Unit number.
The term “unit number” means an identifier that is assigned to a specific unit with the purpose of helping emergency services personnel locate said unit. The term does not include the street number or the building number (if any). The unit number is also frequently used for the purposes of facilitating the location of the identified unit by members of the general public or other persons wishing to visit or locate said unit and of facilitating the delivery of mail to said unit.
(Ordinance 1485 adopted 1/11/11)
(a) 
General Application.
This article shall apply to any assignment of any address or street name that occurs on or after November 23, 2010[.]
(b) 
Application to existing street names.
This article shall apply to duplicate street names and to street names that sound or look alike so as to present a significant potential for confusion. The City Council may change such street names regardless of whether such street names were assigned on or after November 23, 2010, or were assigned before that time. Any such street name changes shall comply with the provisions of this article.
(c) 
Application to existing addresses.
This article shall apply to addresses that do not comport with the pattern and sequence of addresses in the immediate area. The administrator may change any such address, regardless of whether the address was assigned on or after November 23, 2010 or was assigned before that time. Any such address change shall comply with the provisions of this article.
(d) 
Application to existing building number and unit numbers, etc.
This article shall apply to building numbers and unit numbers to the extent that such designations do not comport with the pattern and sequence of other building numbers and/or unit numbers within the same multiple-unit building or multiple-building complex. This article shall also apply to the numbering of dwelling units within an alternative one-family dwelling unit complex to the extent that the identifier assigned to any dwelling unit therein does not comport with the pattern and sequence of other such identifiers within the same alternative one-family dwelling unit complex. The administrator may change such building numbers, unit numbers, and identifiers regardless of whether such designations were assigned on or after November 23, 2010 or were assigned before that time. Any such changes shall comply with the provisions of this article.
(Ordinance 1485 adopted 1/11/11)
(a) 
Street names required.
Street names shall be used to identify all streets.
(b) 
Naming of nonstreets.
A street name shall not be assigned to anything that is not a street as defined by this article unless the administrator determines that the assignment of a street name is necessary to assist in emergency response. The assignment of a street name in such a circumstance shall comply with this article.
(c) 
Administrator approval required.
No street name shall be assigned unless first approved by the administrator.
(d) 
Naming process and criteria.
Assignment of street names shall be in accordance with the following:
(1) 
If a plat is required under Article V of the Development Code, proposed street names shall be submitted to the administrator for review and approval at the same time that the pre-submission proposal required by that [this] chapter is submitted.
(2) 
The administrator may require the submission of any proposed street name or proposed change in a street name in any reasonable form, including without limitation as a part of any required site plan or pre-submission proposal.
(3) 
The duplication of street names shall not be permitted.
(4) 
Street names that sound or look alike so as to present a significant potential for confusion shall not be permitted.
(5) 
Street names shall not contain any punctuation or special characters. Only alphabetical symbols A through Z and blank spaces may be used in street names.
(6) 
If a new street is a direct or logical extension of an existing street, the existing street name must be used in place of a newly assigned name.
(7) 
Street names that are difficult to pronounce and difficult to spell shall not be permitted.
(8) 
Streets bearing directional names shall not be permitted.
(9) 
Street names deemed controversial, improper, or obscene shall not be permitted.
(10) 
Street names that could lead to a high rate of vandalism or theft in regards to the street’s designation sign shall not be permitted.
(11) 
Street names shall be a maximum of two words and 15 characters in length.
(12) 
A street name shall not contain the given name and surname of a person, either living or deceased, unless the street name is approved by the City Council.
(13) 
Street directional prefixes shall not be permitted as part of the street name. Exceptions will be made when a street crosses one of the city’s major dividing points[.]
(14) 
When naming a new street, only the following classifications will be considered in regards to the street suffix, and each street name shall be assigned a suffix in conformance with the following definitions:
(i) 
Alley (AL) - A narrow street between clusters of buildings. An alley is normally accessed for utility purposes.
(ii) 
Avenue (AV) - A broad public street often lined with trees. An avenue provides ingress and egress from both ends, has wide lanes, and allows for easy bidirectional traffic flow.
(iii) 
Boulevard (BL) - A broad, formally laid-out public street normally four lanes wide and often lined with trees or adorned with landscaped medians. A boulevard provides ingress and egress from both ends and allows for easy bi-directional traffic flow. The suffix “boulevard” shall be assigned only to a principal arterial, a minor arterial or a collector.
(iv) 
Circle (CL) - A circular-shaped street, sometimes a cul-de-sac, for residences. It can be either a closed loop or semicircle. A circle often returns to the same point of origin or to the same originating street, therefore providing both ingress and egress. A circle in a cul-de-sac scenario has no egress and is longer in length than a court.
(v) 
Court (CT) - A circular pocket off a public street; a short street with no streets running off of it (most commonly known as a cul-de-sac). A court has no egress and therefore forms a dead end. It is shorter in length than a circle, a lane, a place, or a way.
(vi) 
Drive (DR) - A residential street of local extent. A drive provides ingress and egress from both ends, normally has wide lanes, and allows for easy bi-directional traffic flow. The suffix “drive” shall be assigned only to a principal arterial, a minor arterial or a collector.
(vii) 
Lane (LN) - A narrow, often informal street or passageway. A lane normally has no egress and therefore typically forms a dead end. It is generally longer in length than a court, a place, or a way and may have other streets running off of it.
(viii) 
Loop (LP) - A circumferential street; a street that returns to itself. A loop has ingress and egress on the same street and normally contains four or more lanes with adequate shoulder space. The term is also used as a prefix to a street name rather than as a suffix. The suffix or prefix “loop” shall be assigned only to a principal arterial meeting this definition.
(ix) 
Parkway (PK) - A broad, formally laid-out public street. A parkway typically contains four wide lanes, provides ingress and egress from both ends, and allows for easy bi-directional traffic flow. The suffix “parkway” shall be assigned only to a principal arterial, a minor arterial or a collector.
(x) 
Place (PL) - A short street. A place normally has no egress and therefore forms a dead end. A place is longer in length than a court but shorter than a lane.
(xi) 
Road (RD) - An open, public street that gives access to the various parcels of land and to the various streets making up a community. A road has wide lanes, provides ingress and egress from both ends, and allows for easy bi-directional traffic flow.
(xii) 
Square (SQ) - A rectangular-shaped street that typically accesses residential developments. A square provides ingress and egress from both ends.
(xiii) 
Street (ST) - For purposes of using the word “street” as a suffix to a street name, a public street used to give vehicular traffic access to the various parcels of land within a community. The term may be used as a street name suffix when the street has wide lanes, provides ingress and egress from both ends, and allows for easy bidirectional traffic flow.
(xiv) 
Trail (TR) - A residential street. A trail typically provides ingress and egress from both ends, acting as a short connector street. A trail sometimes culminates in a dead end, though. It normally has two full lanes but is narrower than an avenue, drive, road, or street.
(xv) 
Way (WA) - A narrow street that is generally shorter in length than a lane but longer than a court. A way has no egress; therefore, it forms a dead end.
The definitions set forth in this subsection are to be used for purposes of assigning the appropriate suffix to a street name and are not to be used in otherwise construing the meaning of this article.
(15) 
In the event several streets located within a subdivision or area form dead-end streets, each of the main streets shall be assigned the suffix “lane,” “place,” or “way” with each dead-end street running off of it assigned the suffix “court” or “circle.”
(e) 
Change of street name.
The City Council may authorize or direct the change of a street name. Except as expressly provided otherwise in this subsection (e), no street name change under these circumstances is valid unless authorized by the City Council. The City Council shall not authorize or direct the change of any street name after any lot in the subdivision has been sold or after the city has accepted dedication of the street, whichever occurs first, unless the change is necessary to make the street name comply with the requirements of this article. Regardless of whether the change of a street name is necessary to make the street name comply with the requirements of this article, the City Council may authorize or direct the change of a street name if the proposed new street name complies with the requirements of this article.
If the city receives a request to change a street name after any lot in the subdivision has been sold or after the city has accepted dedication of the street, the City Council will consider the request only if it complies with the following criteria:
(1) 
the majority of owners of property adjacent to the street for which a street name change is requested agree in writing to the requested street name change; and
(2) 
if the request asks that the street name be changed to the name of an individual, the proposed new street name is the name of a deceased individual of notable achievement.
(Ordinance 1485 adopted 1/11/11)
(a) 
Addresses required.
Unless provided otherwise in this article, each tract of land and platted lot shall be assigned a single street number that complies with the requirements of this article. Unless provided otherwise in this article, each building shall be assigned a single address that complies with the requirements of this article. At a minimum, the full address of each building shall include the street number of the tract of land or platted lot on which the building is located, and shall be placed according to the standards of the most recently approved International Property Maintenance Code.
(b) 
Administrator approval required.
No address shall be assigned unless the address complies with this article and is first approved by the administrator.
(c) 
Address assignment process and criteria.
Assignment of addresses shall be in accordance with the following:
(1) 
If a plat is required under the City of Kilgore Development Code of, proposed addresses shall be submitted to the administrator for review and approval at the same time that the pre-submission proposal required by that chapter is submitted. If a plat is not required but a site plan is required, then proposed addresses shall be submitted to the administrator for review and approval at the same time that the site plan is submitted. If neither a plat nor a site plan is required, then any address required to be assigned under this article shall be submitted before any new occupancy or change in occupancy of the building or unit requiring an address.
(2) 
The administrator may require the submission of any proposed address or proposed change in an address in any reasonable form, including without limitation as a part of any required site plan.
(3) 
Each street number shall be consistent with the pattern and sequence of street numbers in the immediate area, including the range of street numbers found along the street on which the tract, lot or building fronts.
(4) 
Street numbers shall be assigned using a grid system wherein the numerical range of street numbers on a street is based on the numerical range of the street numbers on the closest existing streets that run parallel with the street for which street numbers are being assigned. The administrator shall have the authority to establish a specific grid system based on this principle.
(5) 
All odd-numbered street numbers shall be located on the north and west sides of the street, all even-numbered street numbers shall be located on the south and east sides of the street. For streets running from a southeast to northwest direction, the administrator may determine the assignment of even and odd street numbers based on the street numbers on the closest existing streets that run parallel with the street for which street numbers are being assigned. Street numbers on curving streets shall consistently follow the original pattern of street numbers on that street throughout the entire length of the street. Within a cul-de-sac, street numbers shall be assigned as if the street culminates in a dead-end at the mid-point of the cul-de-sac.
(6) 
100 shall be the lowest possible street number assigned on any given street.
(7) 
Each tract of land and platted lot will be assigned a street number on the street on which the tract of land or platted lot fronts. If there is a building located or proposed on a tract of land or platted lot, the street number will be assigned on the street upon which the building fronts or will front.
(8) 
No fractions or decimals (for example, 1/2 or .5) shall be used in any address.
(9) 
No hyphens (for example, 1-3, 1-A, etc.) shall be used in any address.
(10) 
The duplication of addresses shall not be permitted.
(11) 
Buildings that are not attached to each other in such a way as to permit a person to travel from one building to the other while being completely enclosed at all times (such as buildings attached at the roofline and connected only with a breezeway) shall be treated as separate buildings for purposes of this article.
(d) 
Denial of building permit.
A building permit shall not be issued for any building or for construction on any tract of land or platted lot for which this article requires an address or addresses until the required address or addresses are assigned as required by this article.
(e) 
Change of assigned address.
Once assigned, an address shall not be changed unless the change is approved or directed in advance by the administrator. In addition, no street number shall be changed after any building associated with the street number has been occupied by anyone unless one of the following is true:
(1) 
the change is necessary to make the street number comport with the pattern and sequence of street numbers in the immediate area; or
(2) 
this article requires the assignment of a new or additional street number and the current pattern and sequence of street numbers in the immediate area does not allow room for the required new or additional street number.
(Ordinance 1485 adopted 1/11/11)
A street number shall be assigned to each standard one-family dwelling unit.
(Ordinance 1485 adopted 1/11/11)
A single street number shall be assigned to each alternative one-family dwelling unit complex. Each dwelling unit within an alternative one-family dwelling unit complex shall then be assigned a sequential number that is unique within that alternative one-family dwelling complex. The number may be designated as a “lot number” or by another similar term, but such terms shall be used consistently within the same alternative one-family dwelling unit complex. Example: 1000 Main Street, Lot 1, Lot 2, Lot 3, etc.
(Ordinance 1485 adopted 1/11/11)
(a) 
Street numbers required.
A single street number shall be assigned to each multiple-unit building that is not part of a multiple-building complex.
(b) 
Unit numbers required.
Each unit in each multiple-unit building shall be assigned a single unit number, and each unit number shall be assigned based on the following rules:
(1) 
If there are ninety-nine (99) or fewer units on each floor of a multiple-unit building, then each unit will be assigned a three-digit unit number with the first digit representing the number of the floor on which the unit is located and the number represented by the final two digits being different from the number assigned to any other unit on the same floor. For example, first-floor units will be assigned a unit number between 101 and 199, inclusive; second-floor units (if any) will be assigned a unit number between 201 and 299, inclusive; third-floor units (if any) will be assigned a unit number between 301 and 399, inclusive; and so forth.
(2) 
If there are more than ninety-nine (99) units on any one floor of a multiple-unit building, then each unit will be assigned a four-digit unit number with the first digit representing the number of the floor on which the unit is located and the number represented by the final three digits being different from the number assigned to any other unit on the same floor. For example, first-floor units will be assigned a unit number between 1001 and 1999, inclusive; second-floor units (if any) will be assigned a unit number between 2001 and 2999, inclusive; third-floor units (if any) will be assigned a unit number between 3001 and 3999, inclusive; and so forth. For multiple-unit buildings containing 10 floors or more, unit numbers shall be assigned as directed by the administrator.
(3) 
Units with exterior main entrances shall start with the lowest unit number on the left side of the building as a person faces the front entrance of the building and continue assigning unit numbers in sequential order from left to right.
(4) 
Units with interior main entrances shall have assigned the lowest unit number to the first unit on the left as accessed from the main entrance to the building and continue assigning unit numbers in sequential order in a clockwise direction. Units with interior main entrances shall be assigned even unit numbers on one side of the corridor or hallway and odd unit numbers on the opposite side.
(5) 
Assignment of unit numbers shall take into consideration the potential for future additional space divisions, and numbers may be skipped in order to provide for such potential additions, although sequential order shall be maintained in assigning unit numbers.
(6) 
Rooms intended and used for a primary purpose other than human occupancy, such as custodial closets, housekeeping rooms, utility closets, etc., shall be identified with a simple description and shall not be assigned a unit number.
(Ordinance 1485 adopted 1/11/11)
(a) 
Street numbers required.
A single street number shall be assigned to each multiple-building complex.
(b) 
Building numbers required.
Each building within a multiple-building complex shall be assigned a single building number that is unique within that multiple-building complex. Said building numbers shall be in consecutive order (Building 1, 2, 3, etc) with the numbering sequence starting on the building closest to the street on the right side of the main approved addressed entrance and flowing in a counterclockwise spiral direction consecutively numbering each building from outward to inward. Wherever possible, the main approved addressed entrance shall be located at the clubhouse, leasing building and/or main building and said building will be identified as Building #1.
(c) 
Unit numbers required.
Each unit in any multiple-unit building located in any multiple-building complex shall be assigned a unit number in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(d) 
Temporary buildings.
All buildings intended to be removed from a site after the completion of a particular task, such as sales buildings, construction management buildings, and other temporary miscellaneous buildings and trailers shall use the street number assigned to the tract of land or platted lot on which the building sits. No building number shall be assigned to such a temporary building. No unit number shall be assigned within any such temporary building.
(Ordinance 1485 adopted 1/11/11)
Each address within the City Limits shall be posted in accordance with the adopted International property maintenance code section 304.3 which states Buildings shall have approved address numbers placed in a position to be plainly legible and visible from the street or road fronting the property. These numbers shall contrast with their background. Address numbers shall be Arabic numerals or alphabet letters. Numbers shall be a minimum of 4 inches (102 mm) high with a minimum [sic]
(Ordinance 1485 adopted 1/11/11)