This chapter shall be known as the "Street and Road Naming and Building
Numbering Ordinance for Mathews County, Virginia," or it may be referred to
by its short title of "Road Naming Ordinance" and will be referred to herein
as "this chapter."
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the assignment of names
to streets and roads in Mathews County and the posting of street signs and
building numbers to enhance the easy and rapid location of properties for
the delivery of public safety and emergency services, postal delivery and
business delivery.
This chapter is authorized by the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended,
§§ 15.2-1200 and 15.2-1427, and is intended to provide for
the health, safety, and general welfare of the public to enhance provision
of emergency services to the citizens of Mathews County.
The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable in all areas of Mathews
County.
Interpretation of what may not be clear in this chapter shall be according
to the intent of this chapter and the Comprehensive Plan.
Whenever the regulations of this chapter conflict with those of another
ordinance, the stricter shall apply.