This chapter is intended to promote the health,
safety and general welfare of the public and to enhance the effective
and efficient provision of emergency services to the citizens of Frederick
County. This chapter is intended to accomplish the provisions set
forth in 3.1-796.94 of the Code of Virginia, as amended.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for
a uniform, County-wide system for providing street names and assigning
street address numbers to all dwellings, buildings and habitable structures
in Frederick County, to assist fire and rescue service providers,
law enforcement agencies, the United States Postal Service and other
organizations in the timely and efficient provision of their services
to the residents and businesses of the County.
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:
DRIVEWAY
A private travelway for vehicles, which provides access to
a public street or road from a parking space, garage, dwelling, structure,
or use.
DRIVEWAY ACCESS
A roadway by which motor vehicles may enter or leave a trafficway
and limited to that portion that is entirely within the confines of
the trafficway.
PARKING LANES
A paved or gravel shoulder with a minimum of eight feet designed
for use as off-street parking.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Land, property, or interest therein; usually in a strip acquired
for or devoted to transportation purposes.
ROAD
That part of a trafficway which includes both the roadway
and any shoulder alongside the roadway.
ROADWAY
That portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive to the shoulder.
TRAFFICWAY
Any right-of-way open to the public as a matter of right
or custom for moving persons or property from one place to another,
including the entire width between property lines or boundaries.