County officials are responsible for:
A. 
Assigning names to all public roads in compliance with the guidelines established herein.
B. 
Resolving road name duplications within a community, zip code or emergency service zone area.
C. 
Having a subdivision ordinance requiring that the applicant have approved street names for all proposed roads prior to receiving final subdivision approval and to enforce this chapter.
D. 
Passing ordinances to adopt names for all roads within the County.
E. 
In the case that a street name must be changed, the informing property owners along the street, as described in § 73-13.3.A., 73-13.3.B.
F. 
Fabricating and installing street name signs at the intersections of all existing private roads.
G. 
Maintaining street name signs at the intersections of all existing private roads.
H. 
Entering onto private property for the purpose of notifying persons who are in violation of this chapter.
Sussex County government shall also be responsible for:
A. 
Administering this chapter.
B. 
Maintaining a County-wide database of street names.
C. 
Reviewing subdivision requests for conformance with this policy.
D. 
Reviewing requests for street name changes for compliance with this policy.
E. 
Reserving names for proposed development as set forth herein.
F. 
Notifying the United States Postal Service (USPS), Delaware Department of Transportation (DELDOT) and emergency services of street name changes.
G. 
Coordinating street names and address ranges with adjacent counties.
H. 
Establishing, assigning and when necessary, changing address numbers in accordance with this policy.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) 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.
Each and every property owner, trustee, lessee, agent and occupant of each residence, apartment building, business, industry or institution 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.
Developers shall be 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.