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.