This article provides road-naming rules that enable dispatchers and
drivers of ambulances and fire trucks to accurately and quickly find residences;
the Post Office to sort and deliver mail more efficiently; businesses to locate
addresses; and addresses to fit standard computerized address spacing.
These rules apply to roads in Warren County outside the boundaries of
the Town of Front Royal, except that those road names previously assigned
to state roads are exempt. House numbering for mailing addresses is currently
developed and maintained by the United States Postal Service.
Developers of new roads shall submit their request for road names in
accordance with the Warren County Subdivision Ordinance.
Road names submitted to the County Administrator or Board of Supervisors
for approval prior to September 18, 1989, that comply with the rules of this
chapter will be approved by the Board of Supervisors concurrent with adoption
of this chapter. Any rejected road names will be referred back to the requester
for compliance with the rules. If a written resubmittal with an acceptable
road name is not received within 60 days. the County Administrator will select
a name for submission to the Board of Supervisors for approval.
Platted private road names or other right-of-way access roads serving
three or more residences will be reviewed by the County Administrator's
office on a systematic geographic basis for compliance with this chapter.
Those road names in noncompliance with the road-naming rules will be referred
for 60 days to any applicable subdivision association for substitute name
nomination to the County Administrator. Complying road names are submitted
by the County Administrator to the Board of Supervisors for approval. A public
hearing is not required but may be scheduled by the Board at its option. A
list of roads approved and/or in use within the county and town is available
for review or purchase by the public at the County Administrator's office.
The County Administrator will send notices of approved road names to
emergency dispatchers, the Town of Front Royal Planning Office, any applicable
subdivision association and the Postmaster for implementation of the name
for mail addressing where applicable. The changes will also be made periodically
to any future county-prepared road map.
Signs for new roads completed after the adoption of this chapter are
to be purchased and installed by the developer with signs meeting the specifications
of the county. A road sign must be installed before issuance of any occupancy
permit for any structure on the road.
Signs for road names requested for approval prior to September 18, 1989,
and approved by the Board in accordance with road-naming rules of this chapter
will be purchased and installed by the county as workload and the county budget
permits.