This chapter shall be known as the "Pierce County
Uniform Numbering Ordinance.
A uniform system of numbering properties and
principal buildings and numbering County roadways, as shown on the
maps on file in the County Planning Department, is adopted for use
in the unincorporated areas of the County. The maps and all explanatory
matter thereon are adopted and made a part of this chapter.
[Amended by Ord. No. 92-7]
A. All properties or parcels of land in the unincorporated
areas of the County shall hereafter be identified by reference to
the uniform numbering system adopted in this chapter, provided that
all existing numbers of properties and buildings not now in conformity
with the provisions of this chapter shall be changed to conform to
the system herein adopted within three years from the date of passage
of the ordinance codified in this chapter.
B. All properties on the east side of north-south roads
and all properties on the north side of east-west roads shall be assigned
even numbers. All properties on the west side of north-south roads
and all properties on the south side of east-west roads shall be assigned
odd numbers. An appropriate prefix of "N" or "W" will precede the
number.
C. Each principal building shall bear the number assigned
to the frontage on which the front entrance is located. If a principal
building is occupied by more than one business or family dwelling
unit, each separate front entrance of such principal building shall
bear a separate number.
D. Numerals indicating the official numbers for each
principal building or each front entrance to such building shall be
posted in a manner as to be visible from the road within 10 feet of
the intersection of the driveway and the right-of-way line on which
the property is located. The signs shall be printed in block letters
at least 2 1/2 inches high and in a sign of a red background
with white reflective letters, mounted so as to read horizontally,
on a post a minimum of four feet and a maximum of six feet from ground
level.
E. Each township shall be responsible for maintaining
the numbering system.
F. The Pierce County Land Management Department shall
issue no land use permit until the parcel for which the permit is
intended has been approved for a driveway permit or written access
approval granted by the appropriate town, County, or state agency
and issued an address consistent with the Uniform Numbering System.
Upon submittal of the driveway permit or access approval, Pierce County
Land Management Department staff will assign, record, and issue an
address number. The sign may be picked up from the Pierce County Department
of Land Management Office or may be sent to the applicant via United
States Postal Service. The cost of the sign shall be established by
resolution of the County Board and shall be paid by the landowner
at the time of application or prior to pickup or mailing.
[Amended 4-22-2008 by Ord. No. 07-08]
G. The Pierce County Land Management Department shall
keep a number assigned to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department and
shall maintain uniform numbering system maps and shall issue to any
property owner in an unincorporated area of a respective township
a set of numerals for each principal building or separate front entrance
to such building. In doing so the Land Management Department shall
issue only numerals for the number assigned to such building under
the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that the Land Management
Department may issue additional numerals in accord with the official
numbering system whenever a property has been subdivided or vandalism
or other event has destroyed the original numbers. The cost of the
new sign and/or numerals shall be paid by the landowner.
Any person owning or occupying a principal building
or parcel of land required to be numbered by this chapter who neglects
or fails to obtain a proper number and display it in a manner as to
be visible from the road on which the property is located shall forfeit
not more than $200, along with penalty assessment and costs. Each
separate day such number is not displayed shall constitute a separate
offense. Any person altering, destroying, removing or otherwise rendering
numbers required to be posted by this chapter unreadable from the
road on which the property is located shall forfeit not more than
$500 along with penalty assessment and costs.
[Amended by Ord. No. 92-7]
Any law enforcement officer duly authorized
to enforce Pierce County ordinances and the Pierce County Zoning Administrator
are all authorized to issue citations for a violation(s) under this
chapter.