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Home My WebLink AboutORD 4553 Amends Ord 1298, 2304, 2447, 2474 Amended by Ords: 5153 , 5218 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE N0. 4553 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, REPEALING CHAPTER 4, HOUSE NUMBERING, OF TITLE IX (PUBLIC WAYS AND PROPERTY), AND AMENDING CHAPTER 11, STREET GRID � SYSTEM, OF TITLE IX (PUBLIC WAYS AND PROPERTY), OF � � ... ORDINANCE NO. 4260 ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES ` OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON" BY UPDATING ADDRESSING STANDARDS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Chapter 4, House Numbering, of Title IX (Public Ways and Property), of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington" is hereby repealed. SECTION II. Chapter 1 1 , Street Grid System, of Title IX (Public Ways and Property), of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington" is hereby amended to read as follows: �, 9-11-1: PURPOSE: The purpose of this chapter is to provide an address standard to facilitate consistent response by emergency services, and to provide a uniform application guideline. 9-11-2: DEFINITIONS: For the purposes of this section the following abbreviations and definitions are established: ORDINANCE NO. 4 5 5 3 A. Miscellaneous: Name Abbreviation Definition Apartment Apt a location within a multi-unit residential building assigned by the building owner I, Avenue Ave always a north-south road with compass designations as a suffix Boulevard Blvd a broad city street, often tree lined and landscaped Building Bldg a structure for residential, commercial, industrial, office, or business purposes Circle Cir a loop road in a plat Court Ct used on a cul-de-sac with no potential for future extension, and no potential for a future street across from it Drive Dr used on a long thoroughfare when street or avenue cannot be used, especially when the road winds off the grid 2 ORDINANCE NO. 4 5 5 3 Lane Ln used for private, short, narrow roads when place or court have already been used Place Pl located halfway between grid lines Road Rd used for roads which wind off the grid Room Rm a little-used alternative for suite Street St always an east-west road on the grid with compass designations preceding the street designation Suite Ste a location designation within a building assigned by the building owner Unit Unit a tenant space or leasehold comprising a distinct occupancy within a structure, a location designation within a building assigned by the building owner. B. Campus Address: The campus address is one address assigned to the , campus. Within the campus each building shall be assigned either a number or '� letter. Units or individual sections within campus buildings shall be identified by number assigned by the property owner. All campus addressing shall be subject to the approval of the Fire Chief. C. Classes of Address: There are five classes of address which include Situs, Structure, Unit, Campus, and Mail. D. Mail Address: The mail, or mailing, address is the address used by the U. S. Postmaster. 3 I ORDINANCE NO. 4 5 5 3 E. Private Roads: A private road with 3 or more houses is designated according to its place on the grid. If the end of the private road cannot be easily seen from the main road, it will need to be designated, and the range of addresses located on the road indicated by sign at the main road. Public Works will not install street signs on private property. F. . Residential Accessory Buildina: A structure used for storage located on a residential lot which will not be addressed. G. Situs Address: Every vacant legal parcel shall be assigned a situs address most nearly corresponding to the expected address as if the lot contained a single structure. H. Structure Address: One address shall be assigned to each building, except residential accessory buildings. In the event of Planned Unit Development, Office Park�, or Industrial Complex which incorporates several buildings, or has the potential to add one or more buildings, provision shall be made to allow for buildings to be addressed as separate addresses, one per building. In the event address numbers are not available for more than one building, alphabetical suffixes for each building in the complex shall be applied. Structure addresses shall be expressed in whole numbers, with no fractional appendages. I� I. Unit Address: The unit address is the structure address plus the �I unit, room, or suite number. 9-11-3: SYSTEM OF NUMBERING: Addresses shall be assigned by the Planning/Building/Public Works Department according to the following criteria: A. Numbering from north to south shall progressively increase from the 100 block bound by S.W. 1st Street and S.W. 1st Place; from south to north shall I progressively increase from the 50 block north from S.W. 1st Street. B. Numbering from east to west, and west to east shall progressively increase from the 50 block bound by Hardie and Vancouver Avenues. 4 ORDINANCE NO. 4 5 5 3 C. Along all avenues, or roadways, running northerly and southerly, those lots on the easterly side thereof shall take even numbers, and those lots on the westerly side thereof shall take odd numbers. Along all streets, or roadways, running easterly and westerly, those lots on the northerly side thereof shall take even numbers and those lots on the southerly side thereof shall take odd numbers. ' D. In the case of a winding or curvilinear roadway, such roadway shall be designated as an Avenue, Street, Drive, Lane, Road, Court, or Circle, and, the predominant direction either north-south or east-west determined. In such case the odd-even address convention shall be applied consistently along the entire length of the roadway. All roadways branching from such a continuously named roadway shall commence addressing numbers with the same number despite its location on the City grid; this provision is specifically intended to assist emergency vehicle -drivers find a particular address during emergency response. E. Each block or equivalent is allotted one hundred (100) numbers in sequence on each street or avenue based upon the City Grid System established herein, except between S 6th Street and N 12th Street within which boundaries each block is allotted fifty (50) numbers in sequence. Despite the grid system, the numbering will begin at the actual roadway intersections as constructed. F. Approved numbers or addresses as issued by the Planning/Building/Public Works Department shall be placed on all new and existing buildings in such a position as to be plainly visible and legible from the roadway fronting the property, or in a location approved by the Fire Chief. Said numbers shall contrast with their background. � G. All numbers placed on buildings shall be block style. Numbers placed on single family residential dwellings shall be a minimum of 4 inches in height. Numbers for multi-family residential, neighborhood commercial or small business structures with 50 foot or less setback shall be a minimum of 6 inches in height; 5 ORDINANCE NO. 4553 and for such structures with more than 50 foot setback, numbers shall be from 8 to 12 inches in height. Numbers for large commercial or industrial structures with 100 foot or less setback shall be a minimum of 18 inches in height; and for such structures with more than 100 foot setback, numbers shall be a minimum of 24 inches in height. 9-11-4: AREA DIVISIONS: For purposes of establishing a coordinated system in the City, the City shall be divided into six (6) parts: Northwest, North, Northeast, Southeast, South, and Southwest. These parts are defined as follows_ A. The boundaries of the northwest area shall be the westerly City limits on the west; Renton Avenue on the south; Rainier Avenue on the east; and the northerly City limits on the north. B. The boundaries of the north area shall be Rainier Avenue on the west; the line running along Airport Way from Rainier Avenue to Logan Avenue, thence northerly along Logan Avenue to the center of the Cedar River, then southeasterly along the centerline of the Cedar River to SR 405 on the south; SR 405 on the east; and the northerly City limits on the north C. The boundaries of the northeast area shall be SR 405 on the west; the line running southeasterly along the Maple Valley Highway from its intersection with SR 405 to the southwest corner of Monterey Terrace, thence easterly along the II south line of Monterey Terrace and its easterly extension to the east line of Section 17, Township 23 North, Range 5 East, W.M., thence northerty along said line 440 feet more or less to the east-west centerline of said section, thence easterly along the easterly extension of said centerline to the City limits, on the south; the easterly City Limits on the east; and the northerly City limits on the north. D. The boundaries of the southeast area shall be the line running from the intersection of the Maple Valley Highway with SR 405 southerly along SR 405 to the intersection with the centerline of the Cedar River, thence along said centerline 6 � ORDINANCE NO. 4 5 5 3 to the intersection with the northerly extension of Jones Avenue, thence southerly along said extension and along Jones Avenue to the southerly City limits on the west; the southerly City limits on the south; the easterly City limits on the east; and the southern boundary of the northeast area on the north. E. The boundaries of the south area shall be the SR 167 and Rainier Avenue on the west; the southerly City limits on the south; the westerly margin of the southeast area on the east; and the southerly margin of the north area on the north. � F. The boundaries of the southwest area shall be the westerly City limits on the west; the southerly City limits on the south; the SR 167 and Rainier Avenue on the east; and Renton Avenue on the north. G. Within each of the six areas, streets shall be labeled with the corresponding directional prefix, and avenues shall be labeled with the corresponding directional suffix. Other roadways within each of the six areas shall be labeled with either the area prefix or suffix depending upon whether they run predominantly east-west or north-south respectively. H. The following abbreviations shall be used as prefixes or suffixes: Northwest NW North N Northeast NE Southeast SE South S Southwest SW. 9-11-5: ROADWAY NAMES: A. Streets and avenues shall be named in accordance with the City Grid ' System. The following convention shall apply to City roadways. It is not intended to name every roadway existing within the current City, the intention of this section is to clearly establish the grid. Note that Vancouver Avenue does not exist on the 7 _ _ ___ _ __ � ORDINANCE NO. 4 5 5 3 ground at this time, it is overlaid by Rainier Avenue; also that Grady Way is not on this list, as a second example. B. North-south roadways, beginning at Vancouver Avenue shall be named consecutively: Easterly Westerly Lake Hardie ! Davis Taylor ; Shattuck Maple I, Whitworth Lind Morris Stevens Smithers Seneca Burnett Earlington Williams Raymond Wells Thomas Main Pacific Mill Powell Cedar Oakesdale Renton Naches Grant Medina High Longview Jones Kelso Kennewick Jackson Lincoln Indio Monterey Hamilton Aberdeen Garfield � Blaine Fairview I� Camas Edgewood � Dayton �, Edmonds Ferndale Glennwood Harrington , Index Jefferson Kirkland Lynnwood Monroe Newport Olympia Pierce 8 � ORDINANCE NO. 4 5 5 3 ' Queen Redmond Shelton Tacoma Union Vashon Whitman Anacortes Bremerton Chelan Duvail Elma Field Graham Hoquiam Ilwaco Jericho Kitsap Lyons Mt. Baker i, Nile I Orcas. '� C. East-west roadways shall be named northerly and southerly from the main east-west division line as identified in Area Divisions. Northerly from said division line, each grid shall increase from North 1 st Street through North 11 th Place alternately 1 st Street, 1 st Place, . . . 1 1 th Street, 1 1 th Place, thereafter the grid shall numerically increase incrementally to the City limits as North 12th Street, �, North 13th Street, etc.. Southerly from said division line, each grid shall increase ', from South 1 st Street through South 5th Place alternately as north of said division, thereafter the grid shall numerically increase incrementally to the City limits. 9-11-6: ANNEXATIONS: A. Upon annexation of property to the City, staff assigned the responsibility by the Administrator of Planning/Building/Public Works shall rename all ' roadways within the annexed area according to the City Grid System, and, addresses shall be reassigned according to the above guidelines. 9 ORDINANCE NO. 4 5 5 3 B. In the event of annexation easterly or westerly of the existing City grid, the grid shall be expanded adding sufficient new avenues to the grid to serve the new area. Such new avenues shall be named in progressing afphabetical order using names of existing cities in Washington State without duplicating existing City avenue names. C. Staff shalt immediately notify all property owners, utilities, the U.S. Postmaster, police, fire, and emergency services of the changes. Property owners shall be notified of additional requirements to change structure address numbers to � conform with this code. 9-11-7: CHANGE OF ADDRESS: The owners of an interest in any real estate abutting upon any roadway within the City of Renton may petition the City for a change of address. The petition shall include payment of 530.00 to defray the administrative costs of processing. ' 9-11-8: EXCEPTIONS: Any deviation from this code must be approved by resolution of the City Council. SECTION III. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage, approval, and thirty days after publication. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 2nd day of October 1995. ' � ` Marilyn J etersen, City Clerk APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 2nd day of october 1995. , ' arl Clymer, Ma�� , l0 � - ' ORDINANCE NO. 4 5 5 3 Approve as to form: �� Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney Date of Publication: l0/10/95 ORD.485:10/2/95:as. , 11 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON I SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE N0. 4553 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, REPEALING CHAPTER 4 , HOUSE NiJN�ERING, OF TITLE IX (PUBLIC WAY5 AND PROPERTY) , AND AMENDING CHAPTER 11 , STREET GRID 5Y5TEM, OF TITLE IX (PUBLIC WAYS AND PROPERTY) , OF ORDINANCE NO. 4260 ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERP.L ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON" BY UPDATING ADDRES5ING STANDARDS. This ordinance addresses the following matters : SECTION I . Section I repeals a portion of the City Code � on house numbering. Section II establishes a standardized method of providing street addresses, provides a definition of terms, states criteria for addressing structures, divides the City into geographical areas, and establishes a uniform method of assigning roadway names . This section states the method for renaming roadways following annexation to the City and provides a method for obtaining a change of address within the City. A full text of this ordinance will be mailed, without charge, upon request to the City Clerk. Date of Publication: 10/10/95 ORD. 487 : 6/19/95: as . �