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ORDINANCE NO. 83-0-17
PRESENTED
AMENDED
ADOPTED
May 25~ 1983
May 25~ 1983
May 25~ 1983
AN ORDINANCE: ADDING TWO NEW ARTICLES TO CHAPTER 16 OF THE TOWN CODE
ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. A new article to be known as Article IV, Uniform Real Property
Numbering Syste~ is hereby added to Chapter 16 of the Town Code to read as fol-
lOWS:
ARTICLE IV.
UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY NUMBERING SYSTEM
Sec. 16-53. System Established~ Official Numbers and Records.
A uniform system for numbering houses and principal buildings in the
town is established. Ail houses and principal buildings shall be numbered
in accordance with the provisions of this article.
The official numbers of houses and principal buildings within the town
are shown on maps and records kept by the Director of Planning and Zoning.
Sec. 16-54. Compliance with Article.
Ail principal houses and buildings within the town shall, upon the
effective date of this article, be identified by reference to the uniform
numbering system adopted in this article and shown on the official num-
bering system map.
Sec. 16-55. Base Point and Quadrants Established.
A base point is established at the center of the intersection of King
and Market Streets and the centerline of each said street shall constitute
a baseline which divides the town into quadrants designated northwest (N.W.),
northeast (N.E.), southwest (S.W.) and southeast (S.E.).
(a)
Market Street from the base point westerly is
designated West Market Street and from the base point easterly
is designated East Market Street.
(b)
King Street from the base point northerly is
designated North King Street and from the base point southerly
is designated South King Street.
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(c)
Ail streets within the quadrant formed by West Market Street
and North King Street shall have a suffix of Northwest (N.W.):
all streets within the quadrant formed by East Market Street
and North King Street shall have a suffix of Northeast (N.E.);
all streets within the quadrant formed by South King Street
and West Market Street shall have a suffix of Southwest (S.W.)
and all streets within the quadrant formed by South King Street
and East Market Street shall have a suffix of Southeast (S.E.).
Sec. 16-56. Numbering System.
(a)
A base point for numbering buildings and street blocks is estab-
lished at the center of the intersection of King and )~rket
Streets. The numbering of buildings on each street shall begin
at the base point. Buildings in the first blocks north, east,
south and west of the base point shall be numbered 1 to 99.
Grid lines, as shown on the property numbering map, indicate the
point at which numbers will change to the next higher hundred.
Grid lines shall generally follow street blocks. Ail buildings
facing streets not extending through to the base line shall be
assigned the same relative numbers as if the street had extended
to the base line.
(b)
Ail buildings on the south side of east-west streets and west side
of north-south streets shall bear odd numbers, and ali. buildings on
the north side of east-west streets and east side of north-south
streets shall bear even numbers.
(c) Numbers shall be assigned by the manager on the following basis:
(i)
One number shall be assigned consecutively to each lot or
entrance in commercial, industrial and residential areas
that are totally developed and in residential subdivisions.
(2)
One number shall be assigned for each 20 feet of frontage
along a street in commercial, industrial and town house
residential areas that are partially developed.
(3)
One number shall be assigned for each 50 feet of frontage
along a street in partially developed residential areas
other than town house developments.
(4)
Buildings shall be assigned the number indicated by the
20- or 50-foot interval in which the main entrance of the
building falls. In measuring intervals of street: frontage,
if the main entrance of the building falls exactly upon
the line which divides a 20-foot interval from the next
higher interval, either the number of the lower interval
or the number of the next higher interval will be assigned
to that entrance.
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(5) Multi-family dwellings having one main entrance shall
be assigned one number.
(6)
Duplex houses having two front entrances shall have a
separate number for each entrance. If both entrances
fall within the same increment, the increment number
shall be used for one entrance and the preceding number
or next highest number shall be used for the other.
(7)
Ail buildings on diagonal streets shall be numbered the same
as buildings on northerly and southerly streets if the dia-
gonal runs more from north to south, and the same rules
shall apply on easterly and westerly streets if the dia-
gonal runs more from the east to west.
Each principal building shall bear the number assigned to the
frontage on which the front entrance is located.
Sec. 16-57~ Number Survey, Assignment of Numbers.
(a)
A uniform number survey by the town shall be completed within
six months.from date of adoption of this article. Thereafter,
each house and other principal building located on any street
within the town shall be assigned its respective number under
the uniform system provided for in this article according to
the survey. When the survey is completed and each house or
building assigned its respective number or numbers, the owner,
occupant or agent shall place upon each house or building
controlled by him the numbers assigned under this article.
(b)
Numbers shall be placed on all existing buildings on or before the
effective date of this article, or within twenty days after~a~sign-
ment ofthe number on new buildings as provided herein. The num-
bers used shall be not less than three inches in height and shall
be made of durable and clearly visible material.
(c)
Numbers shall be conspicuously placed immediately above, on or
at the side of the proper door of each building so that the num-
ber can be seen plainly from the street, except however, whenever
any building is situated more than fifty feet from the street
line numbers may be placed upon a gate post or other appropriate
place so as to be easily seen from the street or sidewalk.
(d) Houses and other buildings constructed after the original survey
shall be numbered as provided in this article.
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Sec. 16-58. Effective Date.
The requirements for house and building numbers under the provisions
of this article shall be effective July 1, 1984.
SECTION II. A new article to be known as Article V, Street Names is hereby
added to Chapter 16 of the Town Code to read as follows:
ARTICLE V.
STREET NAMES
Sec. 16-61. In General.
Ail names of e~isting streets within the town shall be retained and
shall be so designated on the official street naming map cited in Section
16-62 of this article.
Sec. 16-62. Declaration of Official Namesl Adoption of Street Naming Map.
The official names of the streets within the town are hereby declared
to be those names shown on a map entitled "Street Naming Map, Town of
Leesburg, Virginia," on file in the office of the Director of Planning and
Zoning.
Sec. 16-63. Streets Named in Future.
The Planning Commission is empowered to assign names to all new-
ly established streets.
Sec. 16-64. Street Naming..Ma. p To Be Kept Current.
The Director of Planning and Zoning shall keep the street naming map
current by adding streets and their newly designated names as .soon as
possible after such streets are established.
Sec. 16-65. Ordinance Required For Chan~e Of Street Name.
The name of any street designated by the official street naming map re-
ferrred to in Sec. 16-62 or by subsequent designation by the Planning Com-
mission shall not be changed except by ordinance.
SECTION III. Ail prior ordinances and resolutions in conflict herewith are
repealed.
SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be in effect July_l, 1984.
PASSED this 25th day of May , 1983.
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Robert E. Sevil~, Mayor
Town of Leesbur~
ATTEST:
Clerk of Co,il