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Home My WebLink About5998 ORDINANCE NO. 5 9 9 8 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTERS 12.52 AND 15.52 OF THE AUBURN CITY CODE, RELATED TO STREET NAMES AND BUILDING NUMBERING WHEREAS, the current provisions of the Auburn City Code (ACC) concerning the naming of streets within the city limits and assigning specific building addresses were established in 1957, prior to the city limits expanding off the valley floor; and WHEREAS, there have been numerous annexations since 1957 that have expanded the City of Auburn into upland areas in West Hill, Lea Hill, and south of the Stuck River; and WHEREAS, street names and addresses in these areas do not in all instances match the street grid on the valley floor; and WHEREAS, it is beneficial to have a uniform system for assigning street names and addresses to ensure that emergency service providers, commercial businesses and citizens can readily find individual homes and businesses within the City of Auburn; and WHEREAS, any proposal to change a street name or street address should not occur without due public notice and opportunity for affected property owners to address the City Council; Ordinance No. 5998 January 31, 2006 Page1of10 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN as follows: 1. AMENDMENT TO CITY CODE. That Chapter 12.52 of the Auburn City Code is amended to read as follows: Sections: 12.52.010 12.52.020 boundary. 12.52.030 boundary. 12.52.040 boundary. 12.52.050 boundary. 12.52.060 12.52.070 12.52.075 12.52.080 12.52.090 12.52.100 Chapter 12.52 STREET NAMES Comprehensive system adopted established. Northwest quadrant south boundary - Southwest quadrant north Northeast quadrant south boundary - Southeast quadrant north Northeast quadrant west boundary - Northwest quadrant east Southwest quadrant east boundary - Southeast quadrant west Easterly and westerly numbered streets. Northerly and southerly lettered streets. Exceptions: street naminq and addressinq standards. Auburn .^.venue designated. Street extension plan. Chanqinq a street name - procedures. 12.52.010 Comprehensive system adopted established. There is adopted a The buildinq official is authorized to establish comprehensive and systematic street naminq and addressinq standards for the plan of naming and designating all streets heretofore platted, laid off or established in the city, or to be hereafter platted, dedicated, laid off or established in the city, in such manner that the name of each street, as so designated, shall indicate the relative location thereof in the city. To that end the city is divided into four parts or quadrants. Said parts or quadrants shall be hereafter known and designated as "N.E.," "N.W.," "S.W." and "S.E," respectively; provided that, streets located east of the Green River shall remain named and addressed accordinq to the Kinq County system. The common or initial point, from which all of said streets are to be named and designated, is fixed at the center of the intersection of Main Street with Division Street First Street with Cedar Street (as said streets have Ordinance No. 5998 January 31, 2006 Page 2 of 10 heretof-ore been knmvn), commonly known as the "Bank Corner." (1957 code S 8.06.010.) 12.52.020 Northwest quadrant south boundary - Southwest quadrant north boundary. All those portions of those certain streets in the city heretofore knolNn as "First Street" and "'Nest First Street" extending westerly from the common point 9f "Bank Corner" shall be hereafter known and designated as "West Main Street West" and shall form the south boundary line of quadrant "N.W." as designated in ACC 12.52.010 and the north boundary line of quadrant "S.W." as designated in ACC 12.52.010. (1957 code S 8.06.010.) 12.52.030 Northeast quadrant south boundary - Southeast quadrant north boundary. All those portions of those certain streets in the city heretofore kno'lm as "First Street" and "East First Street" extending easterly from the common point 9f "Bank Corner" shall be hereafter known and designated as "East Main Street €ast" and shall constitute the south boundary line of quadrant "N.E." as designated in ACC 12.52.010 and the north boundary line of quadrant "S.E." as designated in ACC 12.52.010. (1957 code S 8.06.010.) 12.52.040 Northeast quadrant west boundary - Northwest quadrant east boundary. All that portion of that certain street in the city heretofore known as "Cedar Street" extending northerly from the common point or "Bank Corner," and all future extensions thereof to the north (if any), shall be hereafter known and designated as "Division Street North" and, together with the centerline thereof extended northerly from the present north end thereof to the city limits, shall constitute the west boundary line of quadrant uN.E." as designated in ACC 12.52.010 and the east boundary line of quadrant "N.W." as designated in ACC 12.52.010. (1957 code S 8.06.010.) 12.52.050 Southwest quadrant east boundary - Southeast quadrant west boundary. All that portion of that certain street in the city heretofore known as "Cedar Street" extending southerly from the common point or "Bank Corner" shall be hereafter known and designated as "Division Street South" and, together with the centerline thereof extended southerly from the present south end thereof to the city limits, shall constitute the east boundary line of quadrant "S.W." as Ordinance No. 5998 January 31, 2006 Page 3 of 10 designated in ACC 12.52.010 and the west boundary line of quadrant "S.E." as designated in ACC 12.52.010. (1957 code S 8.06.010.) 12.52.060 Easterly and westerly numbered streets. Except as provided in 12.72.075. all AU streets extending in a qenerally easterly and westerly direction (except "West Main Street West" and "East Main Street €ast") shall be hereafter designated by numbers, with the addition of the proper suffix, "N.E.," "N.W.," "S.W." or "S.E," as the case may require, to indicate the quadrant of the city in which such street may be situateg, as "First Street N.E.," "First Street N.W.," "First Street S.W.," "First Street S.E.," etc., and, except as hereinafter specially provided, such designation by numbers shall be consecutively made from "West Main Street West" and "East Main Street €ast," said two last-named streets being for that purpose to be considered in every instance as "zero (0)." (1957 code S 8.06.010.) 12.52.070 Northerly and southerly lettered streets. Except as provided in 12.52.075. all AU streets extending in a qenerally northerly and southerly direction (except "North Division Street NeftR" and "South Division Street South") shall be hereafter designated by letters, with the addition of the proper suffix, "N.E.," "N.W.," "S.W" or "S.E.," as the case may require, to indicate the quadrant of the city in which such street may be situateg, as "A Street N.E.," "A Street N.W.," "A Street S.W.," "A Street S.E.," etc., and, except as hereinafter specially provided, such designation by letters shall be made consecutively from "North Division Street NeftR" and "South Division Street South," the streets running parallel with "North Division Street NeftR" and "South Division Street South" and nearest thereto, on either side, to be designated by the letter "A" with the proper quadrant suffix. (1957 code S 8.06.010.) 12.52.075 Exceptions; street naminq and addressinq standards. (a) All newly-created streets lying south of the Stuck River shall be named and addressed according to standards approved by the building official. (b) All streets lying east of the Green River shall be named in accordance with King County street names and addressed in accordance with standards approved by the building official. (c) All streets that do not extend in a generally east-west or north-south direction shall be named according to standards approved by the building official. (d) Existing streets that are not named in accordance with 12.52.060 and 12.52.070 may retain those names. If extended, those names may be continued, as determined by the building official. Ordinance No. 5998 January 31,2006 Page 4 of 10 (e) The building official shall consult with other affected city departments in developing street naming and addressing standards. 12.52.080 ^uburn ^venue designated. That certain street in the city, beginning at or near the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of Section 13, To\\'nship 21 North of Range 4 East 'N.M., and extending thence in a northeasterly direction to the north limits of the city, and designated as "North Main Street" by Ordinance No. 355 of the ordinances of the city, being a diagonal street and the principal street nO'J.' leading into the city from the north, shall be hereafter known and designated as "^uburn ^venue." (1957 code S 8.06.010.) 12.52.090 Street extension plan. In case any public street in the city, whether platted and dedicated as such or whether conveyed to and accepted by the city for public street purposes, has not been hereinbefore specifically named, then and in that case such omitted street is given such name as will be in accord with the general comprehensive and systematic plan adopted in this chapter street naminq and addressinq standards. (1957 code S 8.06.030.) 12.52.100 Chanqinq a street name - procedures. (a) An assiqned street name may be chanqed bv action of the City Council upon petition for such chanqe bv no less than 60% of the property owners within the area proposed for a chanqe. bv petition bv an outside service aqencv such as the U.S. Postal Service. or bv petition of any City department. (b) Prior to actinq on any proposal to chanqe a street name. the City Council shall conduct at least one public hearinq. (c) Mailed notice shall be provided to all potentiallv affected property owners. utilitv providers. the U.S. Postal Service. and any other appropriate outside service aqencies as determined bv the buildinq official. at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the public hearinq. Leqal notice shall also be advertised in a newspaper of qeneral circulation at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the public hearinq. (d) The buildinq official is authorized to develop procedures for the filinq and processinq of such petitions. Ordinance No. 5998 January 31,2006 Page 5 of 10 2. AMENDMENT TO CITY CODE. That Chapter 15.52 of the Auburn City Code is amended to read as follows: Sections: 15.52.010 15.52.020 15.52.030 15.52.040 15.52.050 15.52.055 15.52.060 15.52.070 15.52.080 15.52.090 Chapter 15.52 BUILDING NUMBERING Definitions. Responsibility. Requirements generally. Numbering new or altered buildings. Erroneous number - Correction. Chanqinq a buildinq number - procedures. Unnumbered or illegibly numbered buildings. Numbers on rear entrances. Record. Violation - Penalty. 15.52.010 Definitions. Any term or definition as used in this chapter shall be those as set forth in the International Building Code. (Ord. 2856 S 2,1974; 1957 code S 2.15.020.) 15.52.020 Responsibility. To insure that each building, structure and/or portion thereof has a number designation assigned and to be known as the address in relation to such building, structure and/or portion thereof as to the public or private street upon which the entrance is fronting~ shall be the duty of the city building official to assign and enforce as set forth in this chapter. (Ord. 2856 S 2,1974; 1957 code S 2.15.010.) 15.52.030 Requirements generally. A. The owner, agent, occupant, lessee or tenant of any building or portion thereof situate~within the city limits which has an entrance fronting upon a public or private street or right-of-way shall maintain a building number thereon as provided in this chapter. B. Each figure of the building number shall be a minimum of four inches in height on single-family residential occupancies and five inches in height on multi-family residential occupancies. Individual suite numbers on commercial occupancies Ordinance No. 5998 January 31, 2006 Page 6 of 10 and individual multi-family unit numbers shall be a minimum of two inches in height. Numbers shall be of a color that will contrast with the structure's background color and shall be either illuminated during periods of darkness or be reflective, so the address numbers are easily seen at night. C. The building(s) shall have the building address numerals located on the upper 25% of the building face fronting the public street or right-of-way. This requirement may be reduced in the downtown area where buildings are located closer to the public way or right-of-way. Numeral size shall be as follows: Setback from Public Way or Right-of-Way Centerline Multi-Famil Small Commercial Lar e Commercial Monument Si n Less than 75 feet from Public Way or Right-of- Wa Centerline 12" Hi h 12" Hi h 18" Hi h 8" Hi h Greater than 75 feet from Public Way or Right-of- Wa Centerline 18" Hi h 18" Hi h 24" Hi h N/A D. It shall be the duty of the buildinq official to assiqn the correct buildinq number to all structures within the city at the time of issuance of buildinq permits. or upon the request of any owner, occupant or lessee. The buildinq official is authorized to develop standards and procedures for the assiqnment of buildinq numbers in a loqical and consistent manner throuqhout the city. The buildinq official shall consult with other affected city departments in the development and application of such standards. 15.52.040 Numbering new or altered buildings. Upon the completion of a building or buildings, or any alteration thereof which changes the entrances, it is unlawful for the owners, agents, occupants, tenants or lessees to assign or place any building number thereon unless it has been officially designated and approved by the building official, by application therefor~ made at the office of the building official on forms provided by his department. (Ord. 2856 S 2, 1974; 1957 code S 2.15.040.) 15.52.050 Erroneous number - Correction. In the case where a buildinq owner has placed an incorrect number has been placed on a building within the city limits, or is hereafter placed upon any building, the owner, agent, occupant, tenant or lessee shall, upon notification of the building official, correct the erroneous number within 30 days after the date of notification. (Ord. 2856 S 2,1974; 1957 code S 2.15.050.) Ordinance No. 5998 January 31,2006 Page 7 of 10 15.52.055 Chanqinq a buildinq number - procedures. a) An assiqned buildinq number may be chanqed bv action of the City Council upon petition for such chanqe bv the buildinq owner, bv petition bv an outside service aqencv such as the U.S. Postal Service. or bv petition of any City department. b) Prior to actinq on any proposal to chanqe a buildinq number. the City Council shall conduct at least one public hearinq; provided that, if the buildinq owner is the petitioner. a public hearinq shall not be required. c) Notice shall be provided to all potentiallv affected buildinq owners. utilitv providers. the U.S. Postal Service. and any other appropriate outside service aqencies as determined bv the buildinq official. at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the public hearinq. Leqal notice shall also be advertised in a newspaper of qeneral circulation at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the public hearinq. d) The buildinq official is authorized to develop procedures for the filinq and processinq of such petitions. 15.52.060 Unnumbered or illegibly numbered buildings. In cases where a building requiring a building number to be affixed thereon pursuant to this chapter remains unnumbered, or where the building number thereon has become lost, destroyed or defaced so as to become illegible, the owner, agent, occupant, tenant or lessee shall cause the building to be numbered in a manner consistent with this chapter within 30 days after notification therefor~ by the building official. (Ord. 2856 S 2, 1974; 1957 code S 2.15.060.) 15.52.070 Numbers on rear entrances. On residential. commercial or industrial buildings having rear entrances which open upon an alley (street not included) or private driveway, the numbers assigned for the front or principal entrance may, in addition, be required on the rear entrance, garage or gate, at the discretion of the building official. (Ord. 2856 92,1974; 1957 code 9 2.15.070.) 15.52.080 Record. An accurate record of street numbers assigned to buildings within the city limits shall be kept in the office of the building official. This record shall be kept on a map or maps designated for that purpose. (Ord. 2856 S 2, 1974; 1957 code S 2.15.080.) Ordinance No. 5998 January 31.2006 Page 8 of 10 15.52.090 Violation - Penalty. Any violation of this chapter shall be enforced pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1.25 ACC. (Ord. 4502 9 18, 1991; Ord. 285692, 1974; 1957 code 9 2.15.090.) 3. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this ordinance, or the validity of its application to other persons or circumstances. 4. IMPLEMENTATION. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directions of this legislation. 4 EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law. INTRODUCED: FEB - 6 2006 PASSED: FES - 6 2006 FEB - 6 2006 APPROVED: .---....J ~' PETER B. LEWIS MAYOR Ordinance No. 5998 January 31,2006 Page1of10 ATTEST: ;]a~Vd~~~ Danietle E. Daskam, City Clerk Publication: () c2 -1& 0 G Ordinance No. 5998 January 31, 2006 Page 2 of 10