TO: Mayor Bien-Willner and Town Council Members
FROM: Brian Dalke, Interim Town Manager
Jeremy Knapp, Community Development Director
Robert Lee, Building Official
DATE: February 28, 2019
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
Staff Contact Robert Lee, Building Official, 480-348-3631
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AGENDA TITLE:
Title
Adoption of Ordinance 2019-03 adopting the Town's Address and Street Assignment Manual; and Adoption of Resolution 2019-01 establishing said document a Public Record
Body
Town Value(s):
? Primarily one-acre, residential community
? Limited government
? Creating a sense of community
? Partnerships with existing schools and resorts to enhance recreational opportunities
? Improving aesthetics/creating a brand
? Preserving natural open space
This manual will provide first responders, developers, and property owners with consistent and predictable addressing standards for new development.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Adopt Ordinance 2019-03 adopting the Town's Address and Street Assignment Manual and Adopt Resolution 2019-01 establishing said document a public record
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Town of Paradise Valley is responsible for assigning addresses to properties within its jurisdictional boundary for newly created property, reassigned property, and newly created streets. This responsibility falls under the duties of the Town's Building Official and has been done so in years past without the benefit of a policy or manual.
For consistency with the Maricopa Region, the town has relied upon a publication from the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) known as the Address & Street Assignment Policy Manual. In 1967 a Maricopa County Master Street Name plan was developed, and all the Valley cities and towns "agreed" with the plan. To address concerns with the initial manual MAG established a Task Force on Address and Street Assignment Policy. That group published an Address & Street Assignment Policy Manual in September...
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