The
assignment of addresses follows a set of Council adopted criteria to ensure
that a coherent and consistent addressing system is maintained. The following
is the list of adopted criteria:
1. Numbers are assigned in ascending order
from south to north and from west to east. In cases where a
dead end street begins at the north or east end, numbering proceeds south or
west respectively.
2. Numbers on a street commence at 1,2, or 3 depending on the orientation of corner lots.
3. All numbers are included in the addressing
of a street.
4. Even numbers are assigned to properties
fronting the north and west sides of streets and odd numbers to properties
fronting the south and east sides.
5. Should a street change direction, the
predominant direction of the street determines which side of a street gets odd
or even numbers.
6. Odd and even numbering should not be
transposed along a street, regardless of changes in
direction.
7. Numbers for properties that are on opposite
sides of the street should be consecutive, wherever possible. This may require
gapping for curved portions along a street (See criteria 9).
8. Numbers along the same side of the street
should be consecutive wherever possible.
9. Adjustments are made for curved streets
and at inside corner locations. In this regard numbers are skipped on the side
of the street which has a greater frontage.
10. Half numbers (eg. 93 1/2) and numbers with a
suffix (eg. 93A) are generally not permitted. However, when additional lots are
created through consent and a whole number is not available for the new lot, a
suffixed number may be assigned. A residential unit above a commercial property
is also provided a suffix. These situations are relatively rare.
11. Corner lots are assigned a number for the
abutting street that contains the lesser lot frontage at the subdivision
registration stage. A second number is left in reserve for the other frontage.
The actual number used for that lot will depend upon the lesser street frontage
and the street the house will face. The unused number remains in reserve in
case the orientation of the building on the lot should change direction through
renovation or new construction.
12. In the case of small courts, the buildings
are numbered in a clockwise direction using a single run of numbers, usually
even.
13. In the case of U - loop streets which
involve a reversing of direction in numbering, it is policy for the numbering
to start from the intersection closest to, or located on, the more important
connecting street.
14. On long cul-de-sac streets the change from
odd to even numbering occurs at a point as close as possible to the centre line
of the street at the limit of the turning circle.
15.
Street numbering on private roads must
follow the Town’s street numbering procedures.
16. Certain street configurations such as
cul-de-sacs on short connector streets, and other anomalies, are assessed on an
individual basis.
18. Where a residential lot frontage is larger
than 60 feet (18.288 metres), numbers are assigned at intervals of four (eg. 2,
6, 10).
19. Rural residential and non-residential lots
are given one municipal address number for every 17.55 feet (5.35 metres) of
lot frontage. Only one address number is given to each separated building on a
lot.
20. The actual number given to a rural
residential or non-residential building is subject to its location along the
lot frontage.
21. The
street address number for a non-residential building on a corner lot is
assigned according to the lot frontage on which the main entrance to the
building is located. Where the main entrance faces the corner, the address
number will be assigned to the more prominent street. If both streets are of
similar prominence, addressing may be assigned along either of the streets, at
the discretion of
22. Multiple occupancy buildings are assigned a
single municipal address number. Individual units within such buildings are not
assigned separate addresses by the Town, but are required to be given numerical
identification by the owner in sequential order and including all numbers.
23.
When assigning addresses along a street, one address
number is reserved for each 9 metre length of intersecting street right-of-way
in order to ensure addressing on both sides of the street are consecutive.
24.
Adequate
address numbers will be reserved along segments of future streets that span
vacant lands between two or more plans of subdivision by assigning one address
for every 19.68 feet (6 metres) of lot frontage. Where actual development
results in the availability of more address numbers than are required, the
extra numbers will be set aside by breaking the consecutive numbering along the
street at points where intersecting roads break the lotting patterns.