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6.3.6 Street Address Assignment

1. Street Address Assignment
   
   Street addresses shall be assigned to all residential and commercial lots, each home site within mobile home parks, condominium and apartment units, individual business, office and commercial uses and sites, and accessory structures and uses that represent separate living or business units. Addresses shall be assigned based on the Jefferson County Addressing Manual (see Appendix 6C).
2. Administrative Procedures
   1. Authority, Duties and Responsibilities of Planning Director
      1. The Planning Director shall be responsible for the updating, interpretation, administration, and enforcement of all aspects of the addressing manual which are not the specifically reserved authority of the Louisville and Jefferson County Planning Commission, and shall have the necessary authority to ensure compliance herewith, including the issuance of violation notices and any other appropriate action.
      2. The Planning Director shall maintain records of all addresses for each property and building on the parcel identification maps that are maintained by LOJIC. Such records and maps shall be made available to all public safety, law enforcement and emergency agencies for their use in the performance of their respective duties.
      3. When street address numbers are noted by the Planning Director as either incorrect or otherwise in need of reassignment, the Planning Director is authorized to change the address in accordance with the provisions contained herein.
   2. Cooperation with Fire Protection Districts
      
      The Planning Director shall cooperate with the Fire Protection Districts prior to the assignment and change of addresses and street names.
   3. Enforcement of Numbering System
      1. Whenever there is reason to believe that any person is in violation of any provision of this ordinance, the Planning Director or any Fire Protection District acting through one of its regular firefighters may give notice of such violation to the person failing to comply with any such provision and order said person to take such corrective measures as are necessary within 30 days from the date of notification. Said notice shall also advise that the recipient may, within 14 days from the date of notification, submit written evidence to the Planning Director or the Fire Protection District, as the case may be, of why there is no violation of this ordinance. Copies of all violation notices and any response thereto shall be provided to both the Planning Director and Fire Protection District having jurisdiction regardless of the source that issued the original violation notice.
      2. Such notice and order shall be sent via certified mail, with return receipt requested, to the property owner. The date shown on the return receipt shall be the date from which the 30-day period shall commence for compliance or submission of written evidence of non-violation.
      3. If such person fails to comply with the order issued pursuant to this section, the Planning Director may initiate such actions as are necessary to terminate the violation, including criminal citations and applying to courts of competent jurisdiction for injunctive relief, or any other appropriate action. If the original violation notice was issued by a regular firefighter, such firefighter may pursue and prosecute a criminal citation or complaint.
   4. Preparation of Street Name and Address Maps, Address Files, and Emergency Service Numeration (ESN) District Boundary Maps
      
      The Planning Director shall have prepared and shall maintain a series of maps of the entire county and such maps, to the extent possible, shall depict each street property address as well as the boundaries of all emergency service numeration districts. Due to the limitations of mapping to effectively portray each address for each building or building sub-unit, the Planning Director shall also cause to be prepared a listing of each address for each parcel and building and/or sub-units within buildings. The official street name, address maps are available through LOJIC and other related computer files.
   5. Display of Address Number
      
      Address numbers shall be displayed in accordance with Jefferson County Code of Ordinances 97.10 through 97.14. (See Appendix 6D)
   6. Building and Occupancy Permits – Duty of Owner
      1. No building permit shall be issued for any structure until the owner or developer has procured the official address number of the premises from the Planning Director or designee. An occupancy permit for any structure erected or repaired shall be withheld until permanent and proper address numbers have been affixed to such structure in accordance with the requirements of this regulation.
      2. In the event that a structure is modified in use or design so that either a change in address or the assignment of additional addresses is required for continued compliance with this ordinance, the changed address or additional addresses must be acquired from the Planning Director in accordance with the provisions of this article. No building permit or occupancy permit shall be issued until the proper street address number(s) for a modified structure has been assigned.

         NOTE: Louisville Metro Ordinance 224-2003, effective 12-15-2003

   7. Penalty
      
      Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with the provisions of this regulation after written notice by the Planning Director issued under the provisions shall be guilty of a violation and fined in accordance with Chapter 97.16 of the Jefferson County Code of Ordinances.