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Over the past decade, the Monongalia
County Office of Emergency Management has been providing City-Style Addressing
to our community. An example of the address conversion would be ... Route
3, Box 336 to 145 Wilson Ridge Road. The motivating factor behind this
project was the need to provide the timeliest emergency services response
possible. However, with multiple Maple Avenues and First Streets
throughout the county, this was not always the case. Therefore, the Office
of Emergency Management and Post Office worked together to establish and
implement standards for the assigning of addresses in our county.
Monongalia County Addressing Ordinance
The goal of the addressing project has
been: providing proper, structured naming and numbering of all structures
in Monongalia County; to avoid duplicate names; to avoid similar sounding names
and to follow the established numbering regulations, leaving allowances
for development and re-naming of roads if deemed necessary.
Who does this help? 9-1-1 Telecommunicators, fire departments, law
enforcement, medical personnel, postal carriers, deliver personnel, utility
workers, school bus drivers ... YOU! Remember -- we can't dispatch an
ambulance to your post office box!
Address
Advisory Committee
The Monongalia County Address Advisory Committee was
formed by the Monongalia County Commission in 1996 for the purpose of
advising and coordinating policies for the naming of new roads and
addressing within Monongalia County. The Committee consists
of representatives from the Office of Emergency Management, Postal
Service, Department of Highways, Morgantown Utility Board, Monongalia
County Clerk's Office and cooperative municipalities. This
Committee is responsible for reviewing road name requests, etc.
Where are
we at now with our City-Style Addressing?
Monongalia County Master Street List [Excel file]
What can you do? ... by
posting your new house number on your house itself and also at a conspicuous
place along the road [if your structure is more than 50 feet from the road] you
can gain a substantial advantage in times of an emergency.
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Post your new number on the structure itself. When a house is some
distance from a road, or when view of the house is blocked by trees or
shrubs, house numbers should be on a sign attached to a tree, fence, gate or
lawn stake.
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On a corner lot, the house number should face the street named in the
address.
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Your house number should also be on the mailbox as well as the house to
help out your mail carrier.
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Numbers or letters should be of a contrasting color to the background on
which they are mounted. If possible the numbers should be reflective
so that they are easily visible at night.
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Residence numbers should be 4 inches high and should be plain block
numerals, not script or written numbers.
The goal
of the Address Advisory Committee with the cooperation of the residents
of the County, is to provide for the most efficient and timely emergency
response and mail delivery by implementing City-Style Addressing.
Won't you help
us serve you better?
Links for more information:
..:: West Virginia Statewide
Addressing and Mapping Board ::..
http://www.addressingwv.org/WVSAMB_Presentation.htm
WV
Statewide Addressing and Mapping Board
Addressing Point's of
Contact
Town of Star City
599-3407
City of Westover
296-6860
City of Morgantown
284-7412
For new structure
addressing for the Town's of Blacksville, Granville and unincorporated
area's of Monongalia County 598-0301
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