Development | Rural Addressing
Public Works Engineering Division through the Development
segment, Rural Addressing, provides a service to county residents, emergency
response units, and delivery services.
The accurate numbering and naming of streets within Kittitas County allows fire
departments, delivery drivers, residents, and visitors easy access and location
of each business and residence within the county.
This division primarily associates with private citizens and commercial businesses
but also provides a service to emergency response and delivery services by
providing correct, logical, and identifiable addressing throughout the county.
The lack of duplicate addresses will ensure that emergency vehicles locate the
correct address as quickly as possible. Adherence to the Kittitas County Rural
Addressing Policy allows these same emergency vehicles, as well as delivery
companies, friends, and relatives of Kittitas County residents, clear access to
locations.
Policy overview and history
Development of the Kittitas County Rural Addressing Program began in October
1992. At that time there were an estimated 6,300* rural residences and
businesses in Kittitas County without any type of address number identifying
the physical location of the structure. Under this program all route and box
number addresses were phased out in favor of permanent road name and number
addresses.
This program was initiated in part by Washington State Referendum Bill
Number 42, which mandates that enhanced 9-1-1 (E-9-1-1) be in place by
December 31 1998. E-9-1-1 relies on the address to identify where a structure
is located and cannot become operational until an addressing system, based on
the physical location of the structure, has been implemented.
* Number based on 1990 U.S. Census Summary Tape File 1A
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