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New Road Policy <br />Kittitas County utilizes a distance based addressing system. The address is based on the distance in <br />meters from the beginning of the road to the driveway on both public and private roads. <br />A distance based addressing system accommodates up to five addresses per driveway. When more than <br />five structures exist on a driveway, the driveway must be assigned a private road name and addressed <br />from the point of origin of the new private road. <br />01 is <br />1 � r 'a <br />cn <br />DRIVEWAY� � j99 s� <br />NEW -ROAD — <br />wry <br />te.e 2 <br />DRIVEWAY NEW ROAD <br />New Road Criterion <br />In order for a driveway to be classified as a new private road, one or more of the following criteria must <br />be met: <br />1. There must be six or more structures requiring an address accessed by a driveway, right-of-way, <br />access road or easement. <br />2. A request for anew road name has been made by an emergency services agency for public <br />safety. <br />3. A request has been made by the US Postal Service. <br />4. The structure being addressed is located in a rapid growth area. <br />5. A request from the residents of the road. <br />The Director of the Department of Public Works will have the final approval authority for all new road <br />name determinations located in unincorporated Kittitas County.. <br />All other new road names will be determined by the authority for that jurisdiction and will adhere to the <br />standards of that jurisdiction. For example, Kittitas County public road names are approved by the <br />Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners. <br />1 <br />