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Yes, in place now is odd up the hill and even is at waterside, as far as the parcel data depicts. We could do this easily for those driveways that are single houses and directly off of the Highway. The problem being for those that has a lane/drive off of the Hwy, that then goes to another drive that is shared by 3 houses. What we could possibly do in this situation, is still using that distance of that house (as if you were drawing a straight line from that house to the Hwy) from out the highway. In some of our coves that are located on the water could then double up house numbers if using the method of drawing a straight line to determine their location "on the Hwy" (even though they are not right off of the Hwy). This is what concerns me know with this. Emergency responders could not just drive to the other house, for these are hike in places off of the shared drive. They would waste too much time still guessing which of these 3 houses could it be.
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01-22-2015
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...or do we assign house numbers that will indicate their distance from Mile Marker 0. The mileage is found by dividing the house number by 1000 (for example, 15220 Mitkof Highway is 15.2 miles from Mile Marker 0).
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01-22-2015
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Thank you. Yes, I am wanting to take full advantage of this situation. There are numerous roads/driveways coming off of this highway. Say, 110 driveways off of this Highway. Everyone here in town refers to their place as "10.1 mile" to offer directions. They could still do as such, but going through signage, and address change would still, right now, perhaps be the path of least resistance. It will be a big change for these folks. I am open to that, and it is in their best interest. Thank you
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01-22-2015
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I have just started as the Mapping Tech for our Borough. We are on an island in Alaska with a population of about 3,000 people. This position brings me many exciting challenges. The first one to deal with is a naming convention of houses/driveways off of our Highway. Our one and only Highway. What is a proper rule for assigning address for a community? We have in town address; what we are in need of is defining where people live "out the road"/off of this Highway. Our emergency responders & utility readers will be of most use for this address. As of now the people state what mile marker they are at. "12.3 mile". I lived out the road in a hike in cabin and there were 6 houses off of our one driveway that we all shared to get access to our houses. We all used for our physical address "12.3 Mile". We all can not be sharing this address any longer, it is problematic now. How do we assign and still allow for growth? Plots could one day be divided and a new house/cabin built, and we will then need room for a new house number to be assigned to this change. A challenge is this: We have the Highway. Off of the highway is a driveway leading up to someones house with large parcels of land. Some may want to keep their land and never sell or build anything on it. Others will split their parcel, or have another family member build another house on their land. They are still using this one driveway that connects directly off of the highway (houses are out of site from this hwy; you go up a long driveway usually and then spot a house or two...or four.) My question is when does a driveway turn into a road? Do we then name that driveway and assign it to be a street off of that highway? When do we do that? We can only change someone's address once, which is now. How do we come up with a naming convention for a one time change and still allow for growth/change? I would value your input or further questions that you may have for me.
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