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N 0 V 10 1997 Boa 70 PA-IJE 09 proposed ordinance would give the county the opportunity to require that any duplicated numbers be changed. Commissioner Wheeler questioned how you address a develop- ment such as Vista Royale that is large and established with winding roads, and also wished to know how the grid system would address private. subdivisions that have taken on a particular theme in the naming of their roads. Director Keating explained that the proposed ordinance will not require new development coming in to be a perfect grid with nothing but straight roads. It just sets up a logical method whereby a circle or winding road will have a consistent approach for the numbering. In regard to existing subdivisions - the requirement would be that when their road signs deteriorate and need to be replaced, they will then have to have both name and number. There will not be any immediate cost. The Chairman asked if anyone present wished to be heard. William Koolage, 815 26th Ave., wished to know if the big problem with numbering in Summerplace was ever resolved. Director Keating advised that staff looked at that subdivi- sion this morning and determined that a change was made some years ago so that the numbers now are logical, in sequence and consistent with the grid. Mr. Koolage advised that in the subdivision in which he lives, on some of the avenues the numbers start at 801 and on others, they start at 815. When it was proposed at one point in to change all the numbers so the first house number on an avenue would consistently start at 801, for instance, it meant a whole lot of changes, and he objected because of the problem this would cause with mail being delivered, newspapers, stocks, bonds, etc. Mr. Koolage, therefore, encouraged the Board not to make arbitrary changes if the number sequences on a street are logical. Planner DeBlois advised that they did not anticipate any mass changes. 32