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In considering this application the Board of County Commissioners has the option to either uphold the decision of the Planning and Zoning Commission and grant the school's request or overturn the Planning and Zoning Commission decision and uphold the decision of the Planning Director. APPLICATION BACKGROUND: Mr. Ronald Brink, acting on behalf of Saint Edwards Upper School, submitted an administrative approval request to the Community Development Department to officially designate and address an existing entrance driveway off of S.R. A.I.A. as a street to be named "Saint Edwards Drive". Subsequently, and pursuant to the County's road addressing ordinance, (Ordinance #87-62) the Plan- ning Director denied the request. The applicant subsequently appealed the Director's denial to the Planning and Zoning Commis-, sion which overturned the Director's denial and granted the applicant's request to officially utilize a road name designation for the Saint Edwards Upper School complex. ANALYSIS: The applicant is proposing to designate the -access drive that services the school site as a private road and subsequently to have an official address of "Saint Edwards Drive" as opposed to the current address of "246 South A.I.A." Section 18-55 of the County Code (Ordinance 87-62) deals with road designations. The sole guideline for road designation decisions, which is specifically the responsibility of the Community Develop- ment Department, is to ensure that "...all new building numbers and road designations [are] in conformance with the grid system described in this article". The "article" that is referenced goes on to describe the basic road grid system employed throughout the County for addressing purposes. Thus, road designations must conform to the basic road grid system throughout the County. Pursuant to Section 18-55 of the County Code, it is staff's opinion that Saint Edwards request does not conform to the County's road addressing requirements for the following reasons: 1. The proposed road name designation is not needed as part of an overall road addressing system. Road names have previously been allowed where there is a need to extend or expand the existing grid system to service and address multiple residences or separate sites off of a common roadway. Examples of this include multiple lot subdivisions on the barrier island (i.e. Sandpointe, Ocean Oaks, etc.), and large multiple family projects (i.e. Grand Harbor, Grove. Isle, Sea Oaks, etc.). 2. The current address, 246 South A.I.A., conforms to the existing and working grid addressing system. For road addressing purposes, the current address designation is the most logical address in terms of general deliv- eries/mail and delivery of emergency services. (See Postmas- ter's letter: attachment #3). 3. The proposed road name designation may adversely affect emergency response. Ordinance #87-62 was established to provide an orderly process of determining addresses throughout the County. This AUG 1519