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City of Everett Addressing Policy and Procedures Purpose To effectively assign and communicate road and building addresses for improved daily and emergency services within the City of Everett, Everett Public Works issues an addressing letter. Applicability The assignment and posting of a street name and suffix, building address, suite number or apartment number, including floor numbers in commercial buildings over three stories, is made by the City of Everett (COE) Public Works Department and Fire Department. • Roads: COE Public Works assigns and posts street names, including suffixes. • Driveways: Building addresses should be visible from the roadway entrance, or posted on directional signs by the owner, per the COE Fire Department. • Buildings: COE Public Works assigns one primary building address to a building or to multiple buildings in a residential development or office park. Secondary building letter addresses are also assigned by COE, including duplex, triplex and four-plexes. Other multifamily residences are assigned apartment numbers by the owner, as approved by the Fire Department. The owner posts all building addresses. • Floors, Suites and Apartments: Owner assigns and posts floor, suite, and apt. numbers in commercial buildings, as approved by the Fire Department. Procedures An addressing letter is required to commit new or revised building addresses or road names. New Buildings or New Roads: Written requests for new road names, suffixes (St, Dr, Ave) and new building addresses should be submitted by e-mail (including map to describe location) to: [EMAIL REDACTED] The Permit Services Manager will review new address requests. Existing Buildings or Existing Roads: Requests to verify or resolve existing road names, suffixes, and existing building addresses should be submitted to [EMAIL REDACTED] on the attached ‘Address Verification Request’ form, including a map of the location. This form can be found on everettwa.gov/permits, click on Addressing. To assign additional or new addresses to an existing building, permitting history and other records are reviewed to determine that the structure/property is in compliance with applicable codes. Permit applications or other applications may be required to change or add addresses to an existing building or road. The address request is researched to obtain agreement between the owner, COE, and if applicable, a multi-department and multi-agency Addressing Taskforce. Parcel addresses can only be changed by a direct request from the owner to the Snohomish County Assessor. Parcel owner mailing addresses and taxpayer mailing addresses can only be changed by a direct request from the owner to the Snohomish County Treasurer. Mailing addresses can only be changed by a direct request from the owner to the Post Office serving the property location. Authority Everett Municipal Code 13.44.130: City Engineer Ryan Sass, P. E. Everett Municipal Code 16.03.030: Fire Marshal Rick Robinson Permits Services Manager: Paul McKee CITY OF EVERETT 3200 CEDAR ST., EVERETT, WA 98201 [PHONE REDACTED] www.everettwa.org [EMAIL REDACTED] Updated August 13, 2015