“Address” means property location identification, including the following elements: number, directional prefix, street name (unit number, if applicable).

“Addressing official” means the city engineer who is charged with the administration of these standards.

“Cul-de-sac” means a street having only one outlet for vehicular traffic, with a turnaround at the opposite end which is not intended to be extended or continued to provide future connections or access to other adjacent lands.

“Directional prefix” means a prefix assigned to a street based on its overall direction and its location within a grid system.

“Driveway” means a vehicle access for a single-family residence, a duplex or to an apartment building containing not more than four dwelling units.

“Frontage” means that side of a building which contains the main entrance for pedestrian ingress/egress. If more than one main entrance exists, the one that more nearly faces or is oriented to the street of highest classification as portrayed on the official city street and subdivision map shall be considered the building frontage. If all streets are of the same classification, the side of the building with the smallest lineal dimension containing a main entrance shall be considered the building frontage.

“Hundred block” means an incremental breakdown (1/10) of 1,000 grid.

“Prefix designation” means a descriptive qualifier preceding a street name, such as north or west.

“Private access way” means a common driveway providing immediate access from a public right-of-way or private street to a residence or small group of residences, or divided interests in air rights exempt from management, maintenance and liability responsibilities on the part of the city.

“Private street way” means a street or way owned and maintained by an individual or group of individuals providing the right to control access to one or more lots, parcels or divided interests in air rights exempt from management, maintenance and liability responsibilities on the part of the city.

“Public street way” means a right-of-way providing access to one or more lots, parcels or divided interests in air rights which has been dedicated to and accepted by the city in conjunction with the city’s assumption of management, maintenance and liability responsibilities associated therewith.

“Street” means a public thoroughfare or right-of-way or approved private thoroughfare or right-of-way determined by the city engineer to be adequate for the purpose of access, which affords the principal means of access for abutting property, including avenue, place, way, drive, land, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare, except as excluded in this code. The word “street” shall include all major and secondary highways, traffic collector streets and local streets, but shall not include alleys. For purposes of this chapter, “street” shall include both public and private street ways and private access ways.

“Street name” means the official or unofficial name of a street, including a name, a suffix designation and a prefix designation, if any.

“Suffix designation” means a descriptive qualifier at the end of a street name, such as Ave. or Lane.

“Thousand grid” means grid numbers in multiples of 1,000 located primarily on section lines.

“Unit number” means a number or letter affixed to a separate unit, such as apartment or suite, within a building or complex that is assigned a single address. [Code 2006 § 7-16-3. Ord. 90-21, 10-9-1990; Ord. 2008-05, 6-10-2008].