All About Addressing!

 

Why an address and how it works

In 2004 Cypress County implemented a Municipal Addressing system and all residential properties have been assigned an address. Green and white address signs have been delivered accordingly. The signs will assist 9-1-1 Emergency Services to quickly direct police, fire, or paramedics to your residence. In the future, for some residents, your municipal address will become the official mailing address recognized by Canada Post. If you want to find out more about the system, please click on the blue box

Description of Address system 

The sign comes with a 2 metre long mounting post with hardware.  You are requested to install this post within 1 month of receiving it.  It should be placed on the right hand side of the main approach to the property, either no more than 0.3 metres in front of the property line, or attached to the main fence post approximately 1.2 metres above the ground.

Country Residential Addressing (Acreages)

Staff have assigned addresses and delivered signs to multi-parcel country residential subdivisions.  The address system for these parcels is similar to that of an apartment building. The first number refers to your house number, the second number refers to the access number. The third number is the main road number. The County has placed these signs displaying the access and main road number at every multi-parcel subdivision access.

Description of Subdivision Address Sysytem

 Named Subdivisions

For consistency of identification, 9-1-1 and Canada Post require addresses to consist of unique house, access, and main road numbers. However, many country residential subdivisions already have informal names such as Eagle Butte Estates or Cityview Acres. Your Council has decided that these names may also be displayed on the main road access sign along with the official address. Although the name will be formally registered with the County, only your official address will be acceptable for location purposes  

If a name-address sign is requested the cost will be $125.00.  In order to have a name-address sign, all residents of the subdivision must sign a petition requesting the subdivision name and present it to the Planning Department with the required fee.

Subdivision Name Petition

New House Numbers for Some

A number of subdivisions also have informal house numbers that were distributed by the original developer.  The county has no record of these numbers and they are not valid. They seldom fit within the official addressing system, which is based on a province wide standard. The correct house number is the one shown on your sign.

If you have any further questions, please contact the Cypress County Planning Department.

 

 

 

 

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