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BLUE EARTH COUNTY
ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES
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Advisory Committee Materials | Planning Commission | Board of Adjustment Files | Floodplain Maps
A Rural Addressing Ordinance was adopted by the County Board on April 20, 1999, to ensure the integrity and uniformity of addressing and road signage. An explanation of the rural addressing system and progress update is listed below.
- The goal of the Rural Addressing/911 project is to improve dispatching of emergency vehicles to rural addresses.
- The project covers all unincorporated areas of Blue Earth County.
- Sequential street numbers were assigned to rural roads, forming a “grid” system covering the entire county.
- The new addresses consist of a 5-digit house number and a 3-digit street number, such as “10589 481st Avenue.”
- North-South roads are identified as “Avenues,” and East-West roads are identified as “Streets.”
- Roads that meander, run diagonally, or curve back on themselves have alphabetic names assigned in alphabetical order from West to East.
- Dead-end roads are identified as “Lanes.”
- Houses on the Northerly and Westerly sides of roads get even numbers, houses on the Southerly and Easterly sides of roads get odd numbers.
- Existing street names in platted subdivisions were grandfathered into the new system unless they conflict with other street names in the same 911 response area.
- Rural road intersection signing provides for the more efficient location of rural destinations for emergencies, commercial and public purposes. The County Public Works Department will sign all rural road intersections consistent with the County sign ordinance standard. The County will maintain and replace signs as needed where one leg of the intersection or more is under the jurisdiction of the County or the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
- Residents are encouraged to display new house numbers on their mailboxes.
Mailbox Identification
- In the future, Blue Earth County Environmental Services will assign all new rural addresses at the time a building permit is issued. No utility can offer services to any new rural structure until it has been issued a valid address by the Planning & Zoning Division.
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