The Larimer County Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 30 approved the fourth amended Larimer County Road Naming and Site Addressing System Resolution, a consolidated update intended to make addressing procedures clearer and improve alignment with public safety partners.

Greg Turnbull of Larimer County’s information technology department and Christine Day, the county’s addressing coordinator, told commissioners the 2006 resolution governing rural addressing had not kept pace with growth and operational needs. Turnbull said the updated resolution is “better organized” and reduces ambiguity about definitions, procedures for assigning or changing road names, signage and parcel addressing.

A central change in the draft adopted by the commission is an explicit process for a “request to deviate” and a clearer appeals path when property owners disagree with an addressing decision. Turnbull and Day described new steps to ensure that requests to deviate are documented on an official form, passed to public‑safety partners for review and, if necessary, addressed at a hearing before the board.

Turnbull emphasized that the revisions were driven by public safety concerns. “We want to do our best to try to make sure that the addressing supports these public safety folks,” he said, noting examples in which route confusion previously delayed emergency responses. The updated resolution also tightens coordination with first responders to identify addressing configurations that could cause misrouting and clarifies when a road must be named (for example, when properties are placed on the road and a name is required to provide unique addresses).

Commissioners praised the work, noting the revision is shorter and more user friendly than the prior document and that county staff worked closely with legal and emergency‑response partners during development. County Manager Lorenda Volker and multiple commissioners thanked addressing staff for an “empathetic approach” that balances resident concerns with safety needs.

The board voted 3–0 to adopt the fourth amended resolution. Commissioners directed staff to implement the updated procedures; no implementation timeline was specified at the Sept. 30 meeting.