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Walker County approves new numeric 911 address for private drive; denies renaming to avoid precedent
Summary
County officials reviewed a request to name a private drive for 911 addressing and instead approved issuing a new numeric address in the middle of the private drive so emergency responders can find a home that now accesses the drive differently; commissioners rejected renaming to avoid many future requests.
Walker County commissioners on May 19 considered a request from residents to name a private drive for 911 addressing but instead approved issuing a new numeric address for a portion of that driveway so the occupant who now accesses the property from a different branch will have a distinct 911 number.
County addressing staff presented three options: keep the existing stem address with alphanumeric suffixes for multiple structures; issue a new numeric address…
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