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• <br />A GUIDE TO ROADWAY NAMING.AND HOUSE NUMBERING: <br />IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE <br />• <br />POLICY <br />An unsystematic and haphazard method of roadway.naming and house numbering, <br />results in wasted time and taxed patience. Duplicated and confusing roadway <br />names cause wasted dollars and perhaps even loss of life and property resulting <br />from the inability. of a fire department, police department or ambulance to find <br />the<'correct roadway and address. <br />'Other problems caused by lack of a standard bating and numbering system are: <br />1. Loss of mail and goods wrongly addressed. <br />Difficulty in quick delivery of mail. <br />3. Expense to delivery services in re-routing packages. <br />4. Difficulty in maintaining correct legal documents such as those for <br />licenses, vital statistics, deeds, etc. <br />5 -'Potential increase in traffic accidents by motorists intent on segrching <br />foraddresses rather than concentrating on their driving. <br />6. Unfavorable impressions on visitors to the community if they have <br />difficulty; finding places of interest and persons they wish to see..` <br />• <br />Guide for Roadway Naming <br />The purpose of this roadway naming and house numbering plan is: to provide <br />,an orderly and contiguous pattern throughout the City and to enable a particular <br />roadway and house to be found as quickly and easily as possible. <br />Plats of new subdivisions shall be reviewed by the City Manager or his <br />• <br />• <br />representative in order to avoid duplication of roadway names.. House. numbers <br />