N.H. Admin. Code § Saf-C 7006.02

Current through Register No. 36, September 5, 2024

Section Saf-C 7006.02 - Cooperation and Coordination with Municipalities

(a) For the purpose of effective delivery of enhanced 911 services within a municipality, the bureau shall, with the agreement of the municipality, create a verified master street address guide, a verified street address guide, and a comprehensive map of the municipality if:

(1) The municipality makes a written request that the bureau do so; and

(2) The request is signed by a majority of the members of the governing body of the municipality.

(b) A municipality may assist in the creation of the comprehensive map by:

(1) Providing the bureau with a verified master street address guide;

(2) Providing the bureau with a verified street address guide; and

(3) Providing the bureau annually with an updated master street address guide and an updated street address guide.

(c) For the purposes of creating the verified master street address guide, the verified street address guide, and the comprehensive map, the bureau shall, as needed, request a municipality to:

(1) Designate a person to act as liaison to the bureau and provide the bureau with a copy of the most accurate road map available;

(2) Designate one or more representatives of the municipality to accompany the bureau's personnel on drives upon the municipality's public and private ways having multiple structures upon them, for the purposes of:

a. Locating roads;

b. Recording access points to structures; and

c. Recording the location of fire hydrants, hiking trails, pay phones and other facilities which might be used in the delivery of emergency services;

(3) Direct the liaison to review for accuracy and correct the road map produced by the bureau as frequently as necessary to create a complete and accurate road map of the municipality;

(4) Follow the road naming guidelines set forth in (d) and (e);

(5) Timely accept the road map as complete and accurate in its representation of the names and locations of roads by providing the bureau with a letter signed by a majority of the members of the municipality's governing body;

(6) Designate one or more representatives of the municipality to accompany the bureau's crew on drives upon the municipality's public and private ways having multiple structures upon them for the purpose of verifying the addresses of such structures and of the facilities described in (c)(2)c.;

(7) Timely accept the address map as complete and accurate by providing the bureau with a letter signed by a majority of the members of the municipality's governing body;

(8) Assign addresses in accordance with the addressing guidelines set forth in (f) whenever new addresses are assigned;

(9) Reassign addresses whenever existing addresses differ from those called for by the guidelines set forth in (f); and

(10) Timely accept the verified master street address guide and the verified street address guide by providing the bureau with a letter signed by a majority of the members of the municipality's governing body.

(d) The bureau shall request a municipality to name new streets and roads and rename existing streets and roads to avoid:

(1) Names of streets or roads which sound like the names of other streets or roads within the municipality;

(2) Names of streets or roads which incorporate special punctuation such as hyphens, apostrophes and dashes;

(3) Names of streets or roads which are words of directionality, such as "north", "south", "east" and "west";

(4) Names of streets or roads which are easy to confuse with the names of subdivisions and commercial developments, such as names which end in the word "plaza" or in the word "place";

(5) Names of streets or roads which are words commonly used as suffixes following the names of streets or roads, such as "court", "lane" and "heights"; and

(6) Changes in the names of continuous streets or roads at intersections or other points along their courses.

(e) The bureau shall request that a municipality, when naming new streets and roads, not use the names of families or individuals.

(f) For each street or road, the bureau shall request a municipality to designate the end of the street or road at which address numbering begins and to assign or reassign addresses to achieve the following result:

(1) Numbers are assigned using a uniform frontage interval system that matches the interval used in the municipality. If no standard interval exists for the municipality, a 50 foot increment is used to assign addresses for standard new roads and a 10 foot increment for new roads in thickly developed areas;

(2) Odd numbers are successive on one side of the street or road, and even numbers are successive on the opposite side of the street or road. The odd/even numbering of a new street or road is consistent with the other street in the municipality. If no standard exists, odds are on the left and evens are on the right; and

(3) In situations where there are insufficient address numbers remaining, the municipality should avoid the use of fractional and alpha numeric address number assignments for structures and instead renumber the street in accordance with this section.

(g) Upon completion of the verified master street address guide, the verified street address guide, and the comprehensive map, the bureau shall, if requested, provide the municipality with paper copies of the comprehensive map and its governing body with the map in electronic form.

(h) For the purpose of keeping current the comprehensive map, the bureau shall request the assistance of the municipality in informing the bureau of changes in the location of roads, structures and facilities described in (c)(2)c. occurring after the completion of the comprehensive map.

(i) The bureau shall update the comprehensive map whenever the municipality informs the bureau of changes in the location of structures or facilities described in (c)(2)c., or of roads to be added to, or deleted from, the map.

(j) The bureau shall work on comprehensive maps and requests for updates of such maps on a first in, first out, basis.

N.H. Admin. Code § Saf-C 7006.02

#9091, eff 2-21-08 (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Saf-C 7000)

Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 28, Filed July 14, 2016, Proposed by #11128, Effective 6/29/2016, Expires 6/29/2026.