Installation Guidelines • Sign installation is the property owners responsibility

• Where practical, signs should be installed one Municipal Address foot inside the property line at a 45 to 90 degree angle to the driveway. System • Even numbers are on the North and West of roads (If possible, signs should be positioned on the left-hand side of the driveway when entering For more information about the Post Your Sign the road shoulder to minimize conflict with snow Municipal Address System removal equipment and large vehicles Contact Sturgeon County GIS • Where terrain is suitable, approximately six feet of separation from sign to driveway shoulder is Phone: 780-939-4321 adequate.

• The sign should be a minimum of three feet This pamphlet has no legal status and cannot be used as an above the natural ground level which is official interpretation of the various regulations currently conspicuous from the travelled roadway in effect. Sturgeon County will not accept responsibility for persons relying solely on this information. • Caution should always be exercised with any sign installationss to avoid contact with underground utilities. Call before you dig-contact One Call at 1-800-242-3447 before proceeding.

Locating your municipal address sign

To Contact Sturgeon County:

Phone: 780-939-4321 Geographic Information Toll Free: 1-866-939-9303 Fax: 780-939-3003 Systems (GIS)

Property Line Email: [email protected] Website: www.sturgeoncounty.ca 54412 RGE RD 261 6 ft. 3 ft. Sturgeon County Centre 1 ft. 9613 - 100 Street , AB T8R 1L9 Municipal Roadway Why display your municipal address? Where to get a sign General Rules and Guidelines The Municipal Address System Bylaw 825/97 was Signs are Available from: • System is access based and numbers created for the protection, health and welfare of increase going North and West County residents and businesses. • Any commercial sign manufacturer • Alberta Traffic Supply • Odd numbers are on the South and East of Signage that clearly identifies your location address roads (except subdivisions) is essential for emergency services and other core • Hi Signs Top of Subhead at this grid line 14 pt County services. It also serves as a basic location • Hunter Signs (Morinville) • Even numbers are on the North and West of indentifier for visitor’s and service crews. • Sign-A-Rama roads (except subdivisions) In order to provide optimum and timely response, your • RS Signs municipal address sign must be posted in a clearly • There are generally 32 addresses per mile, visible location. • Barricades & Signs (Hwy 37) or each township or range road, 16 on each side at 100 metre spacing • Or make your own to the following specifications

• If two accesses fall within the same zone Sign Specifications they will be given letter designations (i.e. • Lettering must be at least 75mm (3 inches) 56305A Rge Rd 262) in height. Every minute • If two properties share a single access, they • Sign must be visible from the roadway. will be given a number designation. counts in an Reflective material is highly reccommended. (i.e. 1 56305 Rge Rd 262)

emergency. residence, multi-lot country residential • Abbreviations can be used: subdivision, industrial park or business: Range Road - Rge Rd Township Road - Twp Rd • Businesses are not required to post the full 5 Secondary Highway - SH Post your digit access number, only the 1-3 digit house Highway - Hwy or building number. The building number municipal may not be the same as your lot number. • In subdivisions with multiple block, legal lot address sign. number and municipal address number will Farmstead, rural acreage, rural business: likely not be the same. • Post your 5 digit or complete rural address. e.g. 57203 or 57203 Rge Rd 241. • In some subdivisions, due to the size and the number of primary accesses, • Contact the County to obtain your different addresses may exist for the same rural address. subdivision.