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More Information on Rural Addressing Improvement Project

What areas of the County will be impacted?

The regulations guiding the Rural Addressing Improvement Project will apply only to the project area, which is unincorporated Larimer County excluding the Estes Valley, the growth management areas of Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor and Berthoud, and state or federal land. See the map of the impacted area .

All of Southern Larimer County is complete. Fieldwork in Northern Larimer County is complete. Data analysis is complete. The final areas to be processed are Bellvue and North Red Feather Lakes.

If you believe you have property in the project area and have not received any information about the project, please contact Susanne Durkin-Schindler, Project Public Involvement Coordinator, at sdinsight@comcast.net or (970) 412-8786.

If you have any questions about field data collection, please contact Jack Joseph of Spatial Data Research at jjoseph@sdrmaps.com or (800) 375-6689.

When will I know if I have to change my address?

The data collected will be analyzed over a period of several months. For starters, duplicate names will be identified and inconsistent numbering revised. Some road names, building numbers and road signs will also need to be changed or, in some cases, created where they currently do not exist. As a final step, notification letters will be mailed to inform residents and property owners that their property address has been recommended to change. (See "Project Timeline" below.) The letter will identify a location and time for a public meeting(s) where property owners can learn about the specific recommendation for their property address and talk to project team members about that recommendation.

The majority of people will not be impacted. But many residents and property owners will be affected and we recognize that for some this will be an inconvenient and unwelcome change.

In time, those whose addresses are changed will need to notify family and acquaintances of their new address and have important documents altered.

What is the project timeline?

The Rural Addressing Improvement Project started in 2004 and will continue through 2009.

Southern Larimer County is complete. Please see the Final Address Changes to review those address changes.

The estimated schedule for Northern Larimer County is as follows:

Notification to property owners of recommended changes:

Red Feather Lakes 80545/ Jelm 82063 - September of 2009

Bellvue 80512 - September of 2009

Glen Haven/Drake - October of 2009

Let's say you decide my street name has to change. Can I choose the new name?

Yes. Your notification letter will ask you to propose three names that are not duplicated in Larimer County. If you think your road name is likely to change and you would like to reserve a new name, please submit this form . You may review the list of road names currently in use in Larimer County at this website address: www.larimer.org/streets/.

How does an address change impact my passport?

Per the Citizen Information Center (CIC), residents are not required to take any action to change or get a new passport due to an address change. The most current address can be listed when residents need to renew a passport but it is not necessary to obtain a new passport just due to an address change. Current passports are good for 10 years. If citizens have further questions regarding passports they can call the CIC at 498-7904.

If my road is named, will it have to be brought up to County standards?

No. Typically a road has to be brought up to County standards if a property is being subdivided. If the property is subdividing into 35 acres lots, then the County requires that the access road meets Appendix G criteria in the Larimer County Rural Area Road Standards. This section includes the criteria for private local access roads. In general, the requirement is for a 20 foot wide all-weather surface (gravel) road. The road improvements are reviewed through a Private Construction Permit issued by the County Engineering department.

Access roads serving multiple homes that were built before August 23, 1999 are exempt from the above criteria.

At such time that a property is subdivided into smaller lots and has to go through a planning process, such as a subdivision or conservation development, then the roads are required to meet the criteria in Chapter 4 of the Larimer County Rural Area Road Standards. In general, the requirement is for a 24 foot wide road with 4 foot gravel shoulders. If there will be more than 20 lots, the road needs to be paved.

  Last modified: 04/23/2009