Establish a precedent for use of the address
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Technique 1: Register as a new construction
(remodeling) with Title Office
https://boutiquehomeplans.com/blogs/house-building-blog/5-steps-to-get-your-new-construction-address
Step 1:
Contact the Proper Local Department.
While your first instinct may be to go to USPS, https://faq.usps.com/s/article/Where-Can-I-Find-New-Construction-and-Street-Address-Information"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">they don't actually regulate street
addresses, instead local jurisdictions do.
The department that handles street addresses can vary by locality but it may be
the building department, zoning department or similar.
Questions to Ask:
A. Ask them how long it takes to process a new address. Since processing time
can vary, you don't want to move in then have to wait two months for an
address.
B. Ask what the minimum completion requirements are. Many jurisdictions will
perform a site visit before assigning an address. Some may require that the
house has reached a minimum level of construction (foundation or rough framing,
etc) or that there is a driveway laid.
C. Ask them how to get the required forms or paperwork and what documentation is
required.
Step 2:
Fill out the Paperwork
The local jurisdiction will provide you with a form and list of required
documents to proceed. Fill them out and pay close attention to detail. These
documents typically include the deed, mortgage paperwork, multiple forms of ID,
https://boutiquehomeplans.com/collections/all-plans" target="_blank" rel="noopener
noreferrer">floor plan and site plan. There may be a processing fee.
Step 3:
Register the Address with USPS
Once the local jurisdiction has finished processing your paperwork and delivered
to you an official address you can't call it quits because mail won't just start
coming in. You will have to go to your local USPS branch and request to fill
paperwork for a new construction address with the local post master. Mail will
typically start being delivered within a week.
Step 4:
Install a Mailbox & House Numbers
In the US, mailboxes are regulated but there are many different variations that
can be found.
Regulations on driveway mailboxes and wall mounted mailboxes can be found
"https://www.usps.com/manage/mailboxes.htm">here.
House numbers are regulated by the local jurisdiction so you'll need to contact
them for their exact specification. Usually regulations include height,
elevation, contrast/color and visibility.
Step 5:
Fill for Change of Address and Update all of your Personal/Financial Account
addresses.
The USPS Change of Address website can be found https://moversguide.usps.com/mgo/disclaimer"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here. It usually takes a few days to
process.
Technique 2: Letter to Mayor
Susan Beech
&
Rick Shaddock
808 North 4th Street
Fairfield, Iowa 52556
August 3, 2024
Dear Mayor Connie Boyer:
Postmaster Theresa Young-Grey told me that you and the Council
would be the ones to approve of a new postal address at:
400 Carpenter Avenue
Fairfield, Iowa 52556
This is the separate basement home with a front door facing Carpenter Avenue. There is no access or connection between the upper and lower levels. They are completely separate living spaces. They are apartments in the true sense of the word, apart from each other, with different entrances.
Mail for the upper section of the house is currently delivered to the 808 N 4th door or the Mail Carrier can take a short cut from (806 N 4th) to the back yard of 808 N 4th). It is just a few steps to the mail box at 400 Carpenter Avenue. So this should not be an inconvenience for our dear US Postal worker. .
However, it is an inconvenience for the residents of the upper and lower levels to have their mail needlessly co-mingled, and have to separate them out every day (Monday - Saturday).
Susan has a California based business and may need to forward all her mail to her California address, the most dependable forwarding technique. Rick has a Fairfield based business and does not need any forwarding. So this would complicate matters for the Post Office to have to separate out Susan's from Rick's mail to forward, which is extra work. It is much simpler for Rick to use the separate 400 Carpenter Avenue address.
We do not need to change the County Assessor records, or anything like to that which would make this matter needlessly complicated. This request is simply for authorizing the USPS Mail Carrier, to deliver mail addressed to 400 Carpenter Avenue to the box by the door. That is all we ask. Just a letter saying "400 Carpenter Avenue is an authorized mailing address" is all that the Postmaster asked for.
UPS, FedEx, Amazon, Google-mobile, Door Dash, and Pizza Ranch are private deliverers, with their own address databases, and will deliver to 400 Carpenter regardless, without requiring a Mayor's approval. They recognize 1 Shaddock Street just fine, even though this address is not yet in the USPS database
We just want to keep Susan's USPS mailing address just for Susan, Rick's mailing address just for him, or a future resident of 400 Carpenter Avenue. We cannot think of any "down side" to delivering mail down to the lower apartment, on the side facing north.
The street address should denote where the front door of a residence faces. It is straight forward and efficient to tell someone to go to 400 Carpenter Avenue, rather than "808 North 4th Street, but go down to the lower level and door that faces Carpenter Avenue." The upper floors face east to North 4th Street. The lower level faces north to Carpenter Avenue. It just makes common sense.
FYI, this is the closest door to the site where the student smokers used to stand. We no longer have to tell them "get off my lawn" like Clint Eastwood. and we so appreciate you and the Council for quickly solving that problem.
Sincerely,
Susan Beech, Property Owner, 310-948-8048
Rick Shaddock, Assistant Manager, 641-819-8006
808 North 4th Street and 400 Carpenter Avenue