Private roads with multiple family/business structures must be named and specific addresses assigned to each structure when any of the following circumstances exist that may hinder emergency service provider’s ability to locate a structure:

• Distance of the structures down the private road restricts the visibility of the structures from the named road.
• Topography of the land between the named road and the structures on the private road restricts visibility and hinders address assignment off the named road.
• More than two structures on a private road may not be easily numbered off the named road based on numbering standards established, therefore the private road must be named.
• A private road will be named even though there are no multiple family/business structures currently located on the private road if;
  • The private road leads to one or more private roads with multiple structures or
  • The majority of the land owners of the property on a private road file a petition with Bexar County Commissioners Court and the Court approves the request to name the private road.
• A private road does not have to be named if;
  • It has only a single structure, and the entrance to the private road is from a named road; then the private road will be treated as a driveway and an address assigned at the drive with the street name being that of the named road.
  • It has multiple business/family structures and all structures are visible from the named road and can be easily located and addressed with specific addresses off the named road or
  • There are only two family/business structures and one of the two structures is visible and an address can be assigned based on the front door of the visible house. The other structure shall be assigned an address based on the driveway with the private road being treated as the driveway.

[This definition is used by the Bexar Metro 9-1-1 Network District in San Antonio (Tex.)]

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