Additional information can be found in the Addressing Guidelines and Procedures.
Address Numbers
- All occupiable structures require a unique address.
- Multiple structures on one lot each receive an individual address.
- An address is assigned based on a structure's location and its access to the street.
- Buildings on the south and east sides of streets receive even numbers.
- Building on the north and west sides of streets receive odd numbers.
- Block numbers are assigned to road sections extending between intersections. A block range is approximately 1,000 feet.
- The address number must be in sequence with surrounding addresses.
- No half (1/2) numbers are allowed.
- Buildings with apartments or multiple suites must have interior addresses as well as a street addresses (e.g. 1021 Jones Way, Apartment 401). See Assigning Interior Addresses.
- If six or more buildings or lots utilize a private driveway or joint permanent easement, it must be named.
See Naming of Easements.
Base Name
- The base name may contain a maximum of two words and 26 characters. The base name shall be easy to read, pronounce, and spell.
- References to a number are prohibited (e.g. Ten, First, Sixth).
- North, South, East, West or other directionals cannot be used as the base name.
- Abbreviations, punctuation, single alphabet characters and initials are prohibited.
- Phonetic duplicates are prohibited (e.g. Jim/Gem, Montvue/Montview, Lynndell/Lindal).
- Streets within a subdivision cannot begin or end with the same word (e.g. Wood Lake and Wood Cove).
- Prohibited words include: Old, New, Big, Little, Short, Long, Creek, Park, and Trail.
Road Types
- Streets running east and west are called drives or avenues.
- Streets running north and south are called streets or roads.
- Dead-end public streets are called lanes.
- Private drives or easements serving six or more addresses are called ways. Addressing will not approve a private street ending in Park.
Standard Road Type Abbreviations
- ROAD TYPE ABBREVIATION
- AVENUE AVE
- BOULEVARD** BLVD
- CIRCLE** CIR
- COURT** CT
- DRIVE DR
- FREEWAY*** FWY
- HIGHWAY*** HWY
- LANE LN
- PARKWAY*** PKWY
- ROAD RD
- STREET ST
- TRAIL** TRL
- WAY WAY
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- **May require approval by the Knoxville-Knox County Planning Commission.
- ***Applies to existing and proposed streets constructed by the Department of Transportation.
Optional
Additionally, an address can contain...
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Street Prefix N - S - E - W
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Sub Address Suite, Apartment, Unit