[Libertina]

But sometimes you have to have litigation to figure out what the law is.
That is one scary quote...

[DugwayDuke]

Yes, that is a scary quote. But is it very misleading as well. The county policy on issuing house numbers is quite clear. There is simply nothing to litigate other than the refusal of the county to follow their own published policy.

Here's the official county policy.

In January, 1987, Madison county passed a resolution that required a minimum 30 foot access to a public road prior to the issuance of a house number.

In December of 1993, the county passed a resolution ammending that resolution to "authorize the Madison County Department of Public Works to assign a house number to a lot or tract of land located along or contiguous to an access easement, right-of-way or right of ingress or egress, public or private, of at least thirty feet (30') in width.

According to the official policy of the county, every land owner with 30 feet of frontage on the existing easement have a right to a house number. One can only question why the county is so blatantly ignoring their own policy. That's one reason why the relationship of the county attorneys and the land trust of north alabama is so suspicious.