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To establish city delivery service, consider a combination of mail delivery methods to provide regular and effective service to all residential and business sections of a community. Consider the establishment of city delivery service when the following requirements are met:
- Within the area to be served, there is a population of 2,500 or more or 750 possible deliveries.
- At least 10 percent of the building lots in the area to be served are improved with houses or places of business. Where a house or building and its yard or ground cover more than one lot, all lots so covered are considered improved. The streets are paved or otherwise improved to permit the travel of Postal Service vehicles at all times, without damage or delay.
- Streets are named and house numbers are assigned by the municipal authorities in accordance with Management Instruction DM-940-89-3, Addressing Conventions.
- Street signs are in place and house numbers are displayed.
- Rights-of-way, turnouts, and areas next to the roads and streets are sufficiently improved so that the installation, servicing, and accessing of mailboxes are not hazardous to the public or Postal Service employees.
- Satisfactory walkways exist for the carrier where required.
Note: During a new residential or commercial development’s design and planning phase (i.e., before the developers and builders finalize plans and site plats with the appropriate planning/zoning authorities), developers and builders must notify the Postal Service so that the Postal Service can determine the appropriate mode of delivery while considering input from these parties.
Developers and builders should plan for centralized mail delivery installations for residential communities or business developments.
It is important to contact your local USPS Growth Manager while you are still in the design process so that we can collaborate with you to prepare the most efficient, effective plan to provide mail delivery for the customers who will live or work in your new development.
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