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J <br />40 <br />? <br />?? . .. .w ... _ ?.,.? v?_ <br />APPENDIX C <br />DOMESTIC MAIL MA1vLTAI,, USPS, DECEMBER 1984 <br />Oomeslle Mall Manwi (OMI1) <br />1N312 <br />156 Rural S*rvfco <br />156.1 Rural StaNons and B?anehes <br />.11 EstabpshnNnt Rwal statioes and branches <br />are esublished and mtinWned in eommunities where <br />a considenMe number d peopk wouW be wriously <br />inconwenienced if rcquired to tnnsaet poshl business <br />with runl or hi`Mvay aontract anivs only. and <br />where it n determined to be inadvisabk to eshblish <br />an uidependen[ post ofriee. <br />.12 Funetlons <br />.121 Pnrwnnd rural stations and branches accept. <br />dispa[ch. receive. ynd deliva mWl. includinj rep, <br />taed. insurcd. COD. and artified mail, iasue money <br />aden and xll stamps and atamppd paper. <br />.t22 NOIIplftO1111d Nral YIIItS af! 3GI/•Stn'ICC UM <br />its which fumish essential mail urviees such n the <br />colkction and delivery d ardinary mtil and tale d <br />sumps. Serviaa sueh as the sak of marcy urden, <br />and the uceptanx and delivery o( «rtified. irqured, <br />repxtered. and COD mail arc p?ovided customers d <br />nanDenonnel mnl units by the rural carrier u the <br />time he servias the urit. Caniers arc requircd 10 <br />rcmain u the unit a minimum d IS minutes pch day <br />their rowes arc qcheduled to opente, to altord eus. <br />taners the smices nq aherwise availabk from the <br />wdt. <br />.13 Houn. Rural stations and bnnthes are open <br />during the adimry business hours o( each weekday. <br />eaapt National holidays. <br />.tt Tnatn»M d Ms4. Mail addrczsed to a rural <br />station a bnneh will be kept there to be called (or. <br />unkss the addrcsxe is a customer o( a rural route <br />staniM trom the rmal station. or of an adjoining <br />rowe. in whieh cme the mail wiN be delivered to the <br />cuatomer's boz by the wrier. Mail addressed to a <br />nonpMSOnnel runl urut will be plaeed in the addtess- <br />at post o(fiae box at the uait. <br />tS6.Z ONlwry Roubs <br />21 EstabfthnwM. A petition Siprcd by dhe heads <br />d tamilies deairins eaubtishment d a rural rouk <br />ehould be wbmiRed to the poatmaster of the pou <br />aAfce trom whieh delivery xrviee is desircd, or to the <br />Pottal Servia. Form 1027. Ittition /or Charye in <br />Rura/ Qrtivay. may I+e obtained (rom the postmuta <br />ta thia purpox. The eenenl ruk is that a newly es- <br />taMished riwu ahouW xerve an average of at laxt one <br />tamily per mik. Unuwd eonditioes wch ac vdume <br />and rype iif mail wip be eonsidercd. On rcwtes ot leu <br />than 10 mikx. an averap of at kam 6 familiea per <br />mik shouW be elipbk fa aervia before a route ix es. <br />ubliched. <br />Z2 Esansioes. Reque:us a pernions (or ezcen. <br />cion o( rural rowes clnwid he wbmined w the pose- <br />imrcia 4 ihe W1ice (nwn which ihe nwte optrytea. <br />Fexm 41127 i% arvuilal+k fnwn Ihe poctnmster for u.w in <br />whmiaing rcyueclc. F.ttrn.Kmx choulA rndincvily <br />Inw 13.12-2943 <br />xrve an avenge of at kut one family per mile o( <br />addidonaltrrvelincluding retraee. Other tacton, such <br />u financial tnnsaetions. and type and vdume of mail <br />will be considercd. Roads ;enerally should be puylic, <br />must be msinained in sood condition, and be puw <br />bk for vehieks year around, (f an extension is pro- <br />posed over a road twt maintained by road authorities, <br />postmasta must obtain and wbmit with Fam 4027 a <br />kner from the person rcsponsibk (or maintaining Lhe <br />road thu it will be kept passabk at all times. Thia kt- <br />ta? shouW include the statement "It is understood that <br />if the road is na ProperlY maintained. ruql delivery <br />serviee will be withdnwn." Rural mail delivery may <br />be eatended ro families u nwnttity delivery ofRces p( <br />the first, secord, and third class who rcside ouuide a <br />0.23 mik ndiua at the post oflfoe it wch xrvia is <br />requested and the aher requircments arc met. <br />.23 RWd C.OIla1l011{. R{IrW dGl1Vlry !lfVIC! M'1ll <br />not be ahblished ova roads which are na maio- <br />tained in ;ood cadition. Ahich arc abswaed by <br />iata. or whieh uoss unbridped streams na tordabk <br />at all seasons of the yar. <br />.24 OMa++etlons to Tnwl. Customers and o(t- <br />cials in eharge ot hi`hwaya m notified on Form 1024, <br />Requat to Reprir Roads, ot road canditions obstruct- <br />m` the delivery ot mail. lf rcpairs are not rrede <br />prompHy. servia will be withdrawn. <br />.25 Mu1tlpN Routq, In rural areas, a custaner <br />fivin` on a road aavded by wo or morc rural cartiers <br />may select the cartier by whan he prcters W have hK <br />mail delivercd and aollected. in which cue only the <br />designated carrier witl handk his mail. Unkss sekc- <br />tion is made by the cuatomer. each carrier passing the <br />box will deliver mail to it and collect [rom it any mail <br />that he an ezpedite'in dispatch a delivery. provided <br />the box is on the rieht-hand aide ot the road as trav- <br />ded by the earrier. In wburbin a convsted arat, <br />the poslmuta will desipnate the route that will prov. <br />ide xerviee. <br />26 Mtphwer Contrad ONiwry. Persons rcsiding <br />on raads twvded by both rural ard highwaY contract <br />carrie+s may qualify as euuamen d either or both <br />muta. It one box is wed tor both roma. it must be <br />aII iQQfOVld SIaIIAifA Nfil fOUte bOx. <br />15l.3 CaMer SeMa <br />.11 Avd1aWlNp <br />.Jf1 Runl carrier serviee is provided to penons <br />who erat approved boxa oa che Nne d tnvel d the <br />runl prrier, and to person: for whom approved <br />neighborhood delivery and eollection boxa aadparal <br />loekers ue erecied and nuintuned by the Postal <br />Servia on the curier': Gne ot tnvd, but no nuW <br />arrier service shall be provided to persans redding <br />within city deGvay limits. <br />.312 Norm:Jly. rurd earriers will provide delivery <br />10 8ppf11Ved Ff(lxt\ 85 OUllllll4 111 1%.54. Howeve?. in <br />apanmrnt Ixwaes and other multipk dwellings whieh <br />uce a yuality io u.e apartment hiwx rccepueks n