§ 20.03.018. Road name selection.

Road names shall be based on the following criteria:

(1)

Duplicate Road Names. Road names shall not duplicate another road name used elsewhere in the unincorporated areas of the county or in an incorporated city. Similar-sounding names are considered duplicate regardless of spelling.

(2)

Family Names. Roads shall not be named after a family surname unless it can be proven in writing to the satisfaction of the department of planning and building that the surname is one of historical prominence in the area of the road to be named.

(3)

Language. Road names in either English or a foreign language shall be grammatically correct and easy to pronounce and spell and shall not include the use of slang or profanity.

(4)

Road Name Length. Road names shall be of a length to fit on a thirty-six inch sign blade (approximately eighteen letters)

(5)

Road Type Classification. Road names shall include the appropriate road classification as set forth below:

Road Type	Classification	Abbreviation
Arterial within Urban/Village Reserve Line	Boulevard	Blvd
Arterial outside Urban/Village Reserve Line	Road	Rd
Collector or Local within Urban/Village Reserve Line
East/west direction	Street	St
North/south direction	Avenue	Ave
Collector or Local outside Urban/Village Reserve Line
East/west direction	Place	Pl
North/south direction	Way	Wy
Cul-de-sac
200 feet or more in length	Lane	Ln
Less than 200 feet in length	Court	Ct
Circle or "U" alignment	Circle	Cir

 

(6)

Continuity. A road that is continuous shall have the same name and road classification throughout its length, except in the following situations:

a.

If an otherwise continuous road is interrupted by a drainage channel, freeway, railroad or other major physical obstruction with no planned connection, the segments shall have different names.

b.

Where roads intersect at an interior angle of one hundred ten degrees or less, each segment shall be given a different name if doing so will reduce confusion.

(7)

Road Name Descriptions. Only the following types of descriptions shall be used in association with road names:

a.

"North," "South," "East" and "West" indicating direction from a numbering base line as assigned by the department of planning and building.

b.

Road classifications as set forth in subsection (5) of this section.

(Ord. 2521 § 1 (part), 1991)