(A) New Street Designations. All new streets, except those within Planned Communities, including but not limited to, principal and minor arterials, local and collector streets, cul-de-sacs, and private streets, shall be designated in accordance with divisions (A) and (C) herein.
(1) New principal and minor arterial streets, as defined by the Long Range Roadway System Map, shall be designated “Boulevard.”
(2) New local and collector streets which run essentially north-south shall be designated "Drive" or "Street." New local and collector streets which run essentially east-west shall be designated "Road" or "Avenue." However, see exceptions in divisions (3) and (4) of this division (A).
(3) New local street cul-de-sacs may be designated "Court" or "Place."
(4) New local streets which circle back on themselves may be designated "Circle."
(5) New local and collector streets which change direction in a logical semi-continuous and connected manner, but do not circle back on themselves, may be designated "Loop."
(6) Divided collector streets which lead to, or partially or entirely circumscribe, areas of relatively intense activity may be designated "Parkway."
(7) Private streets may only be designated "Trail", "Lane", "Way", "Calle" or "Via."
(8) Alleys are permitted to be named. If named, they shall be designated "Alley."
(9) In places where the appropriate street designation according to this division (A) is not clear, or where the requested street designation is not consistent with this division (A), the City Engineer and the City Surveyor shall determine the designation.
(B) New Street Designations in Planned Communities. All streets in Planned Communities (established pursuant to the Planned Communities Criteria, Resolution No. 151-1990, as amended) shall be designated in accordance with a hierarchy of street functional classifications specified in the individual Level A and Level B Plans and as defined in this division (B). The terminology used herein is for the purposes of street designation only and shall not be used to construe right-of-way or geometric design requirements.
MRCOG Street Functional Classification | Planned Communities Level A and B Plan Classification | Street Name Designation |
Principal Arterial | Boulevard | Boulevard, Crossing |
Minor Arterial | Avenue | Avenue, Crossing, Loop, Street |
Collector | Connector | Avenue, Circle, Court, Drive, Loop, Parkway, Place, Road, Street |
Local (or Major Local per City Subdivision Ordinance) | Local | Avenue, Circle, Court, Crossing, Drive, Loop, Place, Road, Street |
Private | Private | Alley, Calle, Lane, Trail, Via, Way. |
(1) New Boulevards, as defined by the Level A and Level B Planned Community Master Plan, shall be designated "Boulevard" or "Crossing".
(2) New Avenues, as defined by the Level A and Level B Planned Community Master Plan, shall be designated "Avenue", "Street", "Crossing" or "Loop".
(3) New local and connector streets which run essentially north-south shall be designated "Drive," "Street," or "Crossing".
(4) New local and connector streets which run essentially east-west shall be designated "Road," "Avenue", or "Crossing". However, see exceptions in divisions (5) and (6) of this division (B).
(5) New local street cul-de-sacs may be designated "Court" or "Place."
(6) New local streets which circle back on themselves may be designated "Circle."
(7) New local and connector streets which change direction in a logical semi-continuous and connected manner, but do not circle back on themselves, may be designated "Loop".
(8) Divided connector streets which lead to, and partially or entirely circumscribe, areas of relatively intense activity, may be designated "Parkway".
(9) Private streets shall only be designated "Trail," "Lane," "Way," "Calle," or "Via".
(10) Alleys are permitted to be named. If named, they shall be designated "Alley."
(11) In places where the appropriate street designation according to this division (B) is not clear, or the requested street designation is not consistent with this division (B) the City Engineer and the City Surveyor shall determine the designation.
(C) New Street Names.
(1) The name of a new street should be the name of an existing, nearby street which is essentially in line with it, unless the City Engineer finds that such name continuation would clearly not be helpful to motorists searching for an address.
(2) Where division (1) of this division (C) does not apply, the following are basic city policies on public and private street naming:
(a) Alphabetic sequences of street names are desirable;
(b) Groupings of names with similar content are desirable;
(c) Names with double meanings are usually undesirable;
(d) Names of over 13 letters and spaces are usually unacceptable (this limit does not apply to the street designation and quadrant);
(e) Names already in use for streets in the area covered by the Long Range Roadway System Map are unacceptable unless the existing street is essentially in line with the new street;
(f) Names shall conform to alpha- numeric style standards established by the City Engineer;
(g) The city will normally accept developer proposals for street names which are consistent with §§ 6-5-1-1 et seq., but the city reserves the right to name streets where the city finds that the developer's name proposals are not consistent with city policies and the public welfare. The Council may also evaluate and redesignate a street name if it finds that the developer’s name is not consistent with city policies and the public welfare so long as the street has not been constructed or the street has been constructed but no structures have been built on the street.
('74 Code, § 8-1-3) (Ord. 99-1983; Am. Ord. 26-2005; Am. Ord. 39-2008)