(a) Whoever subdivides or develops land shall install all required regulatory and warning signs, such as stop signs, speed limit signs, parking restrictions, etc., according to City standards and conforming to the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
(b) Street name signs, of a type in use throughout the City, shall be erected by the subdivider at all intersections.
(c) For the purposes of street naming, the following suffixes shall apply:
(i) Avenue shall be used only for streets that run in a generally north-south direction;
(ii) Boulevard shall be used only for a large meandering type street containing a landscaped median;
(iii) Circle or Court shall be used only for cul-de-sac type streets that run in a generally north-south direction;
(iv) Drive shall be used only for streets that run in a diagonal manner in a northwest-southeast direction;
(v) Lane or Place shall be used only for cul-de-sac type streets that run in a generally east-west direction;
(vi) Road or Way shall be used only for streets that run in a diagonal manner, in a northeast-southwest direction;
(vii) Street shall be used only for thoroughfares that run in a generally east-west direction; and
(viii) The words north, south, east, and west should be avoided as part of a street name.
(d) Whenever a new street is constructed along the approximate alignment or extension of an existing street, the name of the new street shall be the same as the name of the existing street.
(e) Whenever a street alignment changes direction more than 75 degrees without a return to the original alignment within a distance of 500 feet, then the name of the street shall be changed at the point of curvature.
(f) Whenever a cul-de-sac street serves not more than three lots, the name of the intersecting street shall apply to the cul-de-sac.
(Ord. 35-07. Passed 3-19-07.)
(g) Street names shall not closely match other street names located in the City or Stark County. Street names must conform to the requirements of the Stark County House Numbering/Street Naming System and the 911 dispatch system.
(Ord. 45-09. Passed 9-8-09.)