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SEC. 51A-9.301.   DEFINITIONS.
In this division:
   (1)   DIRECTIONAL PREFIX means an indicator of the direction a roadway passes from an official base line established pursuant to Article V, “Building Numbering,” of Chapter 43, “Streets and Sidewalks,” of the Dallas City Code, as amended. For example, in the street name “North Franklin Road,” North is the directional prefix.
   (2)   DIRECTIONAL SUFFIX means an indicator of address location. For example, in the address “137 Franklin Road W,” W is the directional suffix.
   (3)   FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION means the systematic classification of roadways in categories according to their access and movement attributes. Minor streets, residential and community collectors, minor and principal arterials, and freeways and expressways are functional classifications of roadways. Minor streets usually provide access to individual lots. Collector streets provide access between the minor streets and arterials. Arterials link areas of the city and carry traffic to freeways and expressways, which primarily provide movement to locations throughout the region.
   (4)   HISTORIC STREET NAME means a street name that commemorates:
      (A)   a person who significantly contributed to the cultural, economic, social, religious, or political heritage of the city;
      (B)   a site or area where there occurred historic events which significantly contributed to the cultural, economic, social, religious, or political heritage of the city; or
      (C)   a person or family founding or traditionally associated with the area where the street is located.
   (5)   LABEL means the portion of a street name that attaches a creative identity to a roadway. For example, in the street name “Franklin Road,” Franklin is the label.
   (6)   Reserved.
   (7)   MAJOR ROADWAY means a roadway on the city’s thoroughfare plan.
   (8)   MINOR ROADWAY means a roadway not on the city’s thoroughfare plan.
   (9)   ROADWAY means any official vehicular course for travel, regardless of length or service characteristics.
   (10)   STREET NAME means the street label together with the street-type designation, but does not include a directional prefix or suffix. For example, in the street identified as “North Franklin Road,” Franklin Road is the street name.
   (11)   TYPE means the portion of a street name that identifies the kind of roadway, but does not necessarily attach a functional classification. For example, in the street name “Franklin Road,” Road is the type. (Ord. Nos. 19832; 21186; 22224)