(a) In general.
(1) A proposed label in a street name may not duplicate any existing label.
(2) A proposed street name may not be similar to an existing street name so that it creates confusion or an obstacle to the provision of emergency services.
(3) If all of the standards in this section are met, a roadway that extends into the city of Dallas from a contiguous municipality must adopt the street name given the street by the contiguous municipality.
(4) A street name that uniquely identifies a particular tract, tenant, or product name is prohibited.
(5) A street name may not contain more than 14 characters providing, however, that the street-type designation may be abbreviated to comply with this requirement.
(6) Hyphenated and apostrophied street names are prohibited.
(b) Number of names for a roadway.
(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2), a roadway must have only one name.
(2) Different names must be given to the same roadway under the following conditions:
(A) If a minor roadway deviates from its predominant course at a 90 degree angle for a distance of more than 300 feet, a different name must be used for the predominant course and for each portion of the roadway deviating from the predominant course.
(B) If two segments of a minor roadway are separated by an intervening land use that prohibits vehicular passage, and if future connections of the street segments through the use is unlikely, the segments of roadway on each side of the intervening use must have different names.
(C) If a street is interrupted and offsets more than 150 feet at a cross street, different names must be given to the offset street segments.
(c) Historic street names.
(1) A historic street name may not be changed.
(2) A street name commemorating a person or a historic site or area is prohibited until at least two years after the death of the person to be honored or the occurrence of the event to be commemorated.
(d) Street type and label designation.
(1) A street name may not contain more than one street-type designation. For example, the street name “John Doe Place Road” is not permitted.
(2) The designation of the street type must be based upon the features of the roadway, such as the traffic volumes carried by the roadway, its physical design and construction characteristics, and its role in the surrounding street network.
(3) No street name may have more than two labels before the street-type designation.
(e) Directional prefix and suffix.
(1) A directional prefix is permitted only when the roadway intersects one of the official baselines used by the city.
(2) A directional suffix is permitted as an indicator for address location.
(f) Guidelines.
(1) A street name may be based upon physical, political, or historic features of the area.
(2) The name of a subdivision and names thematically related to the name of a subdivision may be given to a street within the subdivision.
(g) Waiver. The city council, by a three-fourths vote of its members, may waive any of the standards contained in this section when waiver would be in the public interest and would not impair the public health, safety, or welfare. (Ord. Nos. 19832; 23407)