(a) Street name signs or numbers of a type in use throughout the City shall be erected by the subdivider at all intersections.
(b) For purposes of street naming, the following guidelines should be used where feasible:
(1) "Street" shall be used only for streets that run in a generally east-west direction;
(2) "Boulevard" or "Drive" shall be used only for a large meandering type street;
(3) "Circle" or "Court" shall be used for cul-de-sac type streets that run in a generally east-west direction;
(4) "Lane" or "Place" shall be used only for cul-de-sac type streets that run in a generally north-south direction;
(5) "Road"or "Way" shall be used only for streets that run in a diagonal manner, in a generally northwest or southwest direction;
(6) "Avenue" shall be used only for thoroughfares that run in a generally north-south direction;
(7) The words "north," "south," "east," or "west" should be avoided as part of a street name whenever possible.
(c) Whenever a new street is constructed along the approximate alignment or extension of an existing street, its name shall be the same as that of the existing one.
(d) 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 the curvature.
(e) Whenever a cul-de-sac street serves not more than three lots then the name of the intersecting street shall apply to the cul-de-sac.
(f) To avoid duplication and confusion, the proposed names of all streets shall be approved by the City Manager prior to such names being assigned or used.
(Ord. 12-02. Passed 7-8-02.)