1020.06 RIGHT OF WAY ABBREVIATIONS AND STREET-TYPE DEFINITIONS.

   The following list of standardized street-type designations shall be applied throughout the County. Street-type designations shall be abbreviated using the standard abbreviations contained herein on all street name signs and on plans and plats.

Standard Abbreviation	Street Type Designation	Street-Type Definition
Hwy	Highway
Pke	Pike
Tpke	Turnpike	A designated Federal or State primary right of way
Av	Avenue
Blvd	Boulevard
Pkwy	Parkway	A right of way divided by a landscaped center island or median.
Dr	Drive	A continuous right of way exceeding 1,000 feet in length that continues on to an intersecting right of way.
St	Street
Ave	Avenue
Cir	Circle	A non-arterial right of way that either begins and ends on the same right of way or that circles back onto itself. Length is of no consideration.
Way	Way	A right of way no more than 1,000 feet or one block in length, whichever is less, that connects two separate rights of way.
Pl	Place	A cul-de-sac or dead-end right of way from which another right of way originates.
Ct	Court	A single cul-de-sac or permanent dead-end right of way.
Rd	Road	A rural right of way. This is a historic designation and shall not be used as a future street-type designation.
Lane	Lane	A named single-owner private access driveway or private right of way, to include without limitation shared driveways and pipe stem driveways.
Sq	Square
Ter	Terrace	A condominium, townhouse or apartment travelway or parking lot that also serves as the access for the development.
Sq	Square	A condominium, townhouse, or apartment travelway or parking lot that is shared like a square and that also serves as the access for the development.
Plz	Plaza	The primary travelway through a commercial or industrial parking lot that also serves as access for the development, regardless of the number of entrances from the right(s) of way that provides access to such primary travelway. This designation may be used only as determined by the Department where multiple buildings and/or units are served and where it is not practical to assign addresses from the right(s) of way that provides access to the primary travelway due to layout.
Aly	Alley	A right of way which provides secondary and/or service access for vehicles to the side or rear of abutting properties whose principal frontage is on another right of way.

 

   For examples of street-type designations, see Appendix I at the end of this chapter. (Ord. 92-01. Passed 1-21-92; Ord. 16-11. Passed 9-14-16.)