A. General requirements:
1. Approved street names shall be clearly and visibly displayed at every intersection and street name change break on all public streets and on all private streets within subdivisions and development plans.
2. Approved street names shall be displayed in a temporary manner at all times during construction of such public or private streets.
3. Approved street names shall be displayed in a permanent manner upon completion of street construction.
4. A private street which intersects a public street shall have street name signs of department of transportation installation standards installed by the owner or authorized representative at the intersection or street name change point.
5. Private street name signs within subdivisions and development plans which are not at intersections with public streets may be of owner design and not of department of transportation installation standards, but shall be clearly visible from all directions of vehicular travel, and shall be in conformance with subsections A.6 through A.10 of this section.
6. All street name signs shall be reflective.
7. The direction of each street shall precede the name.
8. Primary street names shall be displayed in a uniform size and be at least four inches in height. The primary name shall not be abbreviated.
9. Street name suffixes may be abbreviated and in a smaller size than the primary name, but shall be at least two inches in height.
10. All street signs shall display the appropriate north, south, east or west hundred block indicator for each street name. Sign placement shall not change the value of the hundred block indicator for each name.
11. A homeowners association or the property owners adjacent to the street shall be responsible in equal shares for maintenance and replacement of signage after installation on a private street in a subdivision or development plan. If the responsible parties fail to adequately maintain or replace street signs in a timely manner, the county may, after thirty days written notice to the responsible homeowners association or property owners, make the necessary repairs or replacements and collect the costs of labor and materials equally from each responsible party.
12. A privately installed street name sign not on a public street or in a subdivision or development plan:
a. Shall be of department of transportation installation standards if on a private street which intersects a public street;
b. May be of owner design and not of department of transportation installation standards if not at an intersection with a public street, but shall be clearly visible from all directions of vehicular travel, and shall be in conformance with subsections A.6 through A.10 of this section and subsection B of this section; and
c. Shall have additional signage displaying: (Not a County Street Pvt.)
B. Street Sign Format.
1. All street-name signs installed or replaced after the effective date of this chapter shall conform to the following format:
a. Directional prefix (N., S., E. or W.): Upper left corner.
b. Primary name: Main body of sign.
c. Suffix: Centered following primary name, or upper right, or, if foreign language requires, centered preceding primary name.
d. Hundred block indicator: Lower right corner.
e. The minimum height of a directional prefix, street suffix or hundred block indicator shall be one-half the height of the primary name.
f. See Illustration 18.83.110(G).
(Ord. 2010-26 § 1 (part), 2010; Ord. 1990-10 § 1 (part), 1990; Ord. 1988-2 § 1 (part), 1988)