(a) Street name signs of a type in use throughout the City shall be supplied by the City and paid for by the developer.
(b) For purposes of street naming the following suffixes shall apply:
(1) Avenue shall be used only for thoroughfares 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 only for a cul-de-sac type street that runs in a generally east-west direction;
(4) Lane or Place shall be used only for a cul-de-sac type street that runs in a generally north-south direction;
(5) Road or Way shall be used only for streets that run in a diagonal manner, either a generally northwest-southeast direction or a northeast-southwest direction;
(6) Street 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 seventy-five 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 curvature.
(e) Whenever a cul-de-sac street serves not more than three lots, 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 Director of Public Service prior to such names being assigned or used.
(Ord. 85-11. Passed 4-1-85.)