§ 151.079 DISCOURAGED NAMES.

   (A)   The following kinds of names shall be avoided: numerical, alphabetical, similar in nature and complicated names.

   (B)   The Tax Department Addressing Committee is hereby given authority to refuse to accept any road name that in its opinion violates the spirit or the provisions of this subchapter.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004)

§ 151.080 SUFFIXES.

   (A)   The following road name suffixes are allowed: Avenue (AVE), Boulevard (BLVD), Circle (CIR), Court (CT), Drive (DR), Highway (HWY), Lane (LN), Loop (LP), Parkway (PKWY), Place (PL), Road (RD), Street (ST), Trail (TRL) and Way.

   (B)   Private roads shall be assigned the suffixes Trail, Lane or Way. All other suffixes shall be reserved for public roads.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004)

§ 151.081 ROAD SEGMENTS.

   (A)   Each road shall bear the same name and uniform numbering along the entirety of the road. Segments of roads shall not be allowed to have different or separate names.

   (B)   The Tax Department Addressing Committee shall determine what constitutes a road or way, by reference to Chs. 152, 153 and 154 of this code of ordinances and this chapter, where the provisions are higher and more restrictive than those imposed by any other applicable law or regulation, such higher or more restrictive provisions shall apply, as stated in § 151.008(A) of this chapter.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004)

§ 151.082 OFFSET INTERSECTIONS AND SPLIT ROUTES.

   Split routes, also known as “dog-leg” offset intersections, shall be treated as separate roads with different names and numbering to preserve the integrity and continuity of the numbering system.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004)

§ 151.083 IMPASSES.

   Impasses or sections of a road that are impassable shall be assigned different names and numbering to each portion of the road on either side of the impasse to preserve the integrity and continuity of the numbering system.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004)

ROAD NAME SIGNS AND STANDARDS

§ 151.095 INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE.

   All public and private road name signs required by this chapter shall be installed and maintained by the Surry County Public Works Department.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004)

§ 151.096 SIGN STANDARDS.

   Road name signs shall meet the following standards.

   (A)   All road name sign blades shall be a minimum six-inch flat vertical dimension sign with a minimum of four-inch engineer grade “C” font letters.

   (B)   Public road name signs or “blades” shall be made of a reflective green sheeting with the road name in reflective silver letters on both sides.

   (C)   Private name signs or “blades” shall be made of a reflective green sheeting with the road name in reflective silver letters and a small yellow sheeting at the end of each sign with the black lettering of “PVT” on both sides.

   (D)   Historical name signs or “blades” shall be made of reflective brown sheeting with the road name in reflective white letters on both sides.

(Ord. passed 6-21-2004; Ord. passed 8-12-2024)