§ 152.238 STREET NAMES.
   (A)   Definition of street. For the purpose of this subchapter, the word STREET shall mean all roadways, public and private, open for general public travel. Access drives to apartment and commercial complexes shall not be considered as private streets.
   (B)   Street names on preliminary plat. Street names shall be shown on the preliminary plat. The street names shown on the final plat shall be consistent with those shown on the preliminary plat.
   (C)   Suffix.
      (1)   East and west. Streets running east and west shall be identified with the suffix “Avenue” or “Boulevard” when applicable.
      (2)   North and south. Streets running north and south shall be identified with the suffix “Road” or “Street” respectively.
 
Street Suffix
Direction
Suffix
East/West
Avenue Boulevard
North/South
Road Street
 
   (D)   State and federal highways. Streets which are also state and federal highways will be identified by their local street name followed by their state or federal designation in parenthesis on the official Street Address Map. For example, Henri De Tonti Boulevard (US 412).
   (E)   Cul-de-sacs. Cul-de-sac streets which have only one entrance/exit shall not be called “Avenue” or “Road” but shall have a suffix name such as “Cove, Lane, Place or Terrace” to indicate their dead end nature.
   (F)   Loop streets. Loop streets are circular or rectangular plan streets which begin at one point and end at another point along a common street and do not connect to any other streets. The street name suffixes on these streets must not be “Road” or “Avenue” but shall be “Loop, Circle, Court” or other name indicating a closed street layout.
   (G)   Duplication. Street names shall not be duplicated and names with a similar pronunciation such as Main/Maine shall be avoided.
   (H)   Name of person. No street shall be named after a person’s first or last name, unless specifically directed to do so by proclamation from the City Council in order to honor an individual.
(Ord. 2013-04-417, passed 4-2-13; Am. Ord. 2013-09-440, § 152.1500.04, passed 9-3-13)