(A) (1) Before any new street or road shall be named in any unincorporated portion of the county, the developer or owner of the subdivision or development shall submit to the department of public safety communications the first, second and third choices for names of the streets or roads, together with a map, drawn to scale, showing the location of the streets or roads in question and the location of all property or lots fronting thereon.
(2) If the suggested names do not duplicate or phonetically resemble the names of any existing street or road in the county, regardless of the use of a suffix such as street, avenue, boulevard, drive, lane, and the like, the department of public safety communications shall recommend the road name request as submitted to the Planning Commission.
(B) Following approval of a name for a street or road by the Planning Commission, the planning department shall give written notification of the approval to the department of public safety communications. The department of public safety communications thereafter will notify all public safety entities, developers, appropriate U.S. Postal facilities, and the most proximate city or town of the approved changes.
(C) (1) In the event one or more street or road names are not approved because the street or road names duplicate or phonetically resemble the names of existing streets or roads, the developer will be notified in writing of the disapproval.
(2) The owner, developer or sub-divider of the property in which the new street or road is established may appeal a denial of the decision to the Planning Commission. An application for appeal can be obtained from the planning department. This appeal shall be filed within 15 days of written notification from the county on the denial of a road or street name.
(D) The department of public safety communications shall maintain an up-to-date index listing the names of all streets and roads in the county, together with an up-to-date map of the county showing the location and name of all known public streets and roads.
(‘77 Code, § 15-2) (Ord. 778, passed 7-17-78; Am. Ord. 3117, passed 6-19-17)
Statutory reference:
Submitting street plans, S.C. Code § 4-27-180