Sec. 41-22. - Street names.
(a) Streets shall be named in conformance with the following parameters:
(1) A new street that is a direct extension of an existing street shall have the same name as the existing street, unless the existing street name is a duplicate street name.
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(2) A non-public street that is a direct extension of a public street or a cul-de-sac shall not have the same name as the public street.
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(3) A directional prefix or directional suffix may be used to clarify the general location of a street, provided that the use of the directional prefix or directional suffix is consistent with existing naming and numbering patterns within the area in which the street is located.
(4) Street name suffixes shall be limited to the following uses:
a. 'Circle,' 'Court' and 'Loop' shall be used only to designate streets that terminate at a cul-de-sac or are configured as a loop street.
b. 'Boulevard,' 'Crossing,' 'Crossroad,' 'Expressway,' 'Motorway,' 'Parkway,' 'Speedway' and 'Throughway' shall be used only to designate major thoroughfares, major collector streets, collector streets or other streets designed to handle traffic volumes in excess of normal neighborhood traffic generation or that are divided streets with at least two lanes of traffic in each direction separated by a median.
c. 'Bypass,' 'Expressway,' 'Freeway' and 'Highway' shall be used only to designate highways or freeways subject to the jurisdiction of the state department of transportation.
d. 'Avenue,' 'Drive,' 'Road' and 'Street' shall be used only to designate major thoroughfares, major collector streets, collector streets or local streets.
e. 'Bridge,' 'Fork,' 'Lane,' 'Oval,' 'Passage,' 'Path,' 'Place,' 'Trail' and 'Way' shall be used only to designate collector streets or local streets.
f. 'Tunnel' shall be used only to designate streets that provide underground or underwater passage.
g. A street name suffix shall not be used as part of the street name.
h. The abbreviation of a street name suffix shall be consistent with United States Postal Service postal addressing standards.
(6) A street name shall not include any typographic characters or symbols.
(7) An alphabetical or numerical street name shall not be used to name a new street unless the street is a direct extension of an existing street with an alphabetical or numerical name that is not duplicative of an existing street name.
(8) A street shall not intersect with another street more than one time without an intervening name change.
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(9) When a street changes direction by approximately 90 degrees, the street name shall change.
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(10) The proper name of a deceased national figure may be used as a street name for a major thoroughfare, a major collector street, a collector street or a local street.
(11) The proper name of a deceased locally elected figure may be used as a street name for a major collector street, a collector street or a local street.
(b) If a street is served by a local or inter-local 9-1-1 emergency dispatch system, the director may deny use of a proposed street name if the street name:
(1) Is currently in use;
(2) Is duplicative of or so similar in name or sound to an existing street name that the use could be misleading to emergency communicators or responders; or
(3) Is temporarily reserved in an electronic system established under section 41-21 of this Code.
(c) For purposes of this section, the terms cul-de-sac, collector street, and local street shall have the meanings assigned to those terms by chapter 42 of this Code.
(Ord. No. 2014-364, § 13, 4-30-2014)
