Chapter 12.05
STREET NAMING
Sections:
12.05.030 Standards for street names.
12.05.060 Changes in street names.
12.05.010 Purpose.
Pursuant to the authority granted by Idaho Code, Section 50-318, the city of Donnelly is adopting this chapter for the purpose of providing a uniform system of adopting street names, and amending same, and to provide for an official street map and street name list in order to aid in the dispatch of emergency vehicles and the orderly administration of the city. [Ord. 153 § 1, 2000.]
12.05.020 Approval required.
Before any street is named or renamed, approval for the street name shall be obtained from the city council. Official street names shall be maintained on the official street map and on a city official street name list maintained in the office of the city clerk. The initial city official street name list shall be adopted by resolution by the council; thereafter all new road names shall be established in accord with the following standards. Approval of street names for new subdivisions shall be accomplished as part of the platting process. [Ord. 153 § 2, 2000.]
12.05.030 Standards for street names.
A. The following standards shall be used in determining and approving street names:
1. There shall be no duplication of street names by sound or spelling within the city of Donnelly, nor shall a street name within the city of Donnelly so duplicate any road name on the Valley County official road name list, unless such name is assigned to one continuous road of the same name both inside and outside the city.
2. Where a proposed street is in the same general alignment as an existing street and is a functional extension of that existing street, the proposed street shall be given the name of the existing street. A proposed street shall be considered in general alignment with an existing street if their extended centerlines are no more than 150 feet apart.
3. Where a proposed street connects two existing streets with different names, all three being on the same general alignment, the council shall determine the name, giving consideration to the length of each street segment, the classification of each segment as an arterial, collector, or minor street; the length of time each has been known by existing or common name; and the number of persons affected.
4. A cul-de-sac with an overall length of 100 feet or less shall be given the same name, but with the appropriate designation, as that of the street it intersects or extends. A cul-de-sac with an overall length of more than 100 feet shall be given its own name, with the appropriate designation.
5. A proposed street in the same alignment with an existing street shall be given the same name as the existing street, but with the appropriate designation.
6. Both segments of an L-shaped street shall be given the same name, if and only if both or the shorter leg is 100 feet long or less. All others shall have two names.
7. If the council determines that a street makes a very obvious change in direction, a new street name shall be assigned. The location of the name change should be at an intersection.
8. In general, road names should be not more than 10 letters long, plus the designation.
B. The following designations shall be used as a guide in determining new street names, or in the event existing names are changed:
1. Avenue: a street generally running in a straight line, of collector status.
2. Boulevard: a street of arterial status, commonly with a center dividing landscaped strip.
3. Circle: a street which returns back to the same street from which it originated.
4. Court: a cul-de-sac running generally north and south.
5. Drive (also “trail” and “way”): a road generally meandering in one or more directions, and having collector or minor status.
6. Lane: a street which runs generally east and west.
7. Parkway: a street of arterial status, commonly with landscaping.
8. Place: a cul-de-sac running generally east and west.
9. Street: a street which runs generally north and south. [Ord. 153 § 3, 2000.]
12.05.040 Private roads.
A. Private roads shall be renamed in like fashion as public roads, both procedurally and substantively. Private roads shall have the record notation “P” placed beside their names on the city official street name list.
B. The city shall have maintenance and replacement responsibility for signs for private roads only at their intersections with private roads. Nevertheless, private road signs shall be the same as city signs except that such signs shall indicate private road status by adding “PVT” at the end of the street name and designation. [Ord. 153 § 4, 2000.]
12.05.050 Subdivisions.
A. Proposed street names shall be shown on preliminary plats and final plans when submitted to the city for review and approval. No such plat shall be approved unless the names comply with this chapter.
B. All half-streets or partial streets shall be named in accordance with this chapter as if the entire street were in place.
C. Approval of a final plat by council plus the affixing of all signatures required of city officials, when complete, shall constitute city acceptance of the street names.
D. Original installation of street name signs conforming to city specification shall be the responsibility of the applicant for approval of the plat and shall be deemed so addressed in the subdivision agreement, whether or not so expressly stated. [Ord. 153 § 5, 2000.]
12.05.060 Changes in street names.
A. City staff and citizens are encouraged to apply to the council to change a street name where the name fails to conform to this chapter, or it is otherwise deemed appropriate and in the public interest to make a change.
B. All changes shall be made in such a manner as to create the least possible inconvenience to residents and property owners in the area, considering the reasons for the change. No change shall become effective until 15 days after the final action by the council, which action shall be by resolution. All persons owning improved property fronting on the street the name of which has been changed shall be given written notice of the change, after adopting of such resolution. [Ord. 153 § 6, 2000.]