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• Gila County

  ARTICLE 8 - STREET NAMES: SECTION 801 Naming a street has no bearing on access rights or implied maintenance status. Access would be determined from the conveying legal instrument while maintenance status requires petitioning the Public Works Department. SECTION 802 Choice of Names: Names should be chosen that relate to the scale and location of a project. A. Objectives- Names should be pleasant sounding, appropriate, and easy to read so that the public, and children, can handle the name in an emergency. B. All street names must conform with current applicable standards including State of Arizona E-911, National Emergency Number (NENA), and United Stated Post Office (USPS).. C. Name Length- The complete road name shall consist of no more than 20 spaces, including directional prefix, road name, spaces between and the County Signing approved abbreviation for road suffix. D. Complete Name- A complete name shall consist of no more than four words, including prefix and suffix. Examples: 1. North Toya Vista Road Prefix (1 word), Primary (2 words), Suffix (1 word) 2. South Calle de Caballos Prefix (1 word), Primary (3 words), Primary includes the suffixequivalent SECTION 803 Prefixes: All street names shall begin with one directional prefix, north, south, east, or west, which shall be assigned with permanent addresses. Additional unnecessary prefixes and suffixes shall be avoided. Combinations of directions are not acceptable. Example: Northwest Sierra Circle. SECTION 804 Suffixes: All street names shall end with a valid suffix. SECTION 805 Name Duplication: Similar sounding names are duplication regardless of spelling. Duplication of names within Gila County is not permitted. SECTION 806 SECTION 807 Continuity: A. A continuous street, or one proposed to be continuous, should bear the same name throughout, even though it changes directions. If it is interrupted by a channel, freeway, railroad, etc., and eventual connection is not probable, the segments may bear different names. B. No separate name is to be used for a cul-de-sac that provides street frontage for less than three lots or units. The name shall be the same as that of the intersecting street. Where there is a series of long and short cul-de-sacs, all should have separate names. Existing Streets Naming and Renaming: A. Rural Addressing personnel shall determine the necessity to name or rename a new or existing street, right-of-way, or private access determined according to criteria set forth in Article 8 of this Ordinance. Proposed naming may also be initiated by citizen petition in accordance with section 807. Citizen petitions must have signatures of at least 75% of the property owners who own property adjacent to the street subject to the proposed naming. 1. Non-response of a property owner to the chosen public notice process of section 807-D shall be considered as approving of the proposed street name(s). B. For road naming outside of the subdivision process, the road must be constructed and passable prior to naming. C. For proposed changes to an existing street, right-of-way, or access, Rural Addressing personnel shall proceed with one of the two methods set forth in Section 807-D for public notification. D. Rural Addressing personnel shall notify the public of a proposed road naming or name change by one of the following methods: E. 1. 2. Rural Addressing personnel shall originate a public notice for publication in two consecutive issues of the County's contracted publications contractor or a. The public will be given from the first date of the first printed publication to one week after the last date of publication to file objection petitions. The Rural Addressing personnel shall convene a meeting to come to a consensus within two weeks of receiving the objection. By contacting the adjacent property owners directly via registered mail. a. The property owners will be given three weeks from the date of mailing to file objection petitions. Rural Addressing personnel shall convene a meeting within two weeks of receiving the objection to come to a consensus. 3. The publication packet will contain the previous or new road name, the proposed name change, a sketch of the road in question, a description of the policy to oppose this change, the date for filing objections as well as the date scheduled for the renaming to be completed. To file objections to name changes initiated by the Rural Addressing staff, petition, or Board of Supervisors, residents and/or property owners must submit an alternate petition or objection in writing to the Rural Addressing Division in accordance with the time period stated in D above. Petitions must have signatures of at least 75% of residents and/or property owners who reside and/or own property adjacent to the street subject to the proposed naming or renaming. Petitioners must have agreed to a name to be used as an alternative to that proposed by the Rural Addressing Division or the Board of Supervisors. To submit an objection in writing to a proposed name change, the resident and/or property owner should include the name of the road to be changed and their reason for objecting it. F. If proposed name changes are not objected to or if alternative names presented by residents and/or landowners are agreed to unanimously, changes may be approved by the Board of Supervisors' Addressing designee. If the road name is not approved the matter may be appealed to the Board of Supervisors. 1. Petitions that are less than unanimous but meet the minimum 75% threshold will be advanced for approval via the Board of Supervisors public hearing process. 2. To avoid naming deadlock, valid petitions that are received and deemed necessary yet are below the 75% threshold will have one contact cycle completed as identified in D above then advanced to the Board of Supervisors public hearing process with a name selected subjectively by the Addressing staff. G. After the approval of a name change, any subsequent proposed name changes shall not be considered for a period of 10 years. H. All renaming of streets not required by this Ordinance will be completed at the expense of the person or group submitting the request of name change. The fees will be set in accordance with the Rural Addressing Fee Schedule approved by the Board of Supervisors and the fee must be received in the Rural Addressing Division prior to proceeding with the request. A petition will need to be completed, following the steps as stated in section 807 above. The petition will be presented to the Board of Supervisors for approval. Guidelines for Renaming Existing Streets: The following guidelines shall be followed for renaming existing streets which have names that are duplicated within Gila County. These are not listed in order of preference or importance. A. Does one street have any historical reason for having the name it has? B. Which street has the least number of houses on it and thus would require the least number of address changes? C. Which street has had its name for the longest period of time? D. E. Is the name appropriate according to the other street names in the neighborhood? Which street name is used for the longest distance or the most traveled section? Street Names and Numbering in New Subdivisions: A. Street names and numbering shall be determined in accordance with the street naming and numbering policy adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. Along with the preliminary plat map, the subdivider shall submit a street naming proposal to the Rural Addressing Division said proposal shall include copies of (1) a map of the overall tract illustrating street layout, the name proposed for each street, and (2) an alphabetical list of the proposed street names, together with an alternate name for each name proposed. The Rural Addressing Division shall review the proposed street names for duplication of names, appropriateness of names, and for overall compliance with the street naming policy. Approved street names shall be included in the final plat map which is submitted to the Board of Supervisors for approval and for recordation.
• Mohave County

  Road and Street Names. a. Any governmental agency, utility, or property owner whose permanent documented access may be affected may request establishment of a road or street name for any unnamed existing or proposed road, or the renaming of any road. The requesting person or agency shall submit proposed names and follow the standards for road naming, detailed in the Addressing Policies for road naming procedures. New road names shall be established on, and by, the recordation of a subdivision plat, parcel plat, or other county-approved development plat, with those names having first obtained approval from the Addressing Official. 1. Mohave County may correct road names when necessary, without consent of the property owners along the road alignment, if it involves correcting a 911 emergency response problem. b. Proposals to re-name a road shall require an application from the person proposing the road re-naming, to the attention of the Addressing Official, for their consideration. Such application shall include a map that shows the location of the road, its extent, and shall be accompanied by appropriate re-naming fees, and letters from all utilities, service providers (i.e., fire district, etc.), and all property owners who would be affected by the name change. It shall be the responsibility of the person proposing the road re-naming to contact all utilities, service providers and property owners as a part of their application to re-name a roadway. If all utility companies, service providers, and all property owners express written approval of (or written “no objection” to) the proposed road name change, the Addressing Official may approve the proposal administratively. If the proposal is opposed by any utility, service provider or property owner, the proposal shall be brought forward with a recommendation from the Addressing Official, for the consideration of the Commission and Board. c. Road names shall be composed of at least the following: 1. A primary name. The primary name may be composed of one or two words and each primary shall be considered unique. Foreign language names are included as long as they are appropriate to the locale and community road name patterns. 2. A directional prefix. That which denotes the predominant direction of the road. 3. A suffix. An identifier that denotes the road type. The following are common suffixes, and the abbreviations shall be used on road signs when full spelling of the road name limits sign space d. Review criteria for acceptance of street and road names. Non-duplication Alignment Correct spelling Reasonableness Phonetics Length of name Same language used Foreign language compliance e. Foreign language usage. Any person submitting a request to name a road where the name is a foreign word or the meaning of the road name is unclear shall provide a verification of the meaning, Or a translation from a reputable dictionary of the language of the name, or another source fluent in the foreign language, before a road name application shall be processed. Meanings of Indian names requested for road names shall be verified by a member of the relevant tribe or other authority. Foreign language name review shall include: Proper gender and number (generally used version; avoid exceptions). Appropriate definite article, if any. Commonly used meanings. Proper use and placement of diacritical marks, if any. English translation (or as close as possible). Language type. Subdivision and development plan names shall also conform to the foreign language format. f. General restrictions on street and road names (unless otherwise permitted by these standards). A new road falling on the alignment of an existing named road shall not assume a different name than the existing aligned road, regardless of distance or jurisdiction. A new road falling on an alignment with multiple names shall assume the predominate or closest proximity road name. Perpendicular directions for the same road name shall not be permitted. Existing names shall not be assigned to any other alignment. Each name shall not have more than one version of spelling. g. Phonetically unsuitable or potentially confusing names shall be avoided in the same Grid Numbering Area; examples: Homonyms or homophones (e.g., Nixon, Nickson). Names that tend to be slurred (e.g., French, colloquial, dialects). Names which are likely to be run together (example: Golden Rod). Names which are likely to be mispronounced and, therefore, hard to find by emergency services (e.g., Spanish, German, French, Polish, Russian). h. The primary name, plus its suffix and abbreviations, shall be limited in length: Public rights-of-way. Sixteen letters and spaces; seventeen, if the name has an “I” in it, for a standard length sign and standard letter height. Longer names may be allowed by permission of the Mohave County Sign Department. Private rights-of-way. The same as public roads when the road name sign is provided by the County. Where the sign is provided by someone other than the County, the sign may contain as many letters that will fit within the length of the road sign whose maximum length has been approved by the Mohave County Public Works Department, Road Sign Division. i. Offensive language shall not be used. Where interpretation of the road name is in question or its meaning may be suggestive or potentially offensive for any reason, it shall be rejected and another road name shall be chosen j. Directional prefixes in primary names. Directional prefixes should not be used as a primary name, either in whole or in a compound form, except in special circumstances (e.g., North St., East Road). Derivative forms of directional prefixes are permissible (e.g., Northern Ave, Southern Star Lane). k. A primary road name may be duplicated for a cul-de-sac street which is shorter than 150 feet, or a knuckle street with five (5) lots or less, as long as it has: The same primary name as the road it intersects perpendicularly, and includes the suffix of Place, Court, Bay, Hollow or Way, etc. Cul-de-sacs 150 feet or longer and knuckles with six (6) or more lots shall have unique names. l. Abbreviations and slang terms shall not be used. m. All east-west roads on section or mid-section lines shall use the suffixes of Street or Drive. Exceptions: Through road area connectors, such as highways, boulevards, thoroughfares and major arterials, and state or federal roads. n. All north-south roads on section or mid-section lines shall use the suffixes of Road or Avenue. Exceptions: As noted in m, above. o. Fractional address numbers shall not be used (e.g., 221 / Smith Street). p. No primary road name shall be duplicated in another Address System, if possible. q. Suffix Identifier. The following suffixes shall be restricted, where practical, to specific road directions or configurations. Foreign equivalent prefixes and suffixes shall be approved on an individual basis by the Addressing Technician. Avenue: Generally, a road with a north-south direction; specifically, a section or half-section road running in a north-south direction. Beltway: An arterial or highway encircling a large area, usually a city, with limited access. Boulevard: A major thoroughfare, usually with four or more lanes and having islands in the middle with turn lanes, and with a minimum length of one mile and limited access. Circle: An oval-shaped road having one intersection with a primary road and not accessing or intersecting another road. Drive: Specifically, an east-west section or mid-section line road, and generally a residential through road. Highway or Expressway: A major thoroughfare, usually limited to federal, state, and county designated roads. Interstate: A name limited to a federally designated highway. Loop: A horseshoe-shaped road having two distinct intersections with the same primary road. Parkway: A sometimes meandering road or arterial, usually a major thoroughfare collecting traffic from local and collector roads, and extending for a mile or more. Place, Court, Hollow, Way, Bay, Lane, Trail: Usually restricted to residential cul-de-sacs, small knuckles or streets less than 800 feet long. Road: Generally, at least a collector or higher classification road running in a north-south direction, specifically for section and half-section roads running in a north-south direction. Route: Ordinarily, an arterial or higher classification road. Street: Generally, a road with an east-west direction; specifically, for section and half-section roads with an east-west direction. r. Criteria and configurations for road alignment. Alignment. A road shall be considered aligned and will have one name if: The road is designated a major road, route or arterial; or, The road connects with, or has reasonable potential of connecting with, an existing road or an extension of the original line of an existing road; or, The road predominantly follows a section line, quarter-section line, or sixteenth-section line. Offset alignments. Section and mid-section line roads with less than a 330-foot centerline to centerline offset shall be considered aligned for road naming and addressing purposes, except for existing configurations.
• Yavapai County

  ROAD NAMING RULES A MINIMUM OF 6 TO 12 PROPOSED STREET NAMES IN ORDER OF APPLICANTS PREFERENCE. MAXIMUM LENGTH 17 CHARACTERS INCLUDING SPACES AND SUFFIX MUST INCLUDE A SUFFIX – SUFFIXES ARE PART OF THE ROAD NAME (RD, DR, ETC). CHANGING SUFFIXES DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A NAME CHANGE AND IS CONSIDERED A DUPLICATE. STANDARD APPROVABLE SUFFIXES ARE: AVE, BLVD, CIR, CT, DR, LN, PL, RD, ST, TRL, WAY NO PERSONAL/PROPER NAMES (UNLESS OF PROVEN HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE) NO DUPLICATE STREET NAMES- See list of names NOT to use in the New Street Name section of the Addressing Division web page (depending on your location choose either Yavapai East of Mingus Mountain or Yavapai County West of Mingus Mountain. This is not an all-inclusive list. We review the entire county for duplications and consider the location within emergency districts, 2nd word in the name, suffixes, etc. to determine if the road name is acceptable. Changing a suffix does not constitute a name change and will be considered a duplication. NO DIRECTIONALS (I.E. WESTERN RD, ETC.) AVOID DOUBLE MEANING WORDS (I.E. RAIN AND REIGN) MUST BE A DICTIONARY NAME (NO NON-SENSICAL NAMES) SPELLING MUST BE CONVENTIONAL NO CONFUSING OR OFFENSIVE NAMES NO MADE UP WORDS OR MISH MASHED WORDS PUT TOGETHER NO DIFFICULT TO SPELL OR PRONOUNCE NAMES DON’T INCLUDE A DIRECTIONAL IN YOUR ROAD NAME (NORTH OR NORTHERN, SOUTH OR SOUTHERN, EAST OR EASTERN, WEST OR WESTERN. YAVAPAI COUNTY ALREADY ASSIGNS A PRE-DIRECTIONAL TO EVERY STREET. MULTIPLE DIRECTIONALS ARE CONFUSING. NO NUMBERS (I.E. 6650 N. 3 ST, ETC) NO SINGLE LETTERS (I.E. 6650 N. B ST) NO PUNCTUATION OR HYPHENS STREET NAMING POLICY / PROCEDURES Yavapai County will accept applications to name private roadways that meet the requirements set forth in the Yavapai County Planning and Zoning Ordinance, Section 604, Street Naming and Addressing for the unincorporated areas of Yavapai County. It is the applicant’s responsibility to provide a completed street naming application consisting of the following items: 1. Sign and complete Letter of Responsibility form. Street names are to be listed in order of applicant’s preference. 2. Obtain verification from Yavapai County Public Works when an access permit is required. 3. Provide a recorded legal description or a recorded survey map describing the easement to be named. 4. Provide a simple hand drawn map or simple written directions to the property and easement in question. • Upon submittal of a complete street naming application, the Addressing Unit will have 2 weeks to review the file and complete a field check to verify the roadway (& alignment issues if any), any existing structures, and posted addresses and/or street signs. The applicant’s proposed road names will be reviewed for approval. Three names that meet the required road naming criteria will be selected in respect to the applicant’s order of preference for review from property owners and agencies. • The Addressing Unit will prepare a letter to the affected property owners asking them to review and prioritize the listed names in their preferred order. A blank line will be provided to give the property owners an opportunity to comment regarding their choice for an alternate road name. The property owners will be required to provide the following information on the form letter: parcel number, property owner name, owner’s telephone number, email if applicable, and resident name and telephone number. The property owners will have 2 weeks to review and return the letter. Staff will also send out the top 3 selected names to the emergency agencies for review. This will occur concurrently with the property owner review. • Addressing Staff will compile all survey results and process the preferred choice. In the event of a tie, the Addressing Unit will defer to the applicant’s preferred order. The Addressing Office will send out a notification to all property owners of the newly adopted street name. The notice will place the street name into effect fifteen (15) days from the date of the letter. • Upon the road name becoming official, the Addressing Unit will notify all agencies with a map of the location of the new road name and any addresses that have been assigned or changed due to the naming of the easement. Property owners will receive a notice stating their new or changed address and a copy of the notification sent to the agencies. • Street signs are required to be purchased and installed within 60 days of the official naming. The applicant will receive a copy of the sign standards and a copy of the Letter of Responsibility they signed and submitted. The section assigning responsibility to the applicant for providing and installing the street signage and their signature will be highlighted. • Yavapai County Public Works or Development Services will perform an inspection to ensure proper installation of the sign. If the sign hasn’t been installed properly, the Addressing Unit will send a 2nd notice to the applicant requiring the sign be installed within 30 days. Another inspection will be completed. If the applicant is still not in compliance, the file will be turned over to the Land Use Unit for a violation process to begin. STREET NAME CHANGE PROCESS: 1. Filing: Yavapai County will only review and consider roadway name changes for the purposes of public safety, health, and welfare. Any person may initiate hearings to name or change the name of a public or private roadway within Yavapai County by filing a petition with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, or the Clerk’s designee. This filing shall include a fee as adopted by the Board. The petition shall contain the signatures of at least fifty-one (51%) of the property owners adjacent to the roadway. The following items shall accompany the petition and fee: a. A complete list containing all the names and addresses of adjacent property owners, service, and emergency organizations (i.e., fire, police, post office, etc.) regardless of whether those persons or organizations signed the petition to the best of the petitioner’s knowledge. b. A letter stating the reasons why the street name change is needed. (i.e., eliminate duplicate name, help improve emergency services to the area, how the request conforms to subsection G.1.a through G.1.f of this Section, etc.) c. A map giving the location of the road that is the subject of the petition. d. The street’s current Old name and proposed new name. e. Recorded legal description or survey map of the road proposed to be changed in its entirety. Forms for this process are available from the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and the Development Services Department. The completed packed may be submitted electronically to Yavapai County Development Services with above mentioned items included. 1. Hearing / Consent Approval: Upon receipt of a petition for a road name change, a date shall be set for the Board of Supervisors to consider the street name change request, allowing adequate notice to the public. Notice of the hearing shall be sent by first-class mail to all adjacent property owners at least two (2) weeks prior to the hearing date by Development Services staff. In addition, notice of the hearing shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the area to be affected of the proposed road name change, at least one (1) week prior to the hearing. Notices of the hearing shall be posted by Development Services staff at the beginning and the end of subject roadway and at intersections. At the hearing, the Board of Supervisors may grant the request by Resolution, deny the request, or hold the matter until a stated time and date for further consideration. If no letters of opposition are received, the item may be placed as a consent item on the agenda. 2. Protests: Any person may appear to protest the requested road name change at the hearing or submit written protests at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the hearing. Once a petition for road name change has been submitted, any person signing the petition may protest the action, but no signature(s) may be withdrawn. 3. Board of Supervisors Initiated Changes: The Board of Supervisors and/or the Addressing Official may initiate a roadway name change without a petition and may waive any fee requirements or other portions of this process. 4. Roadway Name Map: When road name changes are adopted by the Board, they will automatically become part of the official road name map, which may be a singular document or combination of several maps using existing adopted zoning maps and address maps. 5. Effective Date: A road name change shall become effective upon recordation of the Board Resolution, which shall be thirty (30) days after the date of Board approval unless a longer term is designated by the Board. 6. Street Name Signage: a. Upon adoption of a private street name, the street name petitioner shall be responsible for placing street name sign(s) at the intersection(s) where the Addressing official or designee designates along this roadway within thirty (30) days of the roadway being officially names. The street name sign shall be constructed and installed in accordance with this Section. b. Private streets names prior to this amendment shall be signed by the property owners/residents adjacent to the referenced street in accordance with this Section. c. Private roadways renamed pursuant to this section shall be signed by the party that initiated the street name change.
• Alma
• Allen
• Alexander
• Alden
• Albert
• Agra
• Agenda
• Admire
• Abilene
• Abbyville
• Yuma
• Youngtown
• Winslow
• Winkelman
• Williams
• Willcox
• Wickenburg
• Wellton
• Tusayan
• Tucson
• Tombstone
• Tolleson