Settlement Name

Colorado City

Province, Territory, or State

Arizona

Country

USA

Has Policy?

Yes

Policy

Uses the policy of 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.

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.