Settlement Name

Prescott

Province, Territory, or State

Arizona

Country

USA

Has Policy?

Yes

Policy

Uses policy of 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.