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objectid
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ontario_hamilton
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format
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record
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Settlement Name
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Hamilton
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Province, Territory, or State
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Ontario
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Has Policy?
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Yes
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Policy
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In the approval of street names, these Hamilton City Council policies shall be adhered to:
The City of Hamilton reserves its right to rename any street, including duplicate street names, in the interest of public safety
The selection of a street name should generally be in reference to people, groups, places, events and things related to the area, the City and its citizens, including, but not limited to, native flora, fauna and geographical features
The owner, developer or applicant shall give consideration to names of locally important families, war veterans, local heroes or historical places or events of significance
Names of living persons or companies used for the purpose of advertising shall not be permitted, unless by exception approved by City Council
In the case that an owner, developer or applicant, after all other considerations, requires a street be named after his/herself or in the essence or derivative of a corporate name; it should be known that any street for these purposes cannot intersect another property owner’s lands or have frontage on municipally owned property
There shall be no use of awkward, corrupt, discriminatory or derogatory names, in regard to race, sex, colour, creed, political affiliation or other social factors
The Street Naming Policies and Guidelines and Procedures shall apply to both public and private roadways, condominium roadways, where names are deemed necessary by the director of development and real estate
City Council shall approve names on all new collector and arterial roadways, which names shall appear on the draft plan of subdivision submitted to City Council for consideration
The City shall not be responsible or liable for any costs of the owner associated with street name changes
GUIDELINES
New street names shall follow:
That there shall be no re-use of former or discontinued street names
New names must not be identical or similar sounding to any existing street name within the city of Hamilton
Names suggested must not have more than two words with use of no special characters, such as hyphens, apostrophes or dashes
Street extensions should continue with existing street names
No new streets shall be begin with the use of “Old” and “New” as a base name
No use of abbreviations, suffixes, numbers or a single letter of the alphabet as a base name in the naming of streets
No use of names with numbers or words difficult to pronounce and spell
Substantiation is required, (historical or personal significance) if there is any, such as the person’s last name
Suggested street names are kept on a list for future use, if needed. These names are to be pre-approved by the City
All pre-approved, held and reserved street names that were specifically submitted by the former municipalities should be used exclusively within that municipality
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Place Name Tools
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Street Name Request Form: https://www.hamilton.ca/sites/default/files/2023-01/pedapplications-street-name-request-form-fillable-jan2023.pdf
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Policy Score
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83
