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Settlement Name

Petawawa

Province, Territory, or State

Ontario

Country

Canada

Has Policy?

Yes

Policy

PURPOSE

To provide guidelines and process for the naming of any place or building that is, or is likely to be, of public or historical interest and shall include all streets, physical features and parks and buildings, owned & controlled by the Town of Petawawa.

RATIONALE

Geographical names are indicative of our history, our culture, of what we deem important, as well as the people and places that have had an impact on us. Poorly chosen

names cause inconveniences to residents, visitors and commercial and emergency personnel. In most cases, names are permanent features on the landscape.

GUIDELINES TO CONSIDER WHEN PROPOSING/CHOOSING NAMES

It is up to the applicant, who makes the reguest for a name change, to ensure that the proposed name(s) meets with local approval.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Priority is given to names well established in local use. If there is no current name for a feature, then if an historical one can be found, then that name will be chosen. If there is neither a current nor historical name, then a descriptive name will be considered.

Preferred sources of new names (i.e. where no local names are in use) are:

appropriate descriptive words; or

names of pioneers, explorers and historical events connected with the arca; or names from Native languages identified with the general area

Names

Must not duplicate (or likely to be confused with) existing names within the Town or nearby areas

Should be casy to pronounce, spell and write

Should not be offensive, when judged against community standards, including those of culturally diverse communities Must be appropriate to the locallity Should be euphonious and in good tasteApproved in a single language form in the Roman alphabet

Names of living persons or current organizations may nor he used, except for Service Clubs.

Names of deceased persons may be used only where the person: has had a direct and long term association with the locality; and is recognized by the general public, as having made an outstanding contribution either to the community, the province or the country has been deccased for at least five years

PROCEDURE AND PROCESSES FOR ASSIGNING NAMES

NAMING / RENAMING EXISTING STREETS1. Requests for naming existing unnamed streets must be made in writing to the Town.

2. A public consultation will take place. Proposals will be advertised for four weeks before being discussed at a public meeting of Council.

3. By-law 38/98, which establishes a Civic Addressing Policy, along with this policy shall be followed. In the event of a conflict in policy the 911 policy shall prevail.

Policy Score

44