A. Street names must be pleasant sounding and grammatically correct.

B. Street names must be easy to spell, pronounce and read so the public, especially children, can say the name correctly in an emergency.

C. Street names must include an appropriate classification such as “street,” “way,” “lane,” etc., to be determined by the community development department.

D. Streets must not be named after a living person, except they may be named after a family prominent in local history as recognized in the Historic Name Registry even if family members are alive.

E. Streets in the 911 emergency-response area must not have duplicate or similar sounding names.

F. Street names must have fewer than fifteen characters, including letters, punctuation and spaces, but not including the street classification.

G. A continuous street, or one proposed to be continuous, must have the same name throughout its length.

H. Two street segments that don’t form a continuous street, and aren’t proposed to form one, must have different names.

I. Preference shall be given to street names that are associated with significant names recognized in the Historic Name Registry as maintained by the city community development department; the registry will recognize periods of historic significance consistent with the historic context statement and recognize significant names, flora, fauna or events that are unique to the community.

J. Where several street names are to be designated, such as within a new subdivision, the street names should be thematically organized and related to the local area of the subdivision. (Ord. 1600 § 3, 2014: Ord. 919 § 1 (part), 1982: prior code § 9959)