HomeMy WebLinkAbout2545 Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 2545
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A POLICY ON NAMING
STREETS IN THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON.
WHEREAS, the identification of streets by name plays an important
function in maintaining the safety and welfare of the public; and,
WHEREAS, the principle function of street names is to enable residents,
delivery services and public safety personnel to conveniently locate properties
within the City; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a public workshop and
public hearing to review the need for a uniform and improved method of naming
street within the City of Pasco; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the Planning Commission's
recommendations for establishing proper identification of streets; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that to avoid confusion, to
develop consistency in the naming of streets and to support the general welfare of
the community it is necessary to establish a street naming policy; NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO:
Section 1. That a street naming policy is hereby established for the City of
Pasco to include the following requirements:
A) Choice of Names.
i) Large developments shall use a single category for street
names while small subdivisions should use the same
category as adjacent developments to help establish a
locational identity.
ii) There shall be no duplication of street names. Similar
sounding names are considered to be a duplication
regardless of spelling. (For example Beach and Peach.)
iii) Continuous streets, or a street proposed to be continuous,
shall carry the same name throughout. If there is an
interruption and there is no probability of eventual
connection the interrupted segments may bear different
names. Numbered arterials or collectors interrupted by an
irrigation canal, highway or other feature shall carry the
same name on either side of the interruption.
iv) No separate name shall be used for a cul-de-sac that
provides frontage for 3 or fewer lots.
B) Designation of Suffixes.
i) Avenue: Used for continuous north south streets.
ii) Street: Used for continuous east west streets.
iii} Court: Used for cul-de-sacs with more than 3 lots.
iv) Place: Used for a street parallel a number Avenue where
numbering is out of sequence.
V) Circle: Used for streets that return to themselves.
vi) Loop: Used for streets that begin and end on the same
street or for streets that connect to two intersecting
perpendicular streets.
vii} Drive: Used for local streets of any length primarily in
residential subdivisions.
viii) Boulevard: Used for arterials that incorporate significant
landscape features in the public right-of-way.
ix) Parkway: Used for arterials that incorporate significant
landscape features in the public right-of-way.
x) Way: Used for Streets in industrial zones.
xi) Lane: Used for local streets with lengths of generally less
than 800 feet.
C) Annexation of County Roads.
i) The suffix Road shall remain with roads that are annexed
to the City until such time as the entire length of the road
is within the City. At that time the suffix shall be changed
to avenue or street pursuant to B above.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Pasco this 5' day of September,
2000.
Micheal LIG:�s o�n, a
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FROM:
Catherine D. Seaman, Deputy City Clerk Leland B. Kerr, City Attorney