§ 745.106. Registry of names of private streets.

(a)

The Planning and Development Department shall establish and maintain, in conjunction with the files of public street names, a registry of names of private streets in the City. No person shall designate, by posted sign or otherwise, a name for an unnamed private street or change the designation of a named private street without first registering the name in the registry established by the Planning and Development Department.

(b)

No private street shall be designated by a name which is the same as, or similar to the existing name of a public or private street or inconsistent with the Policy. The Planning and Development Department shall refuse to register a private street name which violates this subsection. In addition to other criteria in the Policy, a proposed street name is deemed to be the same or similar to an existing street name if the proposed street name has the same name as an existing street, even if their suffix designations are different, or if the proposed street name sounds similar to the name of an existing street, even if their spellings are different.

(c)

Where two or more dwelling units or business related buildings exist, or are proposed to be constructed along a roadway, right-of-way or easement, including private roadways and easements, and including where such dwelling units or business related buildings are proposed to be located on a lot of record (as defined in Section 656.704, Ordinance Code), such roadway, right-of-way or easement must be named and a street name sign placed at the intersection of such right-of-way or easement indicating such name prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy for such additional dwelling units or business related buildings.

(d)

On private roadways and easements where street name signs are required hereunder, the property owner requesting a new address assignment along such private roadway or easement shall be responsible for the cost to the City for erecting the street name signs. Property owners may request, through the Planning and Development Department, that the City erect the sign. In such case, the property owner(s) of the property where the sign is to be erected must grant the City a perpetual easement to access the private property for the express reason of erecting or maintaining the sign. The person requesting the street name sign or proposing to construct a new dwelling unit or other structure which triggers the necessity for a street sign hereunder shall pay to the Tax Collector the fee associated with the erection of such sign as set forth in Section 123.102(b)(3)(x) and shall provide proof of payment to the Planning and Development Department in order to have an address assignment for new construction or to initiate the process for erection of the street name sign.

(e)

It shall be a class D offense for a person to designate, by posted sign or otherwise, a name for a private street which violates this Section.

(Ord. 2002-992-E, § 2; Ord. 2003-620-E, § 2; Ord. 2006-309-E, § 2; Ord. 2009-202-E, § 1)

Note— Former § 7-107. See editor's note, § 745.104.