HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0561 (2)i) Use ofinitials,
ii) Use of numbers either ordinal or written,
iii) Use of suffixes as primary road name,
iv) Sound alike and deceptively similar names,
V) Use of special characters such as hyphens, apostrophes, or dashes,
vi) Old English spellings,
vii) Vanity names.
H) Permitted Prefixes and Suffixes
The following is a list of approved suffixes and acceptable abbreviations. No
approved suffix shall be allowed within the street name.
Name
Avenue
2 Letter Abbreviation
314 Letter Abbreviation
Boulevard
AV
(municipal only)
AVE
Circle
BL
(municipal use only)
BLVD
Court
CR
CT
CIR
Drive
DR
Highway
HW
HWY
Lane
LN
Loop
LP
Parkway
PK
(municipal use only)
PKy
Place
PL
(subdivision use only)
Road
RD
Street
ST
(municipal use only)
Trail
TR
(residential applications
only)
Way
WY
(subdivision use only)
Sec. 11-33 Responsibility for Naming Roads and Installing Signs
A) Subdividers or other dedicators of public roads shall reimburse the County for
the expense to make and to install signs at the intersections of all streets
within their subdivision or property. Any petition submitted to name a private
road shall include a reimbursement to the County to make and to install the
road sign. The amount of the reimbursements shall be as shown in the official
Iredell County fee schedule.
B) Road name changes initiated by petition shall be subject to a fee as described
in the fee schedule, as well as the cost of all new signs associated with the
change.
Sec. 11-34 Road Name Signs and Standards
A) Road signs and standards shall meet NC DOT requirements.
B) In residential districts at least one (1) road name sign shall be mounted at each
intersection.
C) Road name signs shall be placed at least two (2) feet behind the face of a curb
with a minimum clearance of seven (7) feet from the bottom of the sign to the
projected edge of pavement. If there is no curb and gutter, the signs shall be
placed behind the ditch line, out of the maintenance area. The lateral
clearance from the road's edge should be six (G) feet.
D) Signs shall be located to optimize nighttime visibility.
E) Signs shall be set in the center of the turning radius in such a way as to be
visible from both intersecting roads.
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