Siskiyou County Municipal Code Ch. 9 Road Names

This chapter establishes a procedure for naming roads in the County.

(§ I, Ord. 1044, eff. August 27, 1981)

For the purposes of this chapter, "road" shall mean any road, highway, street, avenue, boulevard, easement, or right-of-way, either public or private, used for vehicular traffic.

(§ I, Ord. 1044, eff. August 27, 1981)

The Planning Department shall be the body having the responsibility for and the authority to provide names for roads within the County.

(§ I, Ord. 1044, eff. August 27, 1981)

(a) Prior to the submission of tentative maps, the proposed road names shall be submitted to the Planning Department for review. The Planning Department shall determine the suitability of the submitted names as set forth in Section 10-9.05 of this chapter.

(b) When an unnamed road is brought to the attention of the Planning Department, the staff shall contact the property owners residing on such road for possible names. If there is no response to the staff s request for a name within a reasonable length of time, the staff shall propose a name.

(c) Petitions to change road names may be initiated at any time by County staff or the Board. Petitions to change road names may be submitted by a resident property owner, accompanied by a fee set by the Board.

(d) Upon the receipt of a road name change petition and upon a determination by the Board that a road name change is appropriate, the Board shall adopt a resolution of intention to change a road name, set a date for public hearing, and authorize the Department of Public Works to provide notice in accordance with law.

(e) After the public hearing the Board may adopt by resolution the proposed road name. Upon the adoption of the resolution, the designated road name shall immediately and henceforth be the official name of such road.

(§ I, Ord. 1044, eff. August 27, 1981, as amended by § XIII, Ord. 97-21, eff. August 7, 1997)

(a) Road names shall be chosen in such a manner as to eliminate confusion.

(b) When possible, the name chosen for an existing road should reflect a consensus reached by the resident property owners.

(c) Duplicate or similar sounding road names shall not be used in the same area.

(d) A road shall have no more than one name while it follows a continuous alignment.

(e) A road shall not bear a name in conflict with its destination.

(§ I, Ord. 1044, eff. August 27, 1981)