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A. The purpose of the street naming procedure is to provide a mechanism by which previously dedicated streets may be named or renamed with the approval of the Platting Board.

B. Street names shall neither duplicate nor be subject to confusion with the spelling or the pronunciation of any existing street name in the Borough.

1. For the purpose of this chapter, a different tag name (Avenue, Court, etc.) or directional (North, East, etc.) shall not be sufficient to avoid a duplicate name.

2. When named streets have been vacated, the name may not be reused for three years from date of vacation.

C. All new and renamed streets (public thoroughfares and other public ways) shall be given tag names as follows:

1. All generally coursing east-west thoroughfares shall be designated “Avenue.”

2. All generally coursing north-south thoroughfares shall be designated “Street.”

3. All major state-maintained primary system thoroughfares shall be designated “Highway.”

4. Thoroughfares which follow a curving course, thus making multiple directional changes, shall be designated “Drive” or “Road.”

5. Thoroughfares branching off another thoroughfare and returning to that same thoroughfare shall be designated “Circle” or “Loop.”

6. Roadways terminating in a cul-de-sac and with low probability of future extension shall be designated “Court.”

7. Private easements or travelways recognized for numbering purposes shall be designated “Lane.”

D. Nothing in this section should be construed so as to prevent the Platting Board from consideration of other tag names for unique or historical purposes.

E. An existing road name shall be continued when the new road extends the alignment of an existing road. (Ord. 2005-10 § 2, 2005. 2004 Code § 17.40.050.)