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Title 17D
Chapter 17D.050A
Section 17D.050A.050
 

Title 17D City-wide Standards

Chapter 17D.050A Roadway Naming and Addressing

Section 17D.050A.050 Roadways to Which Naming Requirements Apply

  1. New or unnamed existing roadways providing access to four (4) or more addressable parcels, structures, or units shall be named.

  2. Existing roadways for which renaming has been authorized by the City to promote the purpose of this chapter shall be renamed as provided for in the City Charter and the Spokane Municipal Code.

  3. Preapproved road names shall be identified on plat documents at the time of Final Plat submittal.

  4. Only traveled ways that qualify as roadways may be named; except that alleys in the downtown zones may be named.

  5. All roadways shall be named regardless of whether the ownership is public or private. Without limitation, this includes all roadways that are created within plats, short plats, binding site plans, PUDs and manufactured/mobile home parks.

  6. Driveways, access to parking areas and other traveled surfaces that are not considered roadways may not be named, but may have directions identified with the following method:

    1. Arrow signs indicating building or address ranges within an apartment complex or campus may be placed at the entrances and along the non-roadway traveled ways to locate the buildings.

Date Passed: Monday, November 14, 2016

Effective Date: Thursday, December 22, 2016

ORD C35452 Section 2