Resolution 10037CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 10037
APPROVING AND ADOPTING
A CITY OF ALAMEDA STREET NAMING POLICY
WHEREAS, the Planning Board of the City of Alameda has
adopted a Street Naming Policy for evaluating street name proposals
and has submitted said Policy to this Council for consideration;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ALAMEDA that the "City of Alameda Street Naming Policy,"
recommended by the Planning Board and attached hereto as Exhibit
"A", is hereby adopted as an official City policy.
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CITY OF ALAMEDA
STREET NAME POLICY
A. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.
1. Priority shall be given to utilizing street names which represent
persons, places or events associated with the historical development
of .the City of Alameda.
2. Where feasible and appropriate, historic street names shall be chosen
which,directly relate to that portion of the City in which the street
to be named is located.
3. Consistency in naming shall be maintained within a Subdivision Tract,
Planned Development, or other development or geographic area where
street name themes currently exist, are planned or are discernible.
4. Street names shall remain the same across intersecting streets.
5. The use of the same name but different suffices for adjacent streets
shall be avoided, with the exception of a small court or cul -de -sac
adjacent to a main road. For example, Brighton Court off Brighton
Road.
6. A street name should not intersect another street name at more than
one location. The use of circle or loop as a suffix is not encouraged
except under - limited, specific design situations.
7. Similarly spelled or pronounced street names shall be avoided within
the City.
_8_ The number of letters in the street name, including suffix, shall be
compatible with the physical limitations of street name signs used
in the City.
B. SUFFIX DESIGNATION.
1. In general, street names should include a suffix, such as those follow-
ing, to clearly indicate that it is part of the vehicular circulation
system and to minimize the possibility of confusion with development or
project place names. Names lacking such suffices or ending in such
words as Harbor, Isle, Point are not encouraged, except to retaih the
continuity of established naming schemes. Such names, those utilizing
terms from other languages such as Embarcadero, Camino and Via, and
other non - typical names shall be considered individually for app»o-
priateness, merit, and general conformance to this policy.
EXHIBIT "A"
2. Cul -de -sac or short dead -end streets.
a. Court
b. Place
c. Terrace
d. Square
3. Short connecting streets generally less than 1,000 feet in length.
a. Lane
4. Curvilinear streets, generally through or connecting and of higher
capacity.
a. Drive
b. Way
c. Parkway
d. Boulevard
5. Streets running diagonally to an established grid system.
a. Road
b. Way
6. Generally north - south grid streets.
a. Street
7. Generally east -west grid streets.
a. Avenue
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 3rd of May, 1983,
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Diament, Gorman, $herratt, Stone and President Corica -
NOES: None.
ABSENT:None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hang and affixed the
official seal of said City this 4th of May, 1983.
Deputy .51i ty Clerk of the City of Alameda