<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 34-26. - New road names.</div>
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               (a)
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               No new public or private roads shall be named without review and recommendation of
               the program administrator, the county planning board and approval of the county board
               of commissioners.
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               (b)
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               The name of any new road, whether it is public or private, shall not duplicate or
               be phonetically similar to any other road name already named by this article or by
               any subsequent ordinances, amendments thereto or within a municipality located in
               the county, irrespective of the use of a suffix such as street, drive, place, court,
               etc. This subsection shall not apply to the extension of existing roads, which should
               whenever possible be given the same name.
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               (c)
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               New subdivision roads, whether public or private, shall be named when created through
               the subdivision process in accordance with those procedures outlined in the county
               subdivision ordinance (article IV, section A-403, A-405.9a, A-405.9b) set forth in
               appendix A to this Code.
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               (d)
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               Private roads, which require naming to facilitate postal delivery and emergency response,
               shall be recognized by the county at the request of the citizens owning property adjacent
               to the road. Such a road must serve at least four households. Those people who live
               on roads that do not serve at least four households will be addressed off the public
               road from which it intersects. The name of the private road shall be commonly known
               to the community. The county will adopt the name preferred by at least 75 percent
               of the property owners on the road.
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               (Code 1984, Â§ 11-23; Ord. of 2-1-1999)
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