Subdivision Regulations

ARTICLE 29-29       REGULATIONS OF STREET NAMES

Section 29-29-1       Official Map of the Town of Thatcher

1. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall prepare an official map indicating the assigned names and numbers for all streets within the incorporated area of the Town of Thatcher.

   1. After this official map has been approved by the Council it shall constitute the official plan of street names and numbers in the Town of Thatcher.

   2. The map may be divided into units for convenience, each separately identified as a portion of the official plan of street names and numbers.
   

2. The Office of Planning and Zoning shall keep a record of the names of all streets within the corporate limits of the Town of Thatcher.

   1. When new street names or numbers are proposed by any person or department, the proposed name shall be referred to the Office of Planning and Zoning to be checked for duplication, spelling and conformity.

   2. Duplication of street names shall not be permitted within the corporate limits unless the proposed name is in alignment and a continuation or a projection of an existing named street.

   3. Different names shall not be approved for a proposed street within the corporate limits if that street is in effect a continuation of an existing street, or if it could be related in any way to the alignment of an existing street.

   4. Names with similar spelling, pronunciation or meaning may be construed as a duplication.

Section 29-29-2       Procedure to Establish or Modify a Street Name

1. To establish a street name or modify an existing street name if shall require at least one (1) public hearing held by the Planning and Zoning Commission and one (1) held by the Council.
   

2. A street name shall be established through public hearings or by recording Subdivision plats.
   

3. A public hearing may be requested by the Council, or the Commission may on its own initiative set a public hearing.  The Commission shall prepare a complete report for the public hearing regarding the background, significance of the name and all other factors available regarding street names.

4. A public hearing may be required in cases where street names have been given without regard to order, conformity, or in cases where property numbers are to be given.

Section 29-29-3       Designation of Street Names

1. All continuing public streets shall be called:  Avenue, Boulevard, Drive, Highway, Parkway, Road, or Street.
   

2. A loop street may be known as a Circle or Loop, however, such naming is not mandatory, but no other thoroughfare which connects two (2) other streets shall use this designation.
   

3. A short connecting street that is less than three hundred feet (300') in length that ties two (2) streets together by forming a "T" intersection, but does not continue directly across these streets, shall be known as "Way", and shall be named the same name as one (1) of the two (2) streets if connects.  A connecting street that is longer than three hundred feet (300') may have a separate name or it may also be called "Way".
   

4. A cul-de-sac street that extends to a property line as a convenience for further development may be treated as though it were a through street.
   

5. A long cul-de-sac street which is more than three hundred feet (300') may have a separate name from the street of its origin as long as it is not in conflict with existing names, but it cannot use a designation reserved for through streets.
   

6. A short cul-de-sac street that is less than three hundred feet (300') shall have the same name as the street from which it is served.  It shall be known as Place, Bay, Lane, Court, or Circle.  Separate cul-de-sacs of the same street may use the same name with different compass designations as part of the name if the design of the plat so dictates.
   

7. When more cul-de-sac streets are developed on any given street than there are designations available, special naming may be employed if it is first approved by the Commission.
   

8. When necessary, compass designations may be added to sections or segments of existing or future streets where such an addition would be desirable to eliminate conflict or duplication of house numbers, or where it is desirable to identify portions of any street which has variable directions, is rather extensive in length or is part of an overall numbering system.
   

9. A dedicated pedestrian way or easement if named shall be called "Path" or "Walk".