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APPENDIX A <br />Suggested Road Naming Guidelines <br />Lane County, Oregon <br />Recently, many new road names became problematic for address and road name users. <br />Developers have proposed road names that are identical or too similar to existing road names in <br />Lane County. There have also been problems with road names containing road types, <br />alpha/numeric, etc. This results in difficulties for many public agencies, private companies, the <br />U.S. Postal Service, E9-1-1, residents, and the public at large. <br />Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) facilitated a meeting with local governments and the U.S. <br />Postal Service to create guidelines to accommodate the needs of Planners, Addressing, Public <br />Safety, and U.S. Postal Service staff when reviewing new road names and proposed road name <br />changes. The guidelines apply to both public and private road names. <br />Generally, each jurisdiction involved in reviewing subdivision plats and proposed road name <br />changes already has an existing review process. In addition to these existing review processes, <br />it was concluded that it would be beneficial to have the U.S. Postal Service, E9-1-1, and LCOG <br />review proposed road names. In an effort to reduce the amount of paper involved with this <br />additional step, correspondence will be sent via e-mail. An e-mail group list has been created <br />and can be found on the RIS network as *LCOG Roadnames. Another benefit of the group list <br />is that it may help prohibit identical or too similar road names from being approved by two <br />different entities simultaneously. Those who send proposed road names to the e-mail group list <br />should give reply deadlines. Recipients should reply that the proposed road name is acceptable <br />or unacceptable before the deadline. <br />Guidelines: <br />These guidelines do not conflict with any existing regulations within Lane County. Road names <br />can be checked by using www.rlid.org. This site contains all road names within Lane County <br />where building permits have been issued. <br />Do not accept: <br />* <br /> Road names without a valid road type; <br /> Road names with post-directionals (ex: Woodlake Way South); <br /> Road names with pre-directionals contained within the road name field (instead of in <br />the pre-direction field). Pre-directionals that are attached to another word in the road <br />name (no space between words) are acceptable (ex: South Ridge Dr is not <br />acceptable, Southridge Dr acceptable); <br /> Road names with punctuation (ex: St. Ives Pl, Be-ell Pl, or Hooton’s Corners Rd); <br /> Road names with potentially confusing foreign names (ex: Soufreiere Ct); <br /> Road names that are alpha/numeric (ex: Bonners Lane 1); <br /> Road names that sound like existing road names (ex: Cortland/Portland); <br /> Road names that contain more than 20 characters (ex: Goodpasture Lakes Loop <br />Rd); <br />* <br /> Road names that contain a road type within the road name (ex: Woodway Pl); <br /> Road names that contain a sound-alike of a road type within the road name (ex: <br />Brenelain Ave);* <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />