Street Name Check
A street naming guidelines document can be downloaded by clicking on the following link: Street Naming Guide
To add a street name or names to be checked, please enter the requested information below, then click the Check Proposed Street Names.
To add a street name or names to be checked, please enter the requested information below, then click the Check Proposed Street Names.
A full street name is typically composed of up to 4 parts: a directional prefix, base street name, street type (or suffix), and a directional suffix. Only the base street name and street type are required. As an example, consider the street name N Shepherd Drive. In this name, the "N" is the directional prefix, the "Shepherd" is the base street name, and the "Drive" is the street type. It is also possible that a directional suffix might fall after the street type.
In order to facilitate the best possible emergency response, no new street name can duplicate an existing street name that is already found in our City Address Point or Roads data, or a street that has been reserved by plat applicant. In addition, it is important that the base street name not contain any of the approved street types (often also called suffixes). It is also important that no proposed street name sound too much like an existing street name. This is a research tool only. Your research will not reserve any name. Only a plat approval will reserve names.
The City is providing a tool to help plat applicants conduct street name research. This tool will check a proposed street name or set of street names against all existing street names found in the City's Address Point and Roads data. Specifically, this tool performs the following four tests:
* Do any of the words in the proposed base street name match one of the allowed street types (suffixes)? If so, the proposed
name will be rated as a "Fail". Otherwise, it will be rated a "Pass".
* Does the last portion of the last word of the proposed base street name match one of the allowed street types (suffixes)? If so,
the proposed name will be rated as a "Fail". Otherwise, it will be rated a "Pass".
* Does the proposed street name duplicate any existing street name in the city's data? If so, the proposed name will be rated as a "Fail". Otherwise, it will be rated a "Pass". Does the proposed street name have any close sound-alikes relative to existing street names in the city's data? If so, the proposed name will be rated as a "Possible Fail Subject to Later Planner Review". Otherwise, it will be rated a "Pass".
The proposed name must pass each of the first 3 tests. In addition, if any sound-alikes identified are too close to the proposed street name (when said aloud), the Check-In planner will likely reject that name. That is why this test returns a Probably Fail response. The applicant might be best advised to come up with a different name rather than to try to submit a sound-alike name. It is suggested that a checked street name PDF be submitted with the initial Plat Tracker submission.
In order to facilitate the best possible emergency response, no new street name can duplicate an existing street name that is already found in our City Address Point or Roads data, or a street that has been reserved by plat applicant. In addition, it is important that the base street name not contain any of the approved street types (often also called suffixes). It is also important that no proposed street name sound too much like an existing street name. This is a research tool only. Your research will not reserve any name. Only a plat approval will reserve names.
The City is providing a tool to help plat applicants conduct street name research. This tool will check a proposed street name or set of street names against all existing street names found in the City's Address Point and Roads data. Specifically, this tool performs the following four tests:
* Do any of the words in the proposed base street name match one of the allowed street types (suffixes)? If so, the proposed
name will be rated as a "Fail". Otherwise, it will be rated a "Pass".
* Does the last portion of the last word of the proposed base street name match one of the allowed street types (suffixes)? If so,
the proposed name will be rated as a "Fail". Otherwise, it will be rated a "Pass".
* Does the proposed street name duplicate any existing street name in the city's data? If so, the proposed name will be rated as a "Fail". Otherwise, it will be rated a "Pass". Does the proposed street name have any close sound-alikes relative to existing street names in the city's data? If so, the proposed name will be rated as a "Possible Fail Subject to Later Planner Review". Otherwise, it will be rated a "Pass".
The proposed name must pass each of the first 3 tests. In addition, if any sound-alikes identified are too close to the proposed street name (when said aloud), the Check-In planner will likely reject that name. That is why this test returns a Probably Fail response. The applicant might be best advised to come up with a different name rather than to try to submit a sound-alike name. It is suggested that a checked street name PDF be submitted with the initial Plat Tracker submission.