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<br />.,. '.. <br />I i <br />, <br />I I <br />I : <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 85-8 <br /> <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />COUNTY or RAMSEY <br />CITY OF NHJ BRIGHTON <br /> <br />i~ESOLUTION ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR NAMING CITY STREETS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in the course of the development of land within the City of New <br />Brighton new City streets are platted and dedicated for public use; and <br /> <br />I WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of New Brighton desires to have <br />public streets numbered and named in a logical, sequential manner to ensure <br />!~asy and efficient location of all properties for delivery of goods and ser- <br />~ices and emergency purposes; <br />Ii <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of New <br />Brighton that the fallowing procedures for naming new public streets are <br />'~ereby adopted: <br /> <br />A. The names and/or numbering of all new City streets shall be assigned <br />bY the City Engineer and reviewed by the Police, Fire, and Community Develop- <br />ment Departments. New street names shall be designated on the final subdivi- <br />$ion plat. <br /> <br />:1 <br /> <br />B. Nothing in this resolution shall be construed to require the renaming <br />,of existing streets. <br />.1 <br /> <br />C. Generally, unless otherwise provided for by the City Council. streets <br />thall be named according to the following criteria: <br /> <br />1. Strf'ets shall be numerically named with County Road "E" being the <br />jbaseline. The first street north of County Road "E" shall be 2nd Street North <br />(east/west) and the first street south shall be 1st Street South (east/west). <br />Streets shall generally be at a 660 foot grid spacing. <br /> <br />2. Avenues shall also be numerically named. Cleveland Avenue shall <br />I.be the baseline with the first avenue west being 2nd Avenue (north/south) West <br />and the first avenue east being 1st Avenue (north/south) East. Avenues shall <br />yenerally be at a :.no foot grid spacing. <br /> <br />3. A meandering roadway which does not qualify as a street or avenue <br />'shall be designatrd ilS a drive, lane, or circle and named after adjacent land- <br />:marks whenever possihle, such as Pike Lake Circle. ~Iindsor Drive. etc. Gener- <br />i'ally a "drive" shall be predominately east/west in direction or having an <br />!ieast/west entrance off a main road. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />6, "Cul-de-sacs" which fall on the numerical grid shall be numbered I <br />as continuations of streets or avenues. Cul-de-sacs which are a continuation ! <br />i;of a drive or lane shall bear the drive or lane name. Short cul-de-sacs which <br />'do not practically fall on the numerical grid shall be designated "courts" and <br />,beat' thl~ name of the roadway from which they branch off, such as Driftwood <br />Court. <br /> <br />; 4. A "lane" shall be the opposite of a drive, having a north/south <br />':orientation or north/south entrance off a main road. <br /> <br />5. A "circle" shall be used to designate a meandering road\'Jay which <br />'iloops around and terminates on the sallie road from which it enters. <br /> <br />7. No street shall have the same name or number with an extension. <br />"such as "A" or "\i." <br />i ' <br /> <br />..D.- The City Council may approve names which do not follow the above <br />;criteria._ . <br /> <br />;-!Ad(){Jted --ih; S ~!!l-_ day of <br /> <br />January <br /> <br />, 1985. <br /> <br /> <br />Cl erk <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />! <br />[, , <br />,.> <br />I <br />! <br /> <br />,~ <br /> <br />( S ~~,L ). <br />