§ 65.537. General Requirements.

(a)

Purpose. The City of Orlando hereby establishes uniform guidelines to govern the naming of public and private streets in order to avoid potential conflicting names or confusion, promote the public welfare and general convenience of the community, provide a comprehensible street naming convention, and eliminate duplicate, offensive or confusing street names.

(b)

Naming Conventions. The following naming conventions shall be utilized in the naming, or renaming, of streets within the City of Orlando:

1.

A street continuing for some length in one general alignment shall have only one name; a new street which is an extension of or in alignment with an existing street shall be the same name.

2.

Subsidiary names, such as a row of buildings within an already named street, should not be used.

3.

The names used must be approved by the Department of Public Works and county-wide emergency service agencies, and must not conflict with street names already assigned in Orange County. New street names should not duplicate, or approximate phonetically, any similar name already in use within Orange County. A variation in street type, i.e., "street", "road", "avenue", etc., will not be accepted as sufficient reason to duplicate a name.

4.

The maintenance and future use of names with historic significance within central Florida and, in particular, within the City of Orlando, is strongly encouraged.

5.

Repetitive naming conventions are discouraged within a particular subdivision (i.e., Dove Creek, Deer Creek, Spring Creek, and Horton Valley Place, Horton Grove Avenue).

6.

One word names are strongly encouraged. The primary identifying name should be no greater than two words.

7.

Street names should not contain initials, titles, hyphens, periods, or decimals.

8.

New street names should not contain the words "north", "south", "east", and "west" within the name (i.e. S. Northhampton Blvd).

9.

Street Type: The part of the name that follows the primary name shall be determined as follows:

a.

Roadways with an east/west alignment should be named "Street".

b.

Roadways with a north/south alignment should be named "Avenue".

c.

One block roadways with an east/west alignment should be named "Place".

d.

One block roadways with a north/south alignment should be named "Lane".

e.

Roadways with a diagonal alignment should be named "Way".

f.

Cul-de-sac roadways should be named "Court", "Place" or "Terrace". The primary name of the cul-de-sac should not carry the same primary name as the street it abuts.

g.

A "Boulevard" or "Parkway" is only a divided thoroughfare that is generously landscaped. In most cases, they should be a wide public arterial street containing a landscaped median with generous landscaping and trees along the frontage. Private streets shall not be named "Boulevard" or "Parkway".

h.

Roadways that begin and end on the same road, or return to itself, should be named "Circle" or "Loop".

i.

A "Mews" is a walkway, courtyard, or common open space that buildings front on.

j.

An "Alley" is a narrow street located at the rear of properties primarily utilized for service or vehicular access.

k.

A "Road" is primarily a rural street, or a street that connects to specific locations with place names (example: Conroy Road).

l.

A "Trail", as it is used in the Orlando metropolitan area, is a major arterial.

m.

Other street types appropriate for small residential streets include "Lane" and "Drive".

n.

A "Terrace" is normally a separate street containing a cluster of houses or townhomes, and is particularly applicable to small private streets.

o.

Unusual naming conventions are discouraged (example: "Avenida de las Pulgas").

p.

The City Engineer may also promulgate additional administrative rules for street types based on public safety, convenience and necessity.

(c)

Special Addressing Requirements.

1.

New multi-family apartment complex buildings shall be individually addressed in order to allow for effective emergency response.

2.

New development on alleys and mews shall provide a street address number visible to both the street or mews and alley in order to allow for effective emergency response and municipal services.

3.

Where buildings front onto a Mews, the property shall be addressed from a rear alley or other street (i.e. Hobbs and Hanley Alleys in Baldwin Park).

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25102; Ord. of 6-20-1994, Doc. #27635; Ord. No. 2010-31, § 3, 8-30-2010, Doc. #1008301109; Ord. No. 2013-29, § 1, 6-3-2013, Doc. #1306031202)