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NOTE: Street names must be approved by the Town Council and
Sussex County following regulations established by Sussex County.
The following standards will be used:
A.
A street name should be appropriate, easy to read (so that children
can use the name in an emergency situation), and should add to community
pride by promoting local heritage, history and traditions and reflect
local geography and character.
B.
Names with the same theme (i.e., flowers, states) are suggested for
naming streets in an entire subdivision, as a means of general identification.
C.
Historically used road names should be retained where possible.
D.
Names tending to be confused as homonyms. Having the same or similar
pronunciation but with different spellings are discouraged within
a municipality, zip code, or emergency service zone area (e.g., Smith,
Smyth or Smythe; Ellis or Alice; Allen or Alan).
E.
Names which may be offensive (slang, double meanings, etc.) shall
be avoided.
F.
Use of frivolous or complicated words or unconventional spelling
in road names is discouraged.
G.
Avoid sound-alike names (e.g., Bay View Drive, Bayview Drive or Brainard
Lane, Barnard Lane).
H.
Do not use special characters in road names such as hyphens, apostrophes
or dashes.
I.
Avoid the use of standard suffixes or directional suffixes, or directional
suffixes or prefixes as road/street names (e.g., North Boulevard,
Court Street, Avenue of Pines).
J.
Avoid family names or individuals names, especially living persons
and politicians.
Directional prefixes will be used only when necessary, such
as for distinguishing regions of a continuous road traversing several
communities. A street may have no more than one directional prefix
as follows: North, East, South, West. (North East Baker Street, for
example, is discouraged).
The following are acceptable suffixes and the abbreviations
should be used at all times.
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Local Roads
State and Privately Maintained Subdivisions and Named
Private Drives
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Thoroughfare
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Abbreviation
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Alley
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Aly
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Branch
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Br
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Boardwalk
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Blk
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Circle
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Cir
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Court
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Ct
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Cove
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Cove
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Crossing
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Crsg
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Drive
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Dr
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Driveway
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Drway
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Harbor
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Hbr
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Inlet
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Inlet
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Landing
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Lndg
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Lane
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Ln
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Loop
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Loop
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Mall
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Mall
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Neck
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Neck
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Orchard
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Orch
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Path
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Path
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Point
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Point
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Road
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Rd
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Shore
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Shore
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Square
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Sq
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Station
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Stat
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Street
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St
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Terrace
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Ter
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Walk
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Walk
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Way
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Way
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A.
When naming new streets, duplication of names must be avoided within
a community, postal zip code and emergency service zone area. Sussex
County government will keep an updated list of the street names in
the county to help prevent reuse of existing names.
B.
A street name combination (prefix, primary name and suffix) should
be used only once, and may not be used in any other alignment within
a community, zip code, or emergency service zone area (e.g., Jones
Drive and Jones Circle; or West Jones Street and Jones Street West).
New streets will be named during the subdivision process.
A.
At the time of filing an application for a new subdivision, the developers
or property owners shall submit to the Town of Millville and to the
Sussex County government, a written request to reserve new street
names, so that the names can be reviewed and approved to avoid possible
duplication. Failure to do so will result in disapproval of the final
map by the Town of Millville.
B.
Street name(s) become final upon recording of the final subdivision
plan.
C.
The Town Council and the Sussex County government will review all
subdivisions for conformance with this street naming policy at the
time of preliminary plan review.
