[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 119, 10-6-86, § 1]
The Town shall have a street name approval committee, referred
to in this article as the committee, to:
Any time limit set by this article for action by the street
name approval committee shall be discretionary rather than mandatory.
[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 119, 10-6-86, § 2]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
The street name approval committee.
Includes roads, highways and streets in the Town of Durham,
whether state, Town or private; and shall include rights-of-way that
serve or can serve more than one home.
Includes temporary or acting Town Engineers for the Town
as well as any full-time Town Engineer.
[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 119, 10-6-86, § 3]
The Board of Selectmen shall appoint a street name approval
committee for a term of two years, beginning on January first of each
even-numbered year. The committee shall consist of the Town Engineer
and one member from each of the Durham Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.,
the Durham Ambulance Corporation, and the Board of Selectmen. During
any period when the office of Town Engineer is vacant, the committee
shall consist of the remaining three members. Upon appointment, the
Town Engineer will automatically become a member of the committee.
[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 119, 10-6-86, § 5]
(a)
The Town Engineer shall maintain an inventory of street names within
the Town, including street names approved by the committee and street
names in use before the passage of this article.
(b)
If the office of the Town Engineer is vacant, the First Selectman
shall maintain the inventory of street names and perform the other
administrative responsibilities of the Town Engineer under this article.
[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 119, 10-6-86, § 4]
(a)
Street names are required for all roads in proposed subdivisions
and for all rights-of-way to interior lots if the rights-of-way will
or can serve more than one home.
(b)
Upon applying for subdivision approval, or applying for approval
of an interior lot or lots that will be reached with a right-of-way
that will or can serve more than one home, a developer shall submit
to the Town Engineer a request for approval of any street name.
(c)
The Town Engineer shall review the Town inventory of street names
and consult with the state police and the emergency services serving
the Town to help ensure that the proposed street name will not duplicate
or become confused with any other street name within either the Town
or the jurisdiction of the emergency services serving the Town.
(d)
The committee shall pass upon the proposed street name no later than
30 days from the time the proposed subdivision or right-of-way receives
Planning and Zoning Commission approval; or if no such approval is
necessary, within 30 days from the date the developer has submitted
the request for street name approval to the Town Engineer. At any
meeting of the committee, a majority of its total membership can approve
a proposed street name. Proposed street names can also be approved
without a meeting provided that every member of the committee approves
the proposed street name in writing.
(e)
If the committee does not approve of the street name, the Town Engineer
shall promptly notify the developer of the disapproval. The committee
shall act within 30 days from its receipt of any further street names
the developer proposes.
(f)
The Town will not grant a building permit for any home on or served
by a street requiring street name approval until the committee has
approved the street name.
(g)
Once the committee has approved the street name, the Town Engineer
shall forward notice of the approval to the Durham Volunteer Fire
Company, Durham Ambulance Corps, Professional Ambulance Service, state
police (Troop F or other troop serving the Town), Valley Shore Emergency
Communications, Assessor, First Selectman, civil preparedness director,
postmaster and the Town Clerk, and any other emergency service that
in his judgment should be informed. The Town Clerk shall record the
approved street name in a ledger and acknowledge the recording to
the Town Engineer.
(h)
The developer shall not begin construction of the street until he
has erected at its entrance a street sign with the approved street
name.
[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 119, 10-6-86, § 6]
The committee's approval of any proposed street name shall not
constitute acceptance of the proposed street as a Town highway. Acceptance
of a street as a Town highway shall be by the Town meeting or any
other means previously recognized by law.
