This chapter is intended to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the public and to enhance the effective and efficient provision of emergency services to the citizens of Frederick County. This chapter is intended to accomplish the provisions set forth in 3.1-796.94 of the Code of Virginia, as amended.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for a uniform, County-wide system for providing street names and assigning street address numbers to all dwellings, buildings and habitable structures in Frederick County, to assist fire and rescue service providers, law enforcement agencies, the United States Postal Service and other organizations in the timely and efficient provision of their services to the residents and businesses of the County.
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:
DRIVEWAY
A private travelway for vehicles, which provides access to a public street or road from a parking space, garage, dwelling, structure, or use.
DRIVEWAY ACCESS
A roadway by which motor vehicles may enter or leave a trafficway and limited to that portion that is entirely within the confines of the trafficway.
PARKING LANES
A paved or gravel shoulder with a minimum of eight feet designed for use as off-street parking.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Land, property, or interest therein; usually in a strip acquired for or devoted to transportation purposes.
ROAD
That part of a trafficway which includes both the roadway and any shoulder alongside the roadway.
ROADWAY
That portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive to the shoulder.
TRAFFICWAY
Any right-of-way open to the public as a matter of right or custom for moving persons or property from one place to another, including the entire width between property lines or boundaries.
A. 
Any right-of-way serving four or more lots, residences, inhabitable structures, or businesses shall have a road name. Increased subdivision and development along a private right-of-way shall require the assignment of a road name when the number of addressable structures reaches four or more.
B. 
Any master development plan, subdivision plan, or site plan submitted for review by the Department of Planning and Development shall also be submitted to the Department of Geographic Information Systems to review proposed road names and road name requirements.
C. 
All road names shall have a road name suffix and shall have the meanings ascribed in this section:
ALLEY
A narrow road between or behind city buildings (abbreviation: ALY).
AVENUE
A wide public suburban road that is heavily traveled or tree-lined (abbreviation AVE).
BOULEVARD
A broad road divided by an island, tree-lined or landscaped (abbreviation BLVD).
BYPASS
A four-lane road circling around a city (abbreviation BYP).
CIRCLE
A suburban road that circles back upon itself or curves into a dead-end (abbreviation CIR).
COURT
A single short suburban cul-de-sac or dead-end road (abbreviation CT).
DRIVE
A major suburban road with connector roads or a rural dead-end road (abbreviation DR).
GRADE
A rural road with a degree of increasing slope, importance, or use (abbreviation GR).
HIGHWAY
A primary state road connecting towns or cities (abbreviation HWY).
INTERSTATE
A primary road exiting between or connecting two or more states (abbreviation INT).
LANE
A rural dead-end road with no other connecting roads (abbreviation LN).
LOOP
A road that circles back upon itself.
OVERLOOK
A rural road that has an elevated scenic view (abbreviation OLOOK).
PARKWAY
A broad landscaped road (abbreviation PKWY).
PIKE
A primary roadway with high traffic and direct routing between towns and cities.
PLACE
A public square, a suburban cul-de-sac (abbreviation PL).
PLAZA
A commercial multiple building parking lot access (abbreviation PLZ).
ROAD
A secondary state-maintained through-Country connector between pikes.
SQUARE
An open area at the intersection of two or more roads, a parking lot (abbreviation SQ).
STREET
A suburban through road (abbreviation ST).
TERRACE
An open cul-de-sac/parking lot around a landscaped island (abbreviation TER).
TRAIL
A rural road primarily in a recreational community (abbreviation TRL).
TURNPIKE
A wide and modern rural road traversing large sections of land (abbreviation TPKE).
WAY
A through road that connects two separate roads.
A. 
Any individual landowner or developer prior to installing a new road name shall submit the following to the Department of Geographic Information Systems:
(1) 
A letter from the individual landowner or developer with absolute control over the road right(s)-of-way or a petition signed by at least 75% of the landowners who are in agreement with the road name request and who have access to said road.
(2) 
A detailed map and/or plat(s) showing the location of the roadway from its origin to its terminus, with locations of existing and proposed driveways, structures, and adjoining properties with access to said road.
(3) 
Three or more proposed names, in order of preference, and the explanation or reasoning for the request and choice of road names.
B. 
The following restrictions shall apply:
(1) 
Road names shall not be abbreviated.
(2) 
Directional names, such as north, south, east, or west, shall not be accepted.
(3) 
Road names containing punctuation shall not be accepted.
(4) 
Road names which contain the same first word or road names spelled similarly or phonetically as a road name already in use shall not be permitted.
(5) 
Road names shall change at major four way intersections and/or disjointed segments.
(6) 
Road names and road name street signs that have not been approved and added to the Official Frederick County Street Name List shall be removed to avoid conflict and confusion.
A. 
Any request to change the official name of any road within Frederick County, whether maintained privately or by the Virginia Department of Transportation, shall submit the following to the Department of Geographic Information Systems:
(1) 
A detailed map and/or plat(s) showing the location and present name of the road.
(2) 
The preferred road name and alternatives.
(3) 
A signed statement from a majority of at least 75% of the landowners whose property adjoins the road stating the desire to have the road name changed.
(4) 
Supporting/explanatory information stating the reasons for the requested change.
B. 
The following restrictions shall apply:
(1) 
Road names shall not be abbreviated.
(2) 
Directional names, such as north, south, east, or west, shall not be accepted.
(3) 
Road names containing punctuation shall not be accepted.
(4) 
Road names which contain the same first word or road names spelled similarly or phonetically as a road name already in use shall not be permitted.
(5) 
Road names shall change at major four-way intersections and/or disjointed segments.
(6) 
Road names for roads containing four or more addressable structures shall not be removed.
C. 
When all of the requirements stated above have been fully completed, the Department of Geographic Information Systems shall forward a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors for a final determination.
D. 
The applicant for a road name change or removal shall be financially responsible for the replacement or removal of any road name signs associated with the approved request.