[Adopted by Ord. No. O-82-3 (§ 2-37 of the Revised General Ordinances), as amended through Ord. No. 86-1]
There is hereby established a committee to be known as the "Street Name Review Committee of the Township of Freehold."
The Committee shall consist of seven members appointed by the Township Committee. All of them shall be residents of the Township. Two members shall be members in good standing of a Township Volunteer Fire Department; one from each Fire District who shall be recommended to the Township Committee by the Board of Fire Commissioners of each district. One member shall be a police officer of the Township of Freehold to be recommended to the Township Committee by the Chief of Police. Two members shall be members of the Planning Board to be recommended to the Township Committee by the Chairperson of the Planning Board. Two members shall be from the general public. The terms of office of all members except the public members shall be for one year. Public members shall serve for a period of three years. The initial term of the public members shall commence upon appointment and shall be staggered so that one member's term expires on January 1 following the appointment and one member's term expires one year from January 1 following the appointment. Thereafter, subsequent appointments shall be for two year periods. Any vacancy occurring shall be filled by the Township Committee for the unexpired term. All Committee members shall serve without compensation. In January of each year, the members of the Committee shall designate one of their numbers to serve as Chairperson and the presiding officer.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
The purpose of the Street Name Review Committee is to assist the Township Committee and the Planning Board in naming streets, existing and proposed. In doing so, the Committee shall study and review existing streets as well as all applications pending and all applications submitted to the Planning Board for the creation of new streets. The Committee shall provide the Township Committee and/or the Planning Board, as the case may be, with written reports recommending proposed names or changes in same. The Street Name Review Committee shall be guided in its responsibilities according to the following standards and considerations:
A. 
The historic significance of the area where the street is located.
B. 
The confusion engendered by similar sounding or looking names.
C. 
Ease and convenience to the traveling public.
D. 
The ability of emergency vehicles to locate an address with maximum promptness.