13.04.020 Naming and designation | Hood River Municipal Code

A. Except as provided in subsection (F) of this section, only the following designations may be used as designations for the following classes of throughways:

1. Avenue. Throughways running east and west. Avenues shall be named using words.

2. Street. Throughways running north and south. Streets shall be named using numbers.

3. Drive. Throughways more than two blocks long but not conforming to a continuous east-west or north-south direction. Drives shall be named using words.

4. Place or Way. Throughways parallel to but between streets or avenues. Places or ways shall be named using words.

5. Circle. Throughways that flow in a circular pattern and intersect the same throughway at only one location. The name of circles shall be different from the name of the intersected throughway.

6. Court. Throughways entering into a cul-de-sac that cannot be extended. Courts shall be named using words.

7. Loop. Throughways entering in and out on a street of the same name within a neighborhood. Loops shall be named using words.

8. Lane. Privately owned throughways in and out of private subdivisions or planned unit developments. Lanes shall be named using words.

9. Parkway. Throughways in and out of a public park. Parkways shall be named using words.

B. East throughways shall have the word “East” included in the throughway name as a prefix. North throughways shall have the word “North” included in the throughway name as a prefix.

C. Throughway names shall be limited to two (2) words and/or eleven letters. The name shall not have any characters or symbols other than letters and numbers of the English alphabet.

D. The name shall not be a duplicate or similar to an existing throughway name already in use within Hood River County, unless the throughway is a continuation of and in alignment with an existing named throughway, even if the designation is different.

E. A throughway name shall not be a pun and shall not be deliberately misspelled to create a pun. A throughway name shall not emphasize or create a frivolous association with another word or result in confusion.

F. All existing throughways within the city shall be named and designated as listed in the U.S. Postal Service street directory for Hood River dated July 20, 1999, as follows:

•A Street

•Armadale Avenue

•Avalon Court

•Avalon Drive

•Avalon Place

•Avalon Way

•B Street

•Belmont Avenue (all numbers within city limits)

•Brookside Drive (all numbers within city limits)

•C Street

•Cascade Avenue

•Cherry Court

•Columbia Street

•Dock Road

•Eliot Drive

•Eugene Street

•E. Eugene Street

•Fern Place

•Floral Place

•Front Street

•Hazel Avenue

•E. Hazel Avenue

•Hope Avenue

•Hull Street

•Industrial Street

•June Street

•Kropp Court

•Lincoln Street

•Lovers Lane

•Marian Street

•E. Marina Way

•May Street

•Meyer Parkway

•Mollie Avenue

•Montello Avenue

•Montello Court

•Nix Drive

•Oak Street

•Pacific Avenue

•Piltz Court

•Pine Street

•Port Marina Park

•Portway Avenue

•Prospect Avenue

•Railroad Street

•Rand Road

•N. Rand Road

•Rene Place

•Serpentine Road

•Sherman Avenue

•E. Sherman Avenue

•Sherman Court

•Sieverkropp Drive

•State Street

•E. State Street

•Sterling Place

•Taylor Avenue

•Union Street

•N. Wasco Court

•Wasco Street

•Westcliff Drive

•Wilson Street

•Windswept Place

•2nd Street

•E. 2nd Street

•N. 2nd Street

•3rd Street

•E. 3rd Street

•4th Street

•E. 4th Street

•5th Street

•6th Street

•7th Court

•8th Street

•N. 8th Street

•9th Court

•9th Street

•10th Street

•N. 10th Street

•11th Street

•12th Street

•13th Street

•14th Street

•15th Street

•N. 15th Street

•16th Street

•17th Street

•18th Street

•N. 18th Street

•20th Street

•N. 20th Street

•21st Street

•22nd Street

•24th Street

•25th Street

•27th Street

•30th Street