Street Name Change Information

Application Requirements

1. City application form.
2. A petition containing the signatures of at least 51 percent of the residents and property owners abutting the street proposed to be changed, signifying they agree with the proposed name change.
3. A list showing the name, address, and zip code of each owner and resident (husband and wife) of all properties abutting the street. Notification lists for Marion County are available from the City of Salem for $17. Polk County notification lists are available from the Polk County Assessor’s office.
4. Marion or Polk County Tax Assessor’s Map.
5. Location of the street including range of street addresses as well as the names of all cross streets.
6. One-page narrative containing the existing street name; the reasons for the requested street name change; and at least two suggested alternate names, indicating which name is preferred.
7. A full scale map of the County Assessor’s map showing the entire street which is the subject of the proposed name change, or a full scale copy of the recorded subdivision plat.

Criteria Considerations

The following criteria shall be used in determining whether or not a street name shall be changed:

SRC 84.140. CRITERIA FOR STREET NAME CHANGES

(a) The street name is a duplicate of an existing street, including any name used by counties in the Salem Urban Growth Boundary.

(b) The street name sounds like another street name and causes confusion.

(c) The street name was a private street with the suffix "private way" and the street designation is changed to a public way. The suffix shall be changed to the appropriate suffix designated in SRC 84.110.

(d) Street names that are words other than proper names, are deliberately misspelled to emphasize a pun, or other frivolous association with another word or slang term resulting in confusion will not be allowed. (Ord No. 150-79; Ord No. 34-90, Ord No. 31-96)

SRC 84.190. NAMING UNNAMED STREETS AND CONNECTIONS OF EXISTING STREETS

(a) The procedures set forth in section 84.120 through 84.180 shall apply to the naming of all unnamed streets and naming the connection of two existing streets.

(b) In determining the name of street connections, consideration shall be given to the existing number grid. (Ord No. 150-79; Ord No. 64-86)