Gloucester County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 34-155

Extracted standards

4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • The top of each sign shall be seven feet above the centerline grade of the road.

  • Street sign installation timing

    Street name signs shall be installed prior to certification review by the town engineer and release of bond. Installation of street name signs shall be a prerequisite to receiving certification from the town engineer and prior to sale of or issuance of a development permit for any lot in the subdivision.

  • Street sign specifications

    All signs shall be uniform and conform to the following specifications: Blue reflectorized background baked on six-inch wide aluminum blanks; Name letter shall be four-inch silver reflectorized letters; Abbreviations are permissible as follows: RD for Road, ST for Street, AVE for Avenue, PL for Place, CT for Court, TER for Terrace, CIR for Circle.

  • Street naming conventions

    Avenue shall be used only for streets that run in a generally east-west direction; Street shall be used only for streets that run in a generally north-south direction; Circle or Court shall be used only for cul-de-sac type streets that run in a generally north-south direction; Lane or Place shall be used only for cul-de-sac type streets that run in a generally east-west direction; Road or Way shall be used only for streets that run in a diagonal manner.

From the ordinance

Street name signs shall be placed at each street intersection on metal posts erected in concrete (or any other approved method) by the developer. The top of each sign shall be seven feet above the centerline grade of the road.
Sec. 34-155