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13.08 - 1 CHAPTER 13.08 STREET NAMES SECTION: 13.08.010: Official Street Map 13.08.020: Main Arterials 13.08.030: Designations 13.08.040: Streets, Avenues 13.08.050: Street Name Categories 13.08.010: Official Street Map: The City Clerk shall maintain a map of all current streets to be known as the Official Street Map. (Ord. 3652 Sec. 1, 1995: Ord. 1614 Sec. 2, 1972) 13.08.020: Main Arterials: The extended lines of Kennewick Avenue and Washington Street shall be the lines of division between north and south and east and west. (Ord. 3576 Sec. 1, 1994: Ord. 1614 Sec. 3, 1972) 13.08.030: Designations: All streets entering in an east-west direction and north of Kennewick Avenue shall be designated as north. All streets running in an east-west direction south of Kennewick Avenue shall be designated as south. All streets running in a north-south direction and east of Washington Street, shall be designated as east. All streets running in a north-south direction west of Washington Street shall be designated as west. (Ord. 1614 Sec. 4, 1972) 13.08.040: Streets, Avenues: All streets running east-west and southeast-northwest, shall be called “avenues.” All streets running north-south and northeast-southwest shall be called “streets.” Provided, however, that the City Council may use the terms “drive,” “way,” and “boulevard” for streets having special significance. (Ord. 1614 Sec. 5, 1972) 13.08.050: Street Name Categories: Street name categories shall be as follows: Streets running north-south, east of Washington Street shall be named alphabetically after trees; then alphabetically after cities. Streets running north-south, west of Washington Street shall be named alphabetically after towns, thence alphabetically after old-timers, thence alphabetically after presidents, thence alphabetically after states, thence alphabetically after native plants. Streets running east-west, south of Kennewick Avenue shall be numerical; Streets running east-west, north of Kennewick Avenue shall be alphabetically named after rivers. Where an appropriate name is not available within the key provided herein, the City Council, at its discretion, may deviate from the above sequences. (Ord. 5246 Sec. 1, 2009: Ord. 3576 Sec. 2, 1994: Ord. 1614 Sec. 6, 1972)