2014-04-28 General Committee Meeting Agenda Pages 65-200

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 28 APRIL 2014


                                                                              ATTACHMENT 1

                                                                           Council Policy
                                                          NAMING OF ROADS,
                                                         PARKS, COMMUNITY
                                                      INFRASTRUCTURE AND
                                                        STREET NUMBERING

 Corporate Plan Reference:                  <Insert Corporate Plan Theme and Priority>

 Endorsed by Council:                       <Insert Date of Ordinary Meeting >

 Policy Author:                             Beth Potter, Senior Business Support Officer,
                                            Planning & Infrastructure


POLICY BACKGROUND

Noosa Council is the custodian for a range of community assets that have traditionally been
given names to:
     Assist with location identification;
     Honour local historical individuals, objects, events or organisations; or
     Make them appealing to residents, the general community and visitors.

Council has a responsibility under the Local Government Act (2009) for the naming and
numbering of public and private roads within council boundaries.

This policy does not apply to naming of towns, place names or state roads and bridges.

This policy is to be read in conjunction with operational procedure Naming of Roads, Parks,
Community Infrastructure & Street Numbering Procedure.

COUNCIL POLICY

Principles common to all naming

1. A name will be:
   a) Relevant to Australian, preferably local, history, flora, fauna, culture, landscape or
      physical characteristics; and
   b) Only one word, understanding that a geographic relationship such as Cooroy Mountain is
      permissible; and
   c) Sensitive to diverse cultures and in accordance with community standards. The use of
      Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander names will be governed by the ANZLIC Committee
      on Surveying & Mapping Guidelines for the Consistent Use of Place Names 2012; and
   d) In the style and spelling of contemporary Australian English, concise, easy to pronounce
      and spell and without accent marks, apostrophes or hyphens.

2. Names that may be construed as advertising a commercial or industrial enterprise are not
   suitable.


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