5511.09 Procedure for naming of highway.

Within a county, any highway that is part of the state highway system may be officially assigned a distinctive name, commemorative of an historical event or personage or a commonly accepted and appropriate name, by which the highway is known. Upon agreement of the governing bodies of the county and each township and municipal corporation within the county through which the highway extends, a request for approval of the highway name may be submitted to the director of transportation. The agreement shall be indicated by a resolution from each governing body in support of the proposed highway name. The resolution may not be withdrawn, amended, or repealed for thirty days following receipt of the resolution by the requesting authority, or during the time the request is pending before the director.

Within thirty days after receipt of such a request, the director shall inform the requesting authority of his decision. If the director approves the request, the requesting authority may, at its own expense, erect markers indicating the name of the highway within the county, provided that any marker so erected shall conform to the law of this state and to federal law and shall be in accordance with the directives for the signing of named memorial highways included in the manual adopted by the department of transportation under section 4511.09 of the Revised Code.

Only one name per county shall be assigned to a highway under this section, and the name shall apply to the entire extension of the highway within the county. A name assigned to a state highway or part thereof under this section may be altered or abolished, pursuant to approval of the director, in the same manner as provided for assignment of the original name.

This section shall not in any way modify, limit, or restrict the authority of a municipal corporation to designate within the municipal corporation, the name of a highway that is part of the state highway system. If a municipal corporation has acted pursuant to its authority and designated the name of a highway within the municipal corporation, no other name may be assigned to that highway under this section.

Effective Date: 05-31-1990