The Street Naming Committee is established by Section 88-605-03 of the Zoning and Development Code with the prime function of assigning names for all public and private streets within Kansas City, Missouri.

The following individuals are members of the Street Naming Committee:

1. City Planning and Development Director, Chair;
2. Public Works Director;
3. Parks And Recreation Director;
4. Fire Chief;
5. Police Chief.

The Street Naming Committee meets on a bi-weekly basis if needed. The virtual meetings are open to the public but no public testimony is taken.

The Honorary Street Naming application is available on CompassKC.KCMO.org by searching/applying for a “Honorary Street Name”. Requests are then docketed for review by the Street Naming Committee for their approval.

In general, honorary/historic designations should be limited to one or two blocks (two or three intersections), to reduce the instances of emergency calls being reported using the honorary signs as reference.  Honorary/historic signs may not be used for boulevards or parkways or for street sections intersecting same without the approval of the Parks & Recreation Department.

 The City fabricates and installs the signs. The applicant is responsible for the cost of the sign manufacturing and installation. If the request is denied by the committee, the applicant may appeal to the Development Review Committee, City Plan Commission and City Council in that order.  Even if approved, the City reserves the right to terminate the signs for any reason.

Application Submittals 

1. Signatures of at least 50 residents of Kansas City.
2. Written consent of at least 75% of the owners of property abutting the street to be designated. 
3. Written statement as to why the person(s) or event should be honored.

Additional Documents

• Kansas City Resident Petition of Support
• Adjacent Owner Resident Petition of Support

Street names are likely necessary when any of the following are proposed:

1. New streets, both public and private;
2. Extensions of existing streets;
3. Realignment or rearrangement of existing or previously approved streets;
4. Lots without frontage on an existing street are proposed;
5. When a Private Subdivision cannot be addressed off a public street due to insufficient numbers and complicated street configuration.

Assignment of a street name can only occur by approval of a Street Name Plan.

All private streets shall be named. A private street is any access way, whether part of a larger vehicular use area or separate from one; and whether located in a common tract or not which is designed and intended to provide physical access to a building, at the discretion of the Chair of the Street Naming Committee. 

A street name plan should be prepared and presented to the City Planning & Development Director, Parks & Recreation Director, Public Works Director, Fire Chief, and Police Chief (or their designee) upon:

1. Following satisfactory resubmittal of any plan or plat where any of the five items noted above are proposed. Note: street name plans should not be prepared prior to this as the resubmittal may depict a street pattern radically different from the original submittal in response to staff comments.
2. Upon final design of any capital project (regardless of funding mechanism) which proposes any of the four items noted above.
3. Following changes approved by City Council. 

Approval of a Street Name Plan

The Development Management Division within the Department of City Planning & Development shall prepare the Street Name Plan in accordance with the established Street Name Grid and present this to the Street Name Committee for review. Upon decision by the committee a disposition letter will be available via CompassKC.