15-3-8 Street Name Change Procedures

Section 15-3-8 Street Name Change Procedures

A. Filing. The Town of Clarkdale will only review and consider street name changes for the purposes of public safety, health, and welfare. Any person may file a request for a street name change by completing the appropriate forms and submitting them to the Community Development Department. This filing shall include a fee as adopted by the Council. Subject petition shall contain the signatures of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the property owners adjacent to the street.

Accompanying the petition and fee shall be the following items:

1. A certified correct list of names and addresses of adjacent property owners, service and emergency organizations (i.e., fire, police, post office, etc.) that did not sign the petition to the best of the petitioner’s knowledge.

2. A letter stating the reasons why the street name change is needed (i.e., eliminate duplicate name, help improve emergency services to the area, how the request conforms to Section 15-3-7).

3. A vicinity map giving the location of the road that is the subject of the petition. The map shall include all surrounding parcels, all connecting streets and/or easements and be drawn at a standard scale with north point.

4. Old name and new name.

5. Description of the beginning and end of subject road.

B. Fees. The party requesting the street name change shall be responsible for paying all costs, including but not limited to all signs, materials and administrative fees.

C. Hearing. Upon receipt of a petition for a street name change, the Community Development Department shall set a hearing date before the Town Council allowing adequate notice to the public. Notice of the hearing shall be by first-class mail to those persons whose names appear on the petition and list of nonsigners at least two (2) weeks prior to the hearing date. In addition, notice of the hearing shall be published once in the local newspaper at least one (1) week prior to the hearing. Notices of the hearing shall be posted by the applicant at the beginning and the end of subject roadway and at intersections. At the hearing, the Town Council may grant the request by resolution, deny the request, or hold the matter until a stated time and date for further consideration.

D. Protests. Any person may appear in protest to the requested road name change at the hearing or submit written protests at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the hearing. Once a petition for road name change has been submitted, any person signing the petition may protest the action, but no signature(s) may be withdrawn.

E. Exceptions. The Town Council may elect to initiate a roadway name change without filing a petition and waive any fee requirements or other portions of this process.

F. Roadway Name Map. When road name changes are adopted by the Council they will automatically become part of the official road name map, which may be a singular document or combination of several maps using existing adopted zoning maps and address maps. Adoption of this section of the ordinance codified in this article will effectuate the official road name map(s).

G. Effective Date. A road name change shall become effective upon recordation of the Council resolution, sixty (60) days after the date of Council approval unless a longer term is designated by the Council.

1. Upon adoption of a private street name, the street name petitioner shall be responsible for payment for the placement of the street name sign(s) at the intersection(s) where the Community Development Department designates along this street within sixty (60) days of the street being officially named.

2. All costs for signs, materials and administrative fees incurred during a street name change shall be paid for by the party that requests the street name change. [Ordinance #301, 2007; Resolution #1223, 2007; prior code § 15-4-8.]