§ 23-1. Procedures for changing street names.

(a)

An application requesting a street name change shall be submitted to the planning department and contain the following:

(1)

A written petition bearing signatures of a minimum of fifty-one (51) percent of the property owners fronting the street. The property owners signing shall also constitute a minimum of fifty-one (51) percent of the linear street frontage. Linear street frontage shall include frontage of properties that abut both sides of the street right-of-way.

(2)

Existing and proposed street names.

(3)

Reason for requesting change.

(4)

Map showing street or portion of street affected by change.

(5)

A filing fee in the amount established by action of the board of commissioners, a copy of which is on file in the office of the clerk of the board of commissioners.

(b)

The application shall be processed and scheduled for public hearing as follows:

(1)

The proposed name shall be checked by the county to ensure nonduplication.

(2)

Public hearings before the planning commission and the board of commissioners may coincide with the schedule for rezoning cases adopted annually by the board.

(3)

The county shall notify, by regular mail, all owners of record who have property fronting on the affected street, according to tax records available to the department, of the time and place of the public hearings. The postmaster shall also be notified of the hearings by regular mail.

(4)

Legal notice of the application and the date, time and place of the public hearings shall be published in the official legal organ of the county at least ten (10) days prior to the first public hearing.

(5)

The application shall be forwarded with the planning department's recommendation to the planning commission for consideration at the scheduled public hearing and then forwarded to the board with the recommendations of the planning department and the planning commission.

(6)

The final decision on the proposed change shall be made by the board after having held the scheduled public hearing.

(7)

Petitioners shall bear all costs necessary for street marker changes as determined by the county.

(c)

Applications affecting the same street or portion thereof shall not be submitted more than once every twenty-four (24) months.

(d)

Requests initiated by any department or agency of the county shall be submitted to the planning department. Review and processing procedures shall be the same as that of a property owner's application except that the fee and a property owner's petition shall not be required in requests of this nature.

(Code 1976, § 11-1116; Ord. No. 23-02, Pt. I, 5-28-02)