HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 8.2 Change & Naming Street names CITY OF DUBLIN
AGENDA STATEMENT
MEETING DATE: April 11 , 1983
SUBJECT Street Naming & Name Changing Procedure
EXHIBITS ATTACHED Ordinance
RECOMMENDATION Introduce Ordinance for the Establishment &
Changing of Street Names
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION Staff has received two requests for the changing of
street names . The County Ordinance Code is silent
relating to street name change procedure .
This recommended procedure will give adequate
exposure for public input to a process for which the
outcome can be. very controversial and emotional .
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COPIES TO: Larry Tong, Planning Director
ITEM NO. C •�,
ORDINANCE NO. - 83
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT & CHANGING OF STREET NAMES
The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as
follows :
Section 1 . STREET NAMING
Chapter 4 of Title 5 relating to street numbering of the
Alameda County Ordinance Code previously adopted by the City of Dublin
is amended by the additions of the following sections to read:
Section 5-28. 11 . CHANGING STREET NAMES
The following procedure shall apply to the changing of
street names :
(a) Authority. The City Council may, by resolution, change
the name of any street within the City if the street name is identical
or similar to another street name in Alameda County, if one continuous
street is known by more than one name , if a street different from the
official name is in common use , or for other just cause .
(b) Initiation. Except as otherwise provided herein, a
street name change may be initiated by any of the following methods :
( 1 ) By action of the City Council .
( 2 ) By action of the Planning Commission.
( 3) By request of any adjoining local government .
(4) By petition representing not less than 20% of
the households or addresses on the street to
be renamed, except that the petition need not
represent more than ten ( 10 ) addresses .
(c ) Procedure. When a street name change has been
initiated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, a public hearing
shall be scheduled before the Planning Commission. At least ten ( 10)
days prior to the public hearing the City Planning Director shall
cause notice of said hearing to be posted in conspicuous places along
said street , said notice to contain letters not less than one ( 1 ) inch
in height reading "NOTICE OF PROPOSED STREET NAME CHANGE" along with a
general description of the proposal . The City Planning Director shall
also cause notice of said hearing to be mailed to each owner , as shown
on the latest equalized assessment role , of property along said street
at least ten ( 10) days prior to the public hearing.
After the closing of the public hearing, the Planning
Commission shall make a recommendation to the City Council . If the
Planning Commission recommends a change , the City Council may adopt a
resolution putting the recommended change into effect without a
hearing or the City Council may hold a public hearing at its option.
The City Council shall not change any street name contrary to the
Planning Commission recommendation without first holding a public
hearing thereon. If the Planning Commission recommendation is for no
change , the matter may be summarily dismissed by the City council or a
public hearing on the proposal may be scheduled. If the City Council
is to conduct a public hearing, the notice requirements for said
hearing shall be the same as contained in the first paragraph of this
subsection.
(d) Exceptions . In the event there are no addresses in use
on a street the name of which is to be changed, or if all households
or occupants on such street consent in writing to the change , the
Council may make such change without referral to the Planning
Commission and without a public hearing.
Section 5-28. 12 . NEW STREET NAMES
Names for new streets shall be established by the adoption
of a resolution by the City Council or by approval of a Final
Subdivision Map or Final Parcel Map containing Staff reviewed and
approved names . No public hearing need be held.
Section 5-28 . 13 . STREET NAMING REFERRAL
Referral and Report. No new street shall be named nor shall
any street name be changed without first referring all proposed names
to the City Planning Director, DSRSD Fire Department , United States
Post Office , County of Alameda , each adjoining city, City Police
Department , and any other agency as approved by the City Council .
Upon receipt of replies from these agencies , or upon the expiration of
fifteen ( 15) days after notice was sent , the City Planning Director
shall forward his findings and recommendation to the Planning
Commission or City Council , whichever has primary jurisdiction.
Section 5-28 . 14. DUTIES OF CITY CLERK
Whenever the name of any street is adopted, established or
changed, the City Clerk shall promptly forward a copy of the
resolution providing for such new name , change of name or house number
to the Board of Supervisors .
Section 2 . POSTING OF ORDINANCE
The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this
ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City
of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of
the State of California .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Dublin
on this day of 1983 , by the following votes :
AYES :
NOES :
ABSENT:
Mayor
ATTEST:
By
City Clerk
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