HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 88-231 R E S 0 L U T 1 0 N
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT the Street Renaming Policy, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit "A, " be and it is hereby adopted.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this:;
the -� day of 1988 .
Mayor
PROPOSED STREET RENAMING
POLICY FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT
1. A street name change may be initiated for dedicated streets
only by an abutting property owner, City Council, Planning
Commission or Secretary of the Planning Commission. An
application shall be filed in writing to the secretary of the
Planning Commission. The application shall include the
following:
a. Name of the requester ( individual, group, organization,
etc) ;
b. The location and description of the street requested to
be renamed;
C. The existing and proposed street names;
d. The reasons or significance of the name change; and
e. A petition indicating at least 75 percent of the
abutting property owners in favor of the request. The
City Council, the Planning Commission and the Secretary
of the Planning Commission shall be exempt from the
petition requirement.
f. An application fee of $150. 00 will be assessed to the
applicant if not initiated by the City of Beaumont.
2. The proposed street name will:
a. Have historical or other special significance if the
person, entity or event has made specific contributions
to the cultural , economic , social , religious or
political heritage of the city.
b. Not have the same or similar name or phonetic sound of
any other city street;
C. Be for a complete street or continuous street. If two
segments of a roadway are separated by an intervening
use land use that prohibits vehicular passage and if
future connections of the street through the use is
unlikely, the segments of the roadway on each side of
the intervening use may have different names; and
d. Not represent a commercial endorsement.
3 . Historic streets may earn a protected status from name
change requests . To be considered protected the existing
street shall be considered historic, and thus protected from
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a name change , based on satisfying one of the following
criteria:
a. Commemorates a person and his or her specific
contributions to the cultural , economic , social ,
religious or political heritage of the city;
b. Commemorates sites or locales of significant historic
events or of specific contributions to the cultural,
economic , social , religious, or political heritage of
the city; or
C. Have original or traditional names of streets which were
named to honor family members or others associated with
a given locale.
City Council must identify specific, tangible contributions
to the City ' s historic legacy in satisfying the above
criteria . If Council determines that continued commendation
of those contributions by the existing street name are
appropriate, then the street name is historic and cannot be
replaced. The Planning Commission shall recommend to the
City Council the historic protected status of a street.
4 . Seventy-five ( 750 ) percent of the property owners with
street addresses on that street must agree to the
proposed change.
5 . The Secretary of the Planning Commission shall notify by
letter all abutting property owners as listed on the current
year tax role of the proposed name change not less than 10
days prior to the Planning Commission review of the name
change request.
6. Following the collection and/or verification of items 1
through 5 above, the Planning Division shall prepare a Staff
Report including, but not be limited to:
a. Contacting the appropriate City of Beaumont departments
as well as effected outside agencies within the City;
and
b. Consideration of communication changes , changes in
street signing, street information signs and other
related matter along with address changes.
7. The Secretary of the Planning Commission will submit the
staff report to the Planning Commission and then to City
Council following the Planning Commission' s recommendation.
8 . The Secretary of the Commission will notify the abutting
property owners of the City Council' s action.
9 . A name change approved by the City Council takes effect
sixty ( 60 ) days after the date of approval, providing that
all required fees have been paid by the applicant, unless
otherwise specified by City Council.
10. If City Council denies the name change request , the
applicant has the right to reapply for a street name change
request only after a minimum of twelve ( 12) months following
the date of City council' s denial.
11. If City Council determines by a 3/4 vote of approval that
special circumstances surround a street name change request,
then City Council may change the name of a street without
approval of 750 of the abutting property owners.
STREET NAME CHANGE PROCESS
REQUEST SUBMISSION
BY APPLICANT
INITIAL REVIEW BY
PLANNING STAFF
REVIEW AND COMMENT
BY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS
AND OUTSIDE AGENCIES
PLANNING STAFF
REVIEW
STAFF REPORT PREPARATION
BY PLANNING STAFF
PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION
CITY COUNCIL ACTION
NOTIFICATION TO OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS, OUTSIDE AGENCIES AND
ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS