SEC. 51A-9.305. REVIEW OF APPLICATION.

   (a)   Within 10 working days after receipt of a complete application for a street name change, the subdivision administrator shall request comment regarding the potential impacts of the name change on the operations of the following departments and other affected entities:

      (1)   Department of transportation.

      (2)   Department of public works.

      (3)   Office of budget and management services.

      (4)   Fire-rescue department.

      (5)   Department of development services.

      (6)   Police department.

      (7)   Water utilities department.

      (8)   Department of sanitation services.

      (9)   Department of code compliance.

      (10)   Contiguous municipalities if any property abutting the street is within the contiguous municipality.

      (11)   Dallas County Historical Commission.

      (12)   TXU Electric, or its successor.

      (13)   TXU Gas, or its successor.

      (14)   Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, or its successor.

      (15)   U.S. Postal Service.

   (b)   The subdivision administrator shall formulate a recommendation on the proposed street name change based upon his own review of the application, the standards in Section 51A-9.304, and the comments received from those listed in Subsection (a). The subdivision administrator shall set a date for review of the application before the subdivision review committee of the city plan commission.

   (c)   Notice of the public hearing before the subdivision review committee must be advertised in the official newspaper of the city no fewer than 15 days before the date of the hearing. The subdivision administrator must also send written notice of the public hearing to abutting property owners as ownership appears on the last approved ad valorem tax roll no fewer than 15 days before the date of the hearing. Notification signs must be posted along the street for no fewer than 15 days before the date of the hearing.

   (d)   The subdivision review committee shall formulate a recommendation based upon their review of the application, the standards contained in Section 51A-9.304, and the recommendation of the subdivision administrator. (Ord. Nos. 19832; 22026; 23694; 24410; 24843; 25047; 27204; 28073; 28424; 30239; 30654; 31658; 32002)

SEC. 51A-9.306. HEARING BEFORE THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION.

   (a)   After review of the application by the subdivision review committee, the subdivision administrator shall set the application for hearing by the city plan commission.

   (b)   Notice of the public hearing before the city plan commission must be advertised in the official newspaper of the city no fewer than 30 days before the date of the hearing. The subdivision administrator must also send written notice of the public hearing to abutting property owners as ownership appears on the last approved ad valorem tax roll no fewer than 30 days before the date of the hearing. Notification signs must be posted along the street for no fewer than 30 days before the date of the hearing.

   (c)   The city plan commission shall make a recommendation to the city council of either approval or denial of the application based upon the testimony presented at the public hearing, the recommendations of the subdivision review committee and the subdivision administrator, and the standards contained in Section 51A-9.304. (Ord. Nos. 19832; 22224; 27204)

SEC. 51A-9.307. HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.

   (a)   If the city plan commission recommends denial of a street name change, the action of the city plan commission is final unless the applicant files a request for appeal to the city council within 10 days of the hearing at which the action was taken. The request for appeal must be in writing and must be submitted to the subdivision administrator.

   (b)   The subdivision administrator shall schedule a city council hearing on all applications for street name change in which the commission recommends approval, and in all applications in which the commission recommends denial if an appeal is requested in accordance with this section.

   (c)   Notice of the public hearing before the city council must be advertised in the official newspaper of the city no fewer than 15 days before the date of the hearing. The subdivision administrator must also send written notice of the public hearing to abutting property owners as ownership appears on the last approved ad valorem tax roll no fewer than 15 days before the date of the hearing. Notification signs must be posted along the street for no fewer than 15 days before the date of the hearing.

   (d)   The favorable vote of three-fourths of all members of the city council is required if:

      (1)   the street name change has been recommended for denial by the city plan commission; or

      (2)   a written protest against the street name change has been signed by the owners of 20 percent of all lots abutting the street.

   (e)   The city council shall either approve or deny the application based upon the testimony presented at the public hearing, the recommendations of the city plan commission, the subdivision review committee, and the subdivision administrator, and the standards contained in Section 51A-9.304. (Ord. Nos. 19832; 20037; 22224; 27204)

SEC. 51A-9.308. NOTIFICATION OF NAME CHANGE.

   If the request for a name change is approved by the city council, the city secretary shall notify those listed in Section 51A-9.305 and others requesting notification of the name change. The subdivision administrator shall send written notice of the city council’s action to abutting property owners. (Ord. 19832)

SEC. 51A-9.309. EFFECTIVE DATE OF NAME CHANGE.

   Providing that all required fees have been paid by the applicant, a name change approved by the city council takes effect 60 days after the date of its approval unless city council sets a later effective date. (Ord. Nos. 19832; 27204)