(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)