(A) The County Board shall only consider applications for changes to a road name which are based on one or more of the following conditions:
(1) A road is unnamed;
(2) A road name is identical or phonetically similar to one or more other road or street names within the unincorporated area of the county;
(3) A road name is identical or phonetically similar to one or more other street names within the incorporated area of the county requiring coordinated addressing and the ranges of address numbers on these streets overlap or are likely to overlap with continued growth, and the elimination of these overlaps through renumbering is impractical or infeasible;
(4) A road name is identical or phonetically similar to one or more other road or street names within the unincorporated area or incorporated area of the county and the unique ranges of address numbers are insufficient to mitigate the negative impacts on public health, safety, general welfare and convenience;
(5) A contiguous street bears more than one name along a course; and/or
(6) The proposed change is demonstrated to be in the best interest of the public.
(B) Petitions for road name changes may be submitted in writing to the County Zoning Office by anyone owning property on the road that is proposed to be renamed.
(1) A petition for a road name change must contain all of the following:
(a) A plat of survey showing the exact location and termini of the subject road;
(b) A map showing the locations and correct names of all roads within a one-mile radius of the proposed change;
(c) A request and explanation, based on this section, of why the change should be considered;
(d) Addresses and signatures of all property owners and residents on the subject road; and
(e) Written and signed verification by the 911 Administrator on the face of the applicable petition that the proposed road name and site addresses as shown thereon meet the requirements of this chapter and that the proposed change is in the best interest of the public.
(2) Changes to existing road names in the unincorporated area of the county shall occur in accordance with the following:
(a) Petitions meeting the requirements herein shall be presented to the County Zoning Office;
(b) The County Zoning Officer or the 911 Administrator may also prepare a petition meeting the requirements herein;
(c) The County Zoning Officer shall review the petitions and verify that the proposed road name and site addresses as shown thereon meet the requirements of this chapter and that the proposed change is in the best interest of the public; and
(d) The property owner, County Zoning Officer or 911 Administrator shall present the petition, as the applicable petitioner, to the County Board for its action.
(C) The County Zoning Officer shall notify the County Highway Department, the 911 Administrator and the United States Post Office of all road name changes and both the 911 Administrator and the County Zoning Officer shall replace all affected existing road and address information with the proposed road and address information in the respective ETSB and county databases. The 911 Administrator shall give written notice of a change in address due to a change in road name to the property owners and residents on the subject road. The notice shall contain the new road name and site address and shall contain an explanation of the importance of using the new road name.
(Ord. 07-10, passed 4-19-2007)