Planning commission shall establish and assign names for all streets, roads and public ways that, in the determination of the director of E 9-1-1, the director of the planning commission and/or the director of public services and facilities, need to be changed for purposes of public safety. The planning commission shall process, and the director of E 9-1-1 shall establish and assign names, in connection with any request from the public to change the name of any street, road and/or public way that, in the determination of the director of E 9-1-1, the director of the planning commission and/or the director of public services and facilities is for mere convenience, provided the following conditions are met:
(1) Applicant pays a $500 application fee;
(2) A public hearing is held and no one speaks in opposition to the request;
(3) One hundred percent of the adjoining property owners endorse a petition consenting to the name change; and
(4) The applicant pays an additional $150 per sign to be changed, which amount represents the sign replacement cost.
Any request from the public to change the name of any street, road and/or public way that is determined to be for mere convenience that does not satisfy all of the conditions enumerated above shall be denied.
(1976 Code, § 18-52) (Ord. 3066, § 3, passed 1-20-1998; Ord. 3341, § 1, passed 3-7-2000)