(A) Persons desiring to have an existing road renamed must petition the Planning and Inspections Department.
(B) A petition containing the signatures of 75% of the property owners addressed from or that may potentially be addressed from the road shall be returned to the Planning and Inspections Department. In cases where property is owned by more than one person, all persons in whose name the property is titled must sign the petition. The village has a petition form that may be used for this purpose.
(C) Fees associated with the road name as indicated on the current Pinehurst Fees and Charges Schedule are required at submittal.
(D) After receiving all required forms and fees, the Planning and Inspections Department will forward a recommendation to the Village Manager for consideration by the Village Council.
(E) The Village Clerk shall prepare a resolution implementing the requested road name change. The resolution must be approved by the Village Council for the name change to become effective.
(F) In the event that the Council denies the name change, the petitioner will receive a refund of the cost of the road sign(s) required at the time of filing the petition.
(G) There shall be a public hearing if a petition is submitted for a road name change on a public road. If the road is a private road, a public hearing will not be required. Notice of the public hearing will be published in a newspaper having general circulation at least ten days prior to the hearing.
(H) If a minor change in a street name is requested with 100% of the property owners addressed off of the street or vacant lots potentially to be addressed off the street in the future is submitted and meets the criteria of § 95.016, the Village Manager has the authority to approve of this change without a public hearing or approval by Village Council.
(I) The Village Council may initiate a road name change without a petition.
(1986 Code, § 12-3.3) (Ord. 01-19, passed 10-09-2001; Ord. 09-05, passed 02-24-2009) Penalty, see § 95.020