(A) Any person desiring to change the name of a previously named street or road shall submit a request in writing to the department of public safety communications, accompanied by a petition signed by a majority of the property owners along the affected street or road endorsing the requested change.
(B) If the proposed street or road name duplicates or phonetically resembles the name of an existing street or road in the county, regardless of the use of a suffix such as street, road, avenue, boulevard, drive, lane, and the like, the department of public safety communications shall notify the person making the request that the request is denied for that reason.
(C) If the proposed name of the street or road does not duplicate or phonetically resemble the name of an existing street or road, the department of public safety communications shall notify the Planning Commission of the request. The party initiating the request shall pay a fee in accordance with Table 31.01 of the county code of ordinances to defray the cost of advertisements of a public hearing and the cost associated with notifying property owners along the street or road of the request.
(D) A public hearing upon the request shall be held before the Planning Commission after publication of a proper legal notice in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the county at least 15 days in advance of the hearing. In addition, the department of public safety communications or the planning department shall cause to be mailed to each property owner along the street or road in question, as listed in the records in the office of the tax assessor, a notice that a request has been made to change the name of the street or road, which notice shall specify the date, time and place that the public hearing will be held. The Planning Commission shall conduct a public hearing upon the request, which public hearing may coincide with the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning Commission and interested parties and the public at large may be heard in support of or in opposition to the requested change of name.
(E) If the name of the street or road is changed by the Planning Commission, it will issue a certificate designating the change, which certificate shall be recorded in the office of the planning department and in the office of the clerk of court for the county, and the name so changed and certified shall thereafter be the legal name of the street or road. Written notice of the change shall be given by the department of public safety communications or the planning department to every property owner on the affected street or road.
(‘77 Code, § 15-4) (Ord. 26, passed 7-17-78; Am. Ord. 3117, passed 6-19-17)