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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 660 - Street MakingORDINANCE NO.660 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF McCALL, IDAHO, ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE NAMING OF TRAVELED WAYS WITHIN THE CITY AND THE MODIFICATION OVER TIME OF STREET NAMES THAT DO NOT CONFORM TO THAT POLICY; REPEALING AND RE-ENACTING CHAPTER 6 OF TITLE 8 OF THE McCALL CITY CODE RESPECTING STREET NAMES AND THE OFFICIAL STREET MAP; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF McCALL, IDAHO, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. This Ordinance may be known as the City of McCall Street Naming Ordinance. Section 2. McCall City Code Title 8, Chapter 6, entitled "Naming Streets", is repealed and re-enacted to read as follows: 8-6-010: PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY: This Chapter is adopted for the purpose of providing a uniform street name system to aid local emergency vehicles being dispatched under the 9-1-1 Program or otherwise, to provide for the official street map and street name list, and to provide for the proper administration and enforcement of the system. 8-6-020: DEFINITIONS: (1) CHIEF means the Fire Chief of the City and the Police Chief of the City, either, or both. (2) COUNCIL means the City Council of the City of McCall. (3) CUL-DE-SAC means a dead-end street that provides a turnaround at its terminus. It may be named with the suffix Court or Place. (4) MANAGER means the City Manager of the City of McCall, or his designee assigned from time to time to administer this Chapter. (5) OFFICIAL STREET MAP means the "Official Street Map of the City of McCall, Valley County, Idaho" dated May 1, 1978, as the same may be amended in accord with this Chapter. (6) OFFICIAL STREET NAME LIST means the Official Road Name List maintained by Valley County pursuant to its Ordinance 2-90, as it may be revised from time to time, together with the City Official Street Name List, a list containing the official street names of streets within the City of McCall to be maintained by or under the direction of the Manager, which shall consist of all names having been given official recognition by Council, whether by plat, ordinance, resolution, Official Street Map, or otherwise. PLANNING COMMISSION means the City of McCall Planning and Zoning Commission established under Title 3 of this Code. The use of the word SHALL means that the requirement stated is mandatory. STREET means any road, alley, or other platted and/or traveled way within the City Limits of the City of McCall: shown on a plat of a subdivision; or shown on the Official Street Map; or shown on the so-called "Marsden" series of maps kept at City Hall; or used by the public and worked and kept up at the expense of the public as provided in Idaho Code 40-109 (5); or shown on some combination of the foregoing; and also private roads as such term is understood in the subdivision context under Title 3 of this Code. STREET may also be used as a suffix for the name of a street within an urbanized area, as more specifically set out below. (10) TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE means the City of McCall Transportation Committee established under Title 1 of this Code. (7) (8) (9) ORDINANCE NO.660 page 1 of 5 adopted April 14, 1994 8-6-030: APPROVALS REQUIRED: Before any street is named, approval for the street name shall be obtained from the Manager. Official street names shall be maintained on the Official Street Map and on a City Official Street Name List filed in the office of the City Clerk. The initial City Official Street Name List shall be adopted by resolution by the Council; thereafter all new road names shall be established in accord with the following standards. Approval of street names for new subdivisions shall be accomplished as part of the platting process under Title 3. 8-6-040: STANDARDS FOR STREET NAMES. A. The following standards shall be used in determining and approving street names. 1. There shall be no duplication of street names by sound or spelling within the City of McCall, nor shall a street name within the City of McCall so duplicate any road name on the Valley County Official Road Name List, unless such name is assigned to one continuous road of the same name both inside and outside the City. 2. Where a proposed street is in the same general alignment as an existing street and is a functional extension of that existing street, the proposed street shall be given the same name as the existing street. A proposed street shall be considered in general alignment with an existing street if their extended centerlines are no more than 150 feet apart. 3. Where a proposed street connects two existing streets with different names, all three being on the same general alignment, the Manager shall determine the name, giving consideration to the length of each street segment, the classification of each segment as an arterial, collector, or minor street; the length of time each has been known by its existing or common name; and the number of persons affected. 4. A cul-de-sac with an overall length of 100 feet or less shall be given the same name, but with the appropriate designation, as that of the street it intersects or extends. A cul-de-sac with an overall length of more than 100 feet shall be given its own name, with the appropriate designation. 5. A proposed street in the same alignment with an existing street shall be given the same name as the existing street, but with the appropriate designation. 6. Both segments of an L-shaped street shall be given the same name, if and only if both or the shorter leg is 100 feet long or less. All others shall have two names. 7 If the Manager determines that a street makes a very obvious change in direction, a new street name shall be assigned. The location of the name change should be at an intersection. 8. In general, road names should be not more than ten letters long, plus the designation. 9. The names of existing streets as of [the effective date of this ordinance, a date to be inserted by the City Attorney] shall not be considered changed by this Chapter until, if ever, thereafter expressly changed by action under this Chapter. B. The following designations shall be used in determining street names: 1. Avenue: A street generally running in a straight line, of collector status. 2. Boulevard: A street of arterial status, commonly with a center dividing landscaped strip. 3. Circle: A street which returns back to the same street from which it originated. 4. Court: A cul-de-sac running generally north and south. ORDINANCE NO. 660 page 2 of 5 adopted April 14, 1994 5. Drive (also, Trail, and Way): A road generally meandering in one or more directions; and having collector or minor status. 6. Lane: A street which runs generally east and west. 7. Parkway: A street of arterial status, commonly with landscaping. 8. Place: A cul-de-sac running generally east and west. 9 Street: A street which runs generally north and south. 8-6-050: PRIVATE ROADS: A. Private roads shall be named in like fashion as public roads, both procedurally and substantively. Private roads shall have the record notation "P" placed beside their names on the City Official Street Name List. B. The City shall have maintenance and replacement responsibility for signs for private roads only at their intersections with public roads. Nevertheless, private road signs shall conform to section 8-6-070 E, except that such signs shall indicate private road status by adding "PVT" at the end of the street name and designation. 8-6-060: SUBDIVISIONS: A. Proposed street names shall be shown on preliminary plats and final plats when submitted to the City for review and approval. No such plat shall be approved until the Manager certifies that the names comply with this Chapter. B. All half -streets or partial streets shall be named in accordance with this Chapter as if the entire street were in place. C. Approval of a final plat by Council plus the affixing of all signatures required of City officials, when complete, shall constitute City acceptance of the street names. D. Original installation of street name signs conforming to City specifications shall be the responsibility of the applicant for approval of the plat and shall be deemed so addressed in the subdivision agreement, whether or not so expressly stated. 8-6-070: CHANGES IN STREET NAMES: A. The Chief and/or the Public Works Director are encouraged to apply, and any affected citizen may apply, to the Manager to change a street name where the name fails to conform to this Chapter, or it is otherwise deemed appropriate and in the public interest to make a change. If the applicant is not the Chief or the Public Works Director, the application must state the willingness of the applicant to pay for all hew signage required to effect the change, if approved, and the approval shall not become final unless cash equaling the City -estimated cost of signage is deposited with the City. B. Where the application is by the Chief and/or the Public Works Director and for the stated purpose of eliminating duplication of street names, the Manager shall determine the street name(s) to be changed, and the name to which each is to be changed. The Manager shall consider the length of each street, the classification of each segment as an arterial, collector, or minor street; the length of time each has been known by its existing or common name; and the number of persons affected, and any other factor deemed relevant by her or him. (C) The Manager shall then present the matter to the Transportation Committee for comment at its next meeting; thereafter the matter shall be referred with such comments to the Commission and in turn to the Council under the procedures of Title 3 with respect to the approval of special or conditional uses, except that those entitled to notice shall be those owning improved residential or commercial property fronting on the street the name of which is proposed to be changed. A failure to give such notice to any one or more persons entitled to it shall not affect the validity of the change, provided such failure occurred in good faith. The applicant is responsible to furnish the list of persons to be notified. If the number ORDINANCE NO. 660 page 3 of 5 adopted April 14, 1994 of addressees to be notified exceeds 75, in lieu of mailed notice under Title 3, the matter may be noticed by public advertisement in the City's newspaper of record which clearly identifies the affected streets and their location in the community by an appropriate map, and advises of the proposed name change(s). (D) All changes shall be made in such a manner as to create the least possible inconvenience to residents and property owners in the area, considering the reasons for the change. A change proposed to eliminate a duplication of street names shall not be disapproved, although the Commission and the Council may consider alternative names which do not already appear on the Official Street Name List. No change shall become effective until 15 days after the final action by the Council, which action shall be by resolution. All persons owning improved property fronting on the street the name of which has been changed shall be given written notice of the change, after adoption of such resolution. A failure to give such notice to any one or more persons entitled to it shall not affect the validity of the change, provided such failure occurred in good faith. (E) All street name signs shall be located in such a manner as to be clearly visible to persons operating motor vehicles on the road. The minimum letter size shall be four inches in height and placed on a six-inch by variable length blank. All signs shall be reflectorized, in addition to having contrasting colors. All street name signs shall be green, except that private road signs shall be blue; all lettering shall be white. All street name signs shall have the names lettered on both sides and shall be so positioned that the name is visible from both directions of the intersecting street. 8-6-080: VARIANCES AND APPEALS: A. The standards for a variance from the provisions of this Chapter are those set out in Title 3 with respect to a variance under the zoning ordinance. B. Appeals from decisions of the Commission shall follow the procedures of Title 3 for an appeal of a Commission action under Title 3. 8-6-090: FEES: The Council may set a fee for processing applications other than by the Chief or the Public Works Director, by resolution. 8-6-100: VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES: A. No person shall: 1. Erect or install a street name sign which does not comply with this Chapter; or 2. Remove, alter, change or otherwise deface a street name sign which exists in accord with the Official Street Map and/or the Official Street Name List and this Chapter. B. Each violation of this Section shall be a misdemeanor, and each day it continues shall be a separate violation. Each violation is punishable as provided in Idaho Code 18-113. 8-6-7110: OFFICIAL STREET MAP: A. That certain map of McCall, Idaho, dated May 1, 1978, and entitled "Official Street Map of the City of McCall, Valley County, Idaho", is adopted as the Official Street Map of the City of McCall, Idaho, as of May 1, 1978, under Idaho Code 40- 1334 and Idaho Code 40-202. B. Amendments to the Official Street Map shall be deemed made upon each occasion of the execution and recording of a final plat, to the extent of streets named thereon. Periodically the Clerk shall obtain an updated composite map showing all such platted streets and submit it to the Transportation Committee for recommendations and then to the Commission for its recommendations for presentation to Council for public hearing pursuant to Idaho Code 40-202 and re - adoption as updated. Other amendments to the map not specifically related to new approved plats may be accomplished by the same process. ORDINANCE NO. 660 page 4 of 5 adopted April 14, 1994 C. If one or more streets are identified as dedicated right-of-way not yet opened as a street, they shall be depicted or labeled as dedicated right-of-way, but not opened; likewise, if one or more streets are identified as being in use, but not maintained at public expense because substandard and a hazard to equipment, or because private, they shall be shown on the Map as existing, but not publicly maintained. Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication as required by law. Passed and approved April 14, 1994. Dean Martens Mayor ATTEST: _ Arthur J Schmidt, City Cl rk ORDINANCE NO. 660 page 5 of 5 adopted April 14, 1994 STATE OF IDAHO ) COUNTY OF VALLEY) CERTIFICATE OF RECORDING OFFICER ss I, the undersigned, the duly appointed, qualified, City Clerk of McCall City, Idaho, do hereby certify the following: 1. That pursuant to the provisions of Section 50-207, Idaho Code, I keep a correct journal of the proceedings of the Council of McCall City, Idaho, and that I am the statutory custodian of all laws, ordinances and resolutions of said City. 2. That the attached Ordinance No. ,a is a true and correct copy of an ordinance s ed at a regular meeting of the Council of McCall City held on C , 19fand duly recorded in my office; and 3. That said regular meeting was duly convened and held in all respects in accordance with law and to the extent required by law, due and proper notice of such meeting having been given; that a legal quorum was present throughout the meeting and that a legally sufficient number of members of the Council of McCall City voted in the proper manner and for the passage of said ordinance; and that all other requirements and proceedings incident to the proper adoption and passage of said ordinance have been duly fulfilled, carried out and observed; and that I am authorized to execute this certificate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and ffixed the office l sea of the Cityy f McCall, Idaho, this /S day of , 19 (Seal of the City) Arthur J. S idt, City Clerk Publisher's Affidavit of Publication STATE OF IDAHO .Ss County of Valley I, Ramona A. George, being duly sworn and say, I am the receptionist of The Central Idaho Star -News, a weekly newspaper published at McCall, in the County of Valley, State of Idaho; that said newspaper is in general circulation in the county of aforesaid and is a legal newspaper; that the NOTICE OF ORDINANCE NO. 660, a copy of which is enclosed hereto and is a part hereof, was published in said newspaper once a week for,one consecu- tive week in the regular and entire issue of every number there of during the , period of time of publication, and was published in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement; and that publication of such notice began April 28, 1994 and ended April 28, 1994. Subscribed and sworn b STATE OF IDAHO }- COUNTY OF VALLEY the 28th day of April, 1994. On this 28th day of April, in the year of 1994, before me, a Notary Public, personally appeared Ramona A. George, known or identified to me to be the person whose name subscribed to the within instrument, and being by me first duly sworn, declared that the statements therein are true, and acknowl- edged to' me that she executed the same. Tom Grote Notary Public for Idaho Residing at McCall, Idaho Commission Expires: 1999 ORDINANCE NO, 660 ' AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF McCALL, IDAHO, ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE NAMING OF TRAV- ELED WAYS WITHINTHE CITY AND THE MODIFICATION OVERTIME OF STREET NAMES THAT DO NOT CONFORM TO THAT POLICY; REPEALING AND RE-EN- 'ACCING, CHAPTER 6 OF.TITLE 8 OF THE McCALL CITY 'CODE RESPECTING STREET NAMES AND THE OFFICIAL STREET MAP; AND PROVIDING AN EF- FECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCILOFTIIECITYOFMcCALL, IDAHO,'AS FOLLOWS: Section 1• This Ordinance May be known ' as the City of McCall Street Naming Ordi- nance. Section 2. McCall City Code Title 8, Chap- ter 6, entitled "Naming Streets", is repealed and re-enacted to read as follows: 8-6-010: PURPOSE AND APPLICABIIr ITY: This Chapter is adopted for the purpose ' of providing a uniform street name system to aid local emergency vehicles being dispatched . under the 9-1-1 Program or otherwise, to pro-. vide for the official street map and street name list, andtoprovide for the proper administra- tion and enforcement of the system. 8.6-020: DEFINITIONS: (1) CHIEF means the Fire Chief of the City and the Police Chief of the City, either, or both. (2) COUNCIL means the City Council of the City of McCall. (3) CUL-DE-SAC means a dead-end street thatprovides a turnaround at its terminus. Il may be named with the suffix Court or Place. (4) , MANAGER means the City Man- , ager of the City of McCall, or his designee • assigned from time to time to administer this • Chapter. (5) OFFICIAL STREET MAP means the "Official Street Map of the City of McCall, Valley County, Idaho" dated May'1,1978, as the same may be amended in accord with this 1 Chapter. ' ' •.(6) OFFICIAL STREET NAME LIST meanithe Official Road Name List maintained by Valley County pursuant to its Ordinance 2- 90, as it may be revised from -time to time, together with the City Official Street Name List, a list containing the official street names t of streets .within the City of McCall to be + maintained by or under the direction of the , Manager, which shall consist of all names havingbeetigiven official recognitionby Court- ; cil, whether by plat; ordinance, resolution, Official Street Map, or otherwise. (7) PLANNING COMMISSION ' means the City of McCall Planning and Zoning ; Commission established under Title 3 of this Code. - - (8) -- The use of the word SHALL means that the requirement slated is mandatory. . (9) STREET means any road, alley, or other platted and/or traveled way within the City Limits of the City of McCall: shown on a plat of a subdivision; or shown on the Official + Street Map; or shown on the so-called "Marsden" series of maps kept at City Hall; or • used by the public and worked and kept up at the expense of the public'as provided in Idaho • Code 40.109 (5); or shown on some combina- tion of the foregoing; and also private roads as such term is understood in the subdivision ; • context under Title 3 of this Code. STREET may also be used as a suffix for the name of a street within an urbanized area, as more spe- cifically Set out below. (10) TRANSPORTATION COMMIT- TEE means the City of McCall Transportation Committee established under Title I of this Code. 8-6-030: APPROVALS REQUIRED: Before any street is named, approval 'for the street name shall be obtained from the Man- ager. Official street names shalibe maintained on the Official Street Map and on a City Offi- cial Sheet Name List filed in the office of the City Clerk. The initial City Official Street Name Liat shall be adopted by resolution by the Council; thereafter all new road names shall be established in accord with the following stan- dards.:Approval of street names for new subdivisions shall be accomplished as part of the platting process under Title 3. 8-6-040: STANDARDS FOR STREET NAMES. A. The following standards shall be used in determining and approving street names. 1. There shall be no duplication of street names by sound or spelling within the city of McCall, nor shall a street name within the City of McCall so duplicate any road riame on the Valley County Official Road NameList, unlesssuch name is assigned to ohe contin.uous road of the same name both inside and outside the City. 2. Where a proposed street is in the same general alignment as an existing street and is a functional extension of that existing street, the proposed street shall be given the same name as the existing street. A proposed street shallbe considered in general alignment with an existing street • if their extended centerlines are no more than 150 feet apart. 3. Where a proposed street connects ' two existing streets with different names, all three being on the same general alignment, the Managershall determine the name, giving con - I 7. If the Manager determines that a sheet makes a very obvious change in direc- tion, a new street name shall be assigned. The location of the name change should be at an intersection. 8. In general, road names should be , not more than ten letters long, plus the designa- tion. 9. The names of existing streets as of [the effective date of this ordinance, a date lobe inserted by the City Attorney] shall not be considered changed by this Chapter until, if ever, thereafter 'expressly changed by action under this Chapter. • B. The following designations shall be used in determining street names: 1. Avenue: Astreelgenerallyrunning in a straight line, of collector status. 2. Boulevard: A street of arterial sta- tus, commonly with a center dividing landscaped strip. 3. Circle: A street which returns back to the same street from which it originated. 4. Court: A cul-de-sac running gener- ally north and south. 5. Drive (also, Trail, and Way): A road generally meandering in one or more directions; and having collector or minor sta- tus. 6. Lane: Astreet which runs generally - east and west. 7- Parkway: Astreet of arterial status, Commonly with landscaping. 8.. Place: Acul-de-sac running gener- ally east and west. - 9. Street: A street which runs gener- - ' ally north and south. 8-6-050: PRIVATEROADS: A. Private roads shall be named in like fashion as public roads, both procedurally and substantively.Privateroadsshall have Iherecord notation "P" placed beside their names on the I, -City Official Street Name List. B. The City shall have maintenance and replacement responsibility for signs for ' private roads only at their intersections with public roads. Nevertheless, private roan signs shall conform to section 8-6-070 E, except that such signs shall indicate private road status by i adding PVT" at the end of the street name and designation. 8-6-060: SUBDIVISIONS: A. Proposed street names shall be shown on preliminaryplats and final plats When submitted to the City for review and approval. No such plat shallbe approved until f the Manager certifies that the names comply j , with this Chapter. B. All half-streetsorpartial streets shall ' be named in accordance with this Chapter as if the entire street were in place. C. Approval of a final plat by Council plus the affixing of all signatures required of City officials, when complete; shall constitute • City acceptance of the street names. D. Original installation of street name ' signs conforming to City specifications shall be the responsibility of the applicant for ap- proval of the plat and shall be deemed so addressed in thesubdivision agreement,whether or not so expressly stated. 8-6-070: CHANGES IN STREET NAMES: A. The Chief and/or the Public Works Director are, encouraged to apply, and any affected citizen may apply, to the Manager to' change a street name where the name fails to conform to this Chapter, or it is otherwise ; deemed appropriate and in the public interest to make a change. If the applicant is not the Chief or the Public Works Director, the application must state the willingness of the applicant to pay for all new signage required to effect the ` change, if approved, and the approval shall not ; become final unless cash equaling the City - estimated cost of signage is depositedwith the City. '--B. Where the application isby the Chief and/or the Public Works Director and for the stated purpose of eliminating duplication of street names, the Manager shall determine the 'street name(s) to be changed, and the name to whicheach is to be changed. The Managershall ; consider the length of each street, the classifi- cation of each segment as an arterial, collector, orminorstreet;the length oftime eachhas been I known by its existing or.common name; and ' the number of persons affected, and any other factor deemed relevant by her or him. I (C) The Manager shall then present the matter to the Transportation Committee for comment at its next meeting; thereafter the mattershall be referred with such comments to the Commission and in turn to the Council under the procedures of Title 3 with respect to, y' the approval of special or conditional uses, except that those entitled to notice shall be i those owning improved residential orcommer- cial property fronting on the street the name of 1 which is pmposed to be changed. A failure to , give such notice to any one or more persons entitled to it shall not affect the validity of the change, provided suchfailure occurred to good °.. faith. The applicant is responsible tofurnishthe ,+ list of persons to be notified. If the number of. ". addressees to be notified exceeds 75, in lied of + mailed notice under Title 3, the matter may be noticed by public advertisement in the City's '• newspaper of record which clearly identifies the affected streets and their location in the community by an appropriate map, and advises � of the proposed name channe(s). MAP: 8 That certain map of McCall, Idaho, + dated May 1,1978, and entitled"Off cial Street Map of the City of McCall, Valley County, Idaho", is adopted as the Official Street Map of the City of McCall, Idaho, as of May 1,1978, under Idaho Code 40-1334 and Idaho Code 40- 202. B. Amendments to the Official Street Map shall be deemed made upon each occasion of the execution and recording of a final plat, to the extent of streets named thereon. Periodi- cally the Clerk shall obtain an updated composite map showing all such platted streets and submit it to the Transportation Committee for recommendations and then to the Commis- sion for its recommendations for presentation I to Council for public hearing pursuant to Idaho Code 40-202 and re -adoption as updated. Other amendments to the map not specifically related to new approved plats may be accomplished by the same process. C. If one or more streets are identified as dedicated right-of-way not yet opened as a street, they shall be depicted or labeled as' dedicated right-of-way, but not opened; like- wise, if one or more. streets are identified as being in use, •but notmaintainedat public • expense because substandard and a hazard to equipment, or because private, they shall be shown on the Map as existing, but not publicly maintained. Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication as required by law. , Passed and approved April 14, 1994. , Dean Martens, Mayor ATTEST: Arthur J. Schmidt, City Clerk 1t428 others shall have two names. rong or7ess: All "affect the validity of the change, provided such ' failure occurred in good faith. (E) All street name signs shall be lo- cated in such a manner as to be clearly visible to persons operating motor vehicles on the road. The minimum letter size shall be four inches in height and placed on a six-inch by variable length blank. All signs shall be reflectorized, in addition to having contrasting colors. All street name signs shall be green, except that private road signs shall be blue; all lettering shall be white. All street name signs shall have the names lettered on both sides and shall be so positioned that the name is visible M from both directions of the intersecting street. I 8-6-080: VARIANCES AND APPEALS: A. The standards for a variance from the provisions of this Chapter are those set out in Title 3 with respect to a variance under the. zoning ordinance. B. Appeals from decisions of the Com- mission shall follow the procedures of Title 3 for an appeal of a Commission action under Title 3. 8-6-090: FEES: The Council may set a fee for processing applications other than by the Chief or the Public Works Director, by resolu- tion. 8-6-100: VIOLATIONS AND PENAL- TIES: A. No person shall: 1. Erect or install a street name sign which does not comply with this Chapter, or 2. Remove, alter, change or otherwise deface a street name sign which exists in accord , with the Official Street Map and/or the Official Street Name List and this Chapter. B. Each violation of this Section shall be a misdemeanor, and each day it continues shall be a separate violation. Each violation is punishable as provided in Idaho Code 18-113. 8-6-7110: OFFICIAL STREET