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Home My Public Portal AboutORD14908 BILL NO. 2011-123 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMA/N� Scriv✓nner ORDINANCE NO. I '-4 �11� 0 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, PERTAINING TO STREET NAMES AND ADDRESSING PROCEDURES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 25 (Planning and Development), Article I (Generally), Sec. 25-2 (Filing fee for appeals to the board of adjustment), is hereby deleted, and the subsequent Sections shall be renumbered accordingly. Section 2. Chapter 25 (Planning and Development), Article II (Street Names and Addressing Procedures), Secs. 25-31 through 25-36, are hereby deleted. Section 3. Chapter 25 (Planning and Development), Article II (Street Names and Addressing Procedures) is hereby amended by the addition of new Secs. 25-31 through 25-36, as follows: Sec.25-31. Intent. The intent of this Article is to: A. Ensure that street names are appropriate for the community, easv to read and pronounce and effective in providing a sense of identity to locations within the City. B. Ensure that situs addressing follows approved patterns, is visible to motorists and pedestrians, and effective in providing location and direction throughout the City A shoe address is defined as a unique alphanumeric descriptor which identifies the geographic location of a parcel of lam building, structure or other feature that has been formally assigned by the political jurisdiction in which the property is located. C. Ensure that addresses within the City comply with adopted standards and guidelines. Sec. 25-32.Responsibilities The Citv Administrator, or his designee, shall be responsible for the administration of this Article, and shall: A. Prepare and publish guidelines for street naming and the assignment of situs addresses within the corporate limits of the City consistent with this Article and other applicable cow such as the subdivision code. The guidelines shall identify the department or division responsible for its Bill 2011-123 Page 1 implementation, including publication of forms. documents and internal procedures. The City Administrator, or his designee, may make exceptions to the approved guidelines if thev are in the best interest of the eneral up blic. B. Set forth the criteria and methodology for approving and assigning situ, addresses, change of situs addresses and identifying unauthorized addresses within the corporate limits of the City. C. Pursue correction of unauthorized or improper situs addresses to improve the delivery of emergency services,and identification of service addresses. D. Ensure coordination between City departments and divisions, other governmental aftilS public agencies and rn ivate entities in matters concerning addressing. (Ord.No. 13301, 11-5-2001) Sec. 2525=33.General naming convention for streets. A. Street names shall be easy to read and pronounce so that the uoblic, and children in particular, can manage the name in emergency situations. B. All street names in exact or approximate alignment with existin named streets shall bear the names of such existing named street. All other street names shall be assigned names which do no not conflict with names of existin streets within the 911 dispatch area. C. Names of private and public streets and rights-of-way shall be established by the Council after review by the Planning and Zoning Commission. D. It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any structure or ap reel to which an official public or rp •vate street name has been assigned to use any other name or temporary nab E. The City Administrator shall cause signs to he erected to marl: the locations of public and rp ivate streets. Private street name si ns shall be different in color from those used on public streets.(Ord. No. 13301,11-5-2001; Ord. 13�§10,9-2-2003) F. The City Administrator may retire street names or disallow certain spellings, due to over-use or if proposed use of a particular name ors spelling lling would be confusing. The list of retired street names shall be Published in the guidelines. Sec. 2525=34. Street name change. A. The rp ocess to chan a the name of a ,trees public right-of-way or rip vate street shall be as outlined in this Section. (1) City staff may initiate a request to change a street name by filing an application with the Planning and Zoning Commission. A majority of property owners alone a street may propose that the name of the street be changed by filing a Petition signed by a maiority of the property owners along the street to the Planning and Zoning Commission.A R!iRg fee shall be required for a Petition to chan e the name of a street. This fee shall be paid at the time the etp ition is submitted to the ci . The purpose of the fee is to cover the cost to rp ocess notices and shall be non-refundable. The fee shall be set out in Appendix Y. B. All property owners abutting the street proposed to be renamed shall be notified of the application or etp ition to change the street name, and the date of public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission at least 10 days prior to the hearing date. A notice of public hearing shall be Bill 2011-123 Page 2 published in a newspaper of ee neral circulation in the citv at least fifteen (15) days erior to the public hearing. C. The Council, after receiving a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission, shall hold a public hearinp to consider the name change.Notice of public hearin shall be published once in a local newspaper of eQ neral circulation at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing. Following the Council's public hearing,the Council may, by ordinance,change the name of the street. D. Upon the ap ssage of an ordinance changing the name of a street, a notice that the name of the street has been changed shall be mailed to each property owner and delivered to each building unit; and a notice sball be published in a newspaper of eg neral circulation in the city at least once per week for four 4)consecutive weeks; and the city clerk shall file with the recorder of deeds of the appropriate County a certified copy of the ordinance; and new street name suns shall be erected as soon as practical following the asp sage of the ordinance, or upon the effective date of the change,whichever is applicable. Both new and previous street name signs may be displayed for one year if it serves the public interest. (Code 1977, § 33-68;Ord. 9110, § 1,4-3-78; Ord. 13185, §1 &2, 5-7-2001) Sec. 25-35. Address number assignment. A. Assignment of addresses shall remain consistent throughout the CitV and be coordinated with contiguous jurisdictions when possible. The 1974 Block and Directional Address Grid, as amended, and on file in the office of the City Clerk shall be used as the base for address assignment. B. Addresses shall be assigned so thev are numeric in sepuence. C. Addresses shall be assigned to each habitable or substantial structure vacant lot,and other features determined to be in the public interest. Whether individual addresses or suites are assigned to specific units shall be as determined b the City Administrator. Individual situs addresses shall not be assigned to accessory structures or those that are insubstantial in nature, unless it is deemed to be in the public interest. A. A building ep rmit for the erection of an house or building requiring a street number in the ci Shall not be issued until the applicant therefor has obtained an official street number for such house or building. (Ord.No. 13301, I1-5-2001) Sec.25 36. Display and use of numbers. A. The owner or occupant of each house or building in the cjt shall be required to place in a conspicuous location, visible from the std numbers which shall conform to the number assigned thereto. Such numbers shall be of sufficient size to be legible from the street, with a three-inch minimum, and shall be located on the building within view of a three-foot perimeter of the main entrance. The assigned street numbers may also be displayed in additional locations at the discretion of the property owner. The assigned numbers shall be share color contrast to the house or building to which they are attached. In areas where the house or building is located more than Bill 2011-123 Page 3 one hundred (100) feet from the center line of the std the assigned number may be displayed in the vard visible when viewing the main entrance. B. It shall be unlawful for an owner or occupant of e v house, building or vacant lot to which an official number has been to use an other number for such house,building or vacant lot. (Ord.No. 13301, 11-5-2001; Code 1977, § 33-68;Ord. 9110, § 1,4-3-78;Ord. 13185, §1 &2,5-7-2001) Secs.25-37—25-40. Reserved. Section 4. Appendix Y shall be amended with the addition of the following fee: Section 25-34.A(2) Street name change filing petition S 400.00 Plus amount f—er hlock affected by street name change $ 50.00* The amount ever block shall he refunded_f the name chance falls to pass Section 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval. Passed: Approved: l I� t n Pres'- n Iffcer Ma oft r--''�—� ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Clerk Interim City Counselor Bill 2011-123 Page 4