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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09446 ORD - 07/30/1969JKH:7 -30 -69 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR THE NAMING OR RENAMING OF STREETS, ROADS, ALLEYS AND HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE CITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TW CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED FOR THE NAMING, RENAMING OR CHANGING OF NAMES OF STREETS, ROADS, ALLEYS AND HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI: (1) ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL EXERCISE ITS POWERS OF FIXING THE NAME OF ANY STREET, ROAD, ALLEY OR HIGHWAY WITHIN THE CITY SHALL FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE CITY SECRETARY IN WRITING, DIRECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. (2) SUCH APPLICATION SHALL CONTAIN AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE STREET, ROAD, ALLEY OR HIGHWAY, OR PORTION THEREOF, AND THE NAME OR NAMES INVOLVED, SO AS TO IDENTIFY THE LOCATION. (3) ATTACHED TO SUCH REQUEST SHALL BE A LIST OF ALL OWNERS AND/OR TENANTS WHOSE RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF BUSINESS IS ON THE STREET OR STREETS, OR ALLEYS, ROADS OR HIGHWAYS AFFECTED BY SUCH NAME CHANGE, TOGETHER WITH THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF ALL SUCH OWNERS. UNLESS ALL SUCH OWNERS SIGN THE APPLICATION FOR FIXING OR CHANGING SUCH NAME, A FEE OF $25.00 SHALL ACCOMPANY THE APPLICATION TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR THE PREPARATION OF NOTICES, PUBLISHING THE NOTICE AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, AND MAILING THE NOTICE TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS WHOSE NAMES ARE NOT SIG'N'ED TO THE APPLICATION. (4) UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH APPLICATION, WHERE ALL OWNERS HAVE SIGNED, THE CITY SECRETARY SHALL PRESENT THE SAME TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. PRIOR TO PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER SHALL INFORM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE APPLICA- TION. NOTICE SHALL ALSO BE FURNISHED TO THE POSTMASTER OF THE APPLICA- TION, REQUESTING HIS COMMENTS ON THE SAME. / T�4 b (5) ON DETERMINATION BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT ALL THOSE NAMED IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE APPLICATION, THE MATTER SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF SETTING A DATEFOR PUBLIC HEARING, AND UPON THE CITY COUNCIL SETTING SUCH DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING, NOTICE SHALL BE PUBLISHED BY THE CITY SECRETARY AND WRITTEN NOTICE MAILED AT LEAST THREE (3) DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE DATE SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING, TO SUCH PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS WHOSE NAMES ARE NOT SIGNED ON THE APPLICATION AND WHOSE RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF BUSI- NESS IS ON THE STREET, ALLEY OR ROAD AFFECTED. (6) ON THE DATE SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING, THE HEARING SMALL BE HELD BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND DECISION MADE AT SUCH TIME OR AT SUCH OTHER TIME AS MAY BE CONVENIENT FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THE MATTER. UPON ANY STREET NAME CHANGE BEING MADE OR ESTABLISHED, A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE MAKING SUCH CHANGE OR ESTABLISHMENT SMALL BE FURNISHED BY THE CITY SECRETARY TO EACH OF THE AFOREMENTIONED DEPARTMENT HEADS AND TO THE POSTMASTER OF SUCH ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SHALL, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY MANAGER, PLACE STREET NAME SIGNS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE ORDINANCE. SECTION 2. THE NECESSITY FOR ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE PUBLIC AND CITY EMPLOYEES IN CONSIDERING APPLICATIONS FOR STREET NAME FIXING AND CHANGING AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE, CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPEN- SION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT THIS ORDINAWE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE o�"DAY q:jdjJAy , 1969. ATTES 7 CI Y SECR TrFF MAYOR APPROVED: THE Cl OF CHRISTI, TEXAS �Q DAY ULY, t969: CITY AT OR EY Corpus Christi, Texas au�day of J�,Ly , 1966 j TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen- sion of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordi- nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, THE Q TY OF 7CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Jack R. Blackmon Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. 0 Eduardo E. de Ases� Ken McDaniel W. J. "Wrangler" Robertsp J Ronnie Sizemore The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jack R. Blackmon 6 Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. Eduardo E. de Ases Ken McDaniel W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts Ronnie Sizemore