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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 49 - STREETS AND
SIDEWALKS, SECTION 49-1 -- PROCEDURE FOR NAMING, RE-NAMING
OR CHANGING NAMES OF STREETS BY REPLACING CURRENT
PROCEDURES WITH NEW PROCEDURES AND FEES; PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 49 - Streets and Sidewalks,
Section 49-1 -- Procedure for Naming, Re-Naming or Changing Names of Streets is
amended by replacing Current Procedures with New Procedures and Fees to read as
follows:
"CHAPTER 49 - STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
"Article IIN GENERAL
"Sec. 49-1. Procedure for naming, renaming or changing names of streets.
"The followina procedure is hereby established for the namina. renaming or chanaing of
names of streets. roads and hiahwavs within the City :
ill Persons who reside on or own property that has a street address on any
street. road or hiahwav within the City who desire to have the City Council exercise its
powers of fixina or chanaina the name of said street. road or hiahwav may file a reauest
with the City Secretary in writina.
o The reauest shall contain an accurate description of the street. road or
hiahwav. or portion thereof. and the name or names involved. so as to identify the location.
ru Attached to the reauest shall be a narrative explainina the backaround and
intended iustification for the proposed street renamina.
ill Upon receipt of the reauest. and attached backaround and iustification. the
City Secretary and City Traffic Enqineer shall iointlv verify whether the proposed street
renamina complies with the City Council policv for proposed street name chanaes. Upon
determination that the proposed street renamina complies with the City Council policv. the
City Secretary shall notify the applicant to submit an official application with the City
Secretary in writina. directed to the City Council. Upon determination that the proposed
street renamina does notcomplv with the City Council policv. the City Secretary will notify
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the City Council of the request and of the determination that it does not satisfy the Council
policy. Unless otherwise directed by a maiority of the Council by the end of the next
Council meetinq after notification. the City Secretary will notify the applicant of the denial
and the reasons for the denial.
@ The application shall be on a form supplied by the City Secretary and shall
contain all information reauested. A "research fee" of five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall
accompany the application. The "research fee" shall cover the City staff's cost for a
thorouah research of the street renamina application inciudina:
@l preparation of a detailed site map of the affected street section. current
development and number of affected properties:
fQl identification of all affected property owners. tenants. and their mailina
addresses:
M preparation of a required survey form for contactina the affected property
owners; and
@ identification of a "processinq fee" commensurate with the total cost of the
followina:
ill City Secretary's cost of mailina the survey forms to all affected
property owners.
!ill City staff's cost of compilina responses to mailed survey. and
iliD. City Secretary's cost of publishinq a notice for a public hearing by the
City Council and mailing written notice to all affected property owners
and tenants
.em Survey Process. Upon applicant's receipt of written notice from the City
Traffic Enaineer specifying the "processina fee" described in section S.d. the applicant
must. within ten (10) workina days followina receipt of the notice. deposit with the City
Secretary the amount of the "processina fee". Followina receipt of the "processina fee"
within the prescribed period. the Citv Secretarv shall inform the Citv Traffic Enaineer to
proceed with the reauired survey of affected property owners. The survey will be conducted
and analyzed with the followinq procedure:
@l The City Traffic Enaineer will mail the survey to affected property owners
within ten (10) workinq days followina deposit of the applicants "processing
fee" with the City Secretary:
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fQl Property owners will be aiven fifteen (15) workina davs from the date of the
mailed notice to respond to the survev:
{Ql Upon receipt of survev forms received within the prescribed period. the Citv
Traffic Enaineer will determine the number of property owners in support of
the proposed street renamina. Propertv owners who do not respond or
whose responses are received after the prescribed period will be classified
as not supportina the proposed street renamina:
@ If 50% or less than 75% of the total surveved propertv owners support the
proposed street renaming. the applicant will be notified within twentv (20)
workina davs that the application has been denied and shall be provided with
a summary of the survev results:
lill If 75% or more than 50% of the total survev property owners support the
proposed street renamina. the applicant will be notified ofthe survev results
within twentv (20) workina davs of the completed survev. Within the
prescribed twentv (20) dav period the Citv Traffic Enaineer shall in writing
reauest the followina officials. committees and oraanizations to comment in
writina on the proposed street renamina:
) Director of Enaineerina Services
) Citv Utilities Office Manaaer
) Director of Plannina
) Citv Landmark Commission
) Police Chief
) Nueces Countv Historical Societv
) Fire Chief
) Nueces Countv Historical Commission
) Postmaster
ill Upon the Citv Traffic Enaineers completion of survev results and reauested
comments from the officials identified in subsection 6.e above. the citv
Manaaer shall set a date for a public hearina bv the Citv Council. Upon
settina the date. notice of the hearina shall be published bv the Citv
Secretarv. and written notice mailed. at least ten (10) workina davs in
advance of the date set for public hearina. to property owners and tenants
whose residence or place of business is on the street. road or hiahwav
affected.
fID Citv Council Public HearinG. On the date set for public hearina. the hearina
shall be held bv the Citv Council and decision made or the Council shall
continue the matter to another date. At least a three-fourth (3/4)-maioritv
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vote of the Citv Council shall be required to approve the proposed street
renaminq. Upon approval bv the Citv Council of anv street name chanqe. a
copv of the ordinance makinq the chanqe shall be furnished by the City
Secretary to each of the aforementioned officials. committees and
oraanizations and the Citv Traffic Enaineer shall cause street name sians to
be placed on the affected street in accordance with the terms of the
ordinance. No cost ...i11 be charaed to the aD15licant or affected Drocertv
owners or residents for the City's cost to fabricate and install the new street
name sians. The Citv's actual costs for fabricatina the street name sian
assemblies (inclusive of material costs) with the name street name approved
by the city council. and inciudina the field installation cost. will be paid by the
applicant for the street renaminq proposal. This cost. followina its
determination by the City Traffic Enaineer. must be deposited with the City
prior to work commencina on fabrication and replacement of the street name
sians.
fID If the street renamina application is denied. neither the aforementioned
"research fee" nor "processina fee" will be refunded to the applicant.
SECTION 2. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of
Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
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That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading
on this the 25th day of September, 2001 by the following vote:
That ~,El fOregOi~n~ead for the second time and passed finally on this
the~ay of ( , 2001, by the following vote: U
Samuel L. Neal, Jr ~* Rex A. Kinnison ~L
Mayor Mayor Pro Tem
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Samuel L. Neal, Jr
Mayor
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Henry Garrett
Bill Kelly
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Henry Garrett
Bill Kelly
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
LEGAL FORM APPROVED October 3, 2001
JAMES R. BRAY, JR.
CITY ATTORNEY
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JOSeph~r~ey 6
Assistant City Attorney
Rex A. Kinnison
Mayor Pro Tem
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John Longoria
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
John Longoria
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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Samuel . Neal, Jr.
Mayor
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State of Texas
County of Nueces
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Ad # 3977082
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Eugenia
Cortez, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Customer
Service Manager of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper
published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in
Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg,
Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb Counties, and that
the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. which the
annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and on
the World Wide Web on the Caller-Times Interactive on the 15TH day(s) of
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Corpus.. ~.G-MonclaY, October 15, 2001107
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My commission expires on 04/23/05.