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ORDINANCE NO. :945-05 02/08/06 Dpty Jerk
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ZEPHYRH ULLS, FLORIDA, CREATING A NEW SECTION 7.03.03.07 OF
THE ZEPHYRH[L S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, PROVIDING FOR
STREET NAMING AND RENAMING, PROVIDING PROCEDURES FOR
CITIZEN INITIATIVES TO RENAME EXISTING STREETS; PROVIDING
CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF STREET NAMES BY STREET TYPE:
PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
REAS, in April 1987, the City of Zephyrhills adopted Ordinance No. 417 which was codified
Sections 96.40 through 96.43 of the Zephyrhills Code of Ordinances;\ rHEREAS,Ordinance No.417 provides methods for application by citizens for the naming or renaming
o'streets within the City limits;and
REAS, Article VII of the Land Development Code sets forth requirements and regulations fo
a, cess,circulation plans,parking,etc.pertaining to new1development within the City;and
WHEREAS, the unrestricted naming and/or renaming of streets within the City causes confusion and
dscontent, and is costly to residents and local businesses who must change addresses on maps, financi
documents,911 documents,stationary,etc.;and
WHEREAS, after much consideration, the Zephyrhills City Council desires to create a new Sectio
7.03.03.07 in Article VII of the Land Development Code to clarify and regulate the street naming an
r naming process.
I'ITOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida,
follows:
ECTION 1. Article VII of the Land Development Code is hereby amended to create a new Section
7.03.03.07 as follows:
JED PITTMAN PASCO COUNTY CLERK
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Sec.7.03.03.07 Street Naming Procedures. OR BK 6831 PG 18 8
A�ny person seeking to change the name of a city street shall follow the requirements of Ordinance No
944-05,as amended,and also adhere to the following policies and procedures,if applicable:
(A). Application for Street Name Changes(Procedures for Citizen Initiative):
1. Applications by citizens for naming or renaming public and private streets shall be made ii
writing to the City Planner. The application should: include the proposed name, the specific stree
1 cation and brief but complete background information on the proposed name. For new street name
roposed within new developments applications shah be considered a regular review of the Site Plan
Review Committee.
In the case of a request for a public street name change on a presently named street, the
plication shall include a listing with name and address of the persons who reside on or own propert}�
at fronts on,or is adjacent to the subject street. The City shall make contact through certified mai
advising all property owners of the submittal of a request for a proposed name change. The application
shall also contain a signed petition approving the street renaming by at least 75% of the listed propert�
wners facing or adjoining the street. Such signatures shall be verified by City staff at the cost of the
etitioner.
The City Planner shall circulate proposed names to the appropriate City departments
heritage or historic groups or homeowner's association, if known, local architectural review boar
( f any) and Site Plan Review Committee and Planning Commission. Once the comments have bee
btained,the suitability of the proposed names will be reported on to City Council for approval.
4. Should proposed names of new streets be acceptable to all departments, interested parties and
approved by City Council following public hearing,the City Manager shall authorize incorporation of the
names and forward the change to the Pasco County Street'Naming Department and United States Posta
Service.
Record and Return to:
City Clerk's Office
5335 8th Street 1
Zephyrhill , FL 33542
OR BK 6831 PG 1899
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M. Application for Street Name Changes(Procedures for City Council Initiative):
1. Applications for a street renaming may be submitted by a member of Council or the City Council
in its entirety. The application should include the proposed name, the specific street location and brief
but complete background information on the proposed name. Council may direct staff to provide a
listing of all property owners fronting or adjoining the street in question. City Council initiatives shall
comply with Ordinance No. 944-05, as amended. The renaming of a specific street may be considered
when renaming would generally improve the City's administration of essential services and would be
in the public's best interest.
2. Once all property owners have been notified, a public hearing on the proposed name change
shall be scheduled with compliance to all public notice requirements and advertising.
(C). Street Type Designations.
When naming private or public streets within the City of Zephyrhills, the following street
designations shall be utilized:
1. Street type designations, depending on roadway function, length and
configuration/direction,exist to define the character of a street. The following designations
should be consulted:
(A) By length and function, the following designations shall be applied:
a. Street, Avenue, Road, Boulevard, Drive, Trail, Way, Crescent and Circle
shall be the ending designations for major thoroughfares or streets of several blocks in length.
b. Terrace, Lane and Path shall be the ending designations for minor or short
streets.
c. Court shall be the ending designation for cul-de-sacs that do not have any
other streets or cul-de-sacs branching off of them.
d.. Place shall be the ending designation for cul-de-sacs that have other
streets or cul-de-sacs branching off of them.
e. Gate may be the ending designation for a short (one block or less in
length) roadways, which provides for the entrance to a subdivision.
f. Square may be the ending designation for streets which form all or part of
a central square within a subdivision.
(B) By direction,the following designations shall be applied:
a. Streets running generally north/south shall have the ending designation of
"Street,""Road," "Lane" or"Way."
b. Streets running generally east/west shall have the ending designation of
"Avenue," "Terrace" or"Path."
c. Streets running generally diagonally (northwest/southeast or
northeast/southwest), shall have the ending designation of"Boulevard" or"Trail."
d. Streets which generally are winding shall have the ending designation of
"Drive."
e. Streets which generally curve in only one direction shall have the ending
designation of"Crescent."
f. Street which form a circle shall have the ending designation of"Circle."
g. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to include existing roadways within
the grid area between and including CR 54 and South Avenues and 1St through 24`1i Street (most
of which are on a diagonal grid) or current or future extensions of those existing roadways
beyond these boundaries.
2. Whenever possible, whenever a new street is constructed that effectively creates an
extension of an existing street, it is preferred that the new street will carry the same name or
number and designation as the existing street.
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OR BK 6831 PG 1900
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Qualifying words may be used when a newly created street is in actuality an extension of
an existing street which cannot be renumbered or for which no municipal numbers are available
North, South, East, West and Upper or Lower are appropriate qualifying words.
4. In instances of the renumbering of addresses, if initiated by the City, the City Manage
nd/or his or her designee shall notify by mail the; affected property owners and coordinate an
dhanges with Pasco County and the United States Postal Service.
The Guidelines and Criteria for Name Selection, as set out in this ordinance, shall als
pply to private streets.
SECTION 2. All ordinances or code provision s in conflict with this ordinance,including but not limited to
Ordinance No.417 and Sections 96.40 through 96.43 of the Code of Ordinances,are hereby repealed.
SECTION It is the intention of the City Council that this ordinance be subsequently codified in the
Zephyrhills Code of Ordinances.
�ECTION 4. Severability.
I1, is declared to be the.intent of the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida that if any section,
subsection, sentence, clause, or provision of this ordinance shall be declared invalid, the remainder of the
ordinance shall be construed as not having contained said section,subsection,sentence,clause,or provision,
and shall not be affected by such holding.
SECTION 5. Effective Date.
This ordinance shall become effective upon passage of the third reading and signing by the Mayor.
TI he foregoing Ordinance No. 945-05 was read and passed on the first reading in an open and
r gular meeting of the City- Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, on this 28th day o
ovember, 2005. L6Jttest _
L'knda D Boaii, Citg'Clerk Cathi L. Compton, Council President
e foregoing.-Ordinance No. 945-05 was read aid passed on the second reading, following a
p ibhc hearin ,in an,open.and;;regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills,
F orida,oh il'51 12th day.ofil ecember, 2005.
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Linda D. Boan, City Clerk Cat i L. Compton, Council President
The foregoing Ordinance No. 945-05 was read and passed on the third reading, following a
p blic hearing, iri an open and regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills,
F orida, on this 9th'day of January, 2006.
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mda D ':Boari City
Clerk , Cathi L. Compton, Council President
T ie foegomg�O'rdmance No. 945-05 was approved by me this 9th day of January, 2006.
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la . Owens, ity Attorney
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