RESOLUTION NO. 2 42- 0 4 i t)
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO RESOLUTION NO. 242-04
AMENDING RESOLUTION 198.89 CONCERNING THE
CHANGING OF STREETNAMES ( COUNCIL POLICY 6.2).
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Bakersfieldadopted ResolutionNo. 58- 96therebyadoptinga CityCouncilPolicyand ProceduralManual (" Manual" herein); and
WHEREAS, Manual serves as a guideline to govern the actions, conduct and business of the City of Bakersfield and its City Council; and WHEREAS, certain policies and procedures of Manual have become antiquated and require either clarification, updating, or repeal; and WHEREAS, City Council directed City Attorney to update Chapter Sixof Manual.
NOW, THEREFORE, BEIT RESOLVEDby the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
The above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference.
2. Resolution No. 242-04 re: STREETNAME CHANGES is hereby updated and amended to read as follows:
1) Street name changes may be proposed by the Planning
Director, pursuant to the director' sresponsibility to maintain the City's addresssystem, in consultation with the Public Works Director, Police Chief, and Fire Chief to correct mistakes, to accomplish a more efficient emergency response program, or to comply with any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation.
2) For purposes of considering street name changes, the following categories shall determine which general policy will be applied.
Cafeaory 1:
Changes for streets to be named after individuals, service organizations or other humanitarian entities for which federal
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or state holidays are observed.
Category 2:
Changes for streets to be named after individuals who have been deceased no less than five years or service organizations or other humanitarian entities which have been out of
existence for no less than five years and whose lives or services have been exemplary and brought honor and recognition to the City.
Cateaory 3:
Changes for streets to be named after individuals who are livingor serviceorganizationsor other entitieswhich are stillin service and whose lives or services are exemplary and have brought honor and recognition to the city.
3) Applications to rename streets after accident victims, corporate names, or slogans will not be accepted for
consideration.
A. GENERAL POLICIES
1J Approval Agency
a. Planning Commission is the approval agency
for street name changes. Decisions are final at
the planning commission and are appealable
to the City Council subject to the requirements
of Sections 17.64. 139 of the Bakersfield
Municipal Code.
b. Panning Commission action will be taken at an
advanced public hearing.
2) Application requirements
a. Category 1 requests shall be by application on
forms supplied by the City. A petition in support
of the application is not required.
b. Category 2 requests shall be by application on
forms supplied by the City. The application shall
include a petition signed by owners of 51% of
the businesses of commercial or industrially
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zoned property or by owners of more than 51%
of the property of residentially zoned property
or property on streets containing a mixture of
residential and any other zone.
C. Category 3 requests shall be by application on
forms supplied by the City accompanied with a
filing fee. Theapplication shallinclude a petition
signed by owners of 75% of the businesses of
commercially or industrially zoned property or
owners of 75% of the properties of residentially
zoned property or property on streets
containing a mixture of residential and any
other zone.
d. The petition requirement and inclusion by one
of the three categories qualify the application
for acceptance and processing for public
hearing before the Planning Commission.
Approval or denial of the application will be
based on the supporting evidence submitted
by the applicant, staff analysis of the request
and public hearing testimony.
4) Responsibility for cost of application, appeal of decision and sign replacement:
a. Category 1 name change requests will be borne by the City.
b. Category2and 3name changesrequestmustbe borne by
the applicant.
c. Appeal of the decision under any category must be borne by the appellant.
d. The application fee shall be set by the City Council. Such fees will be reviewed with the annual evaluation of the cost recovery program.
e. The cost of replacing street signs will be borne by the applicant.
5) Appeals may be filed by the applicant or owners of property whose addresses would be changed or any person aggrieved. c. s
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3. ThisResolutionshallbecome effective and in full force upon final passage.
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HEREBYCERTIFYthat the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted bytheCounciloftheCityof Bakersfieldat a regularmeetingthereofheldon SEP 01 2021 , by the following vote:
VE COUNCILMEMBER. ARIAS, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, FREEMAN, GRAY, PARLIER NOES: COUNCILMEMBER
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER
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JULI DRIMAKIS, MMC
CITY CLERK and EX OFFICIO CLERK of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED
SEP 01 2021
By 4
KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINI ENNARO
City Att rney
By
4VGINIAENNARO
City Attorney
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