HomeMy WebLinkAboutBack-Up from Law DeptSec. 54-136. - Alternatives to renaming streets.
The city commission shall consider three alternatives to renaming streets as follows:
(1) Marker, by which a plaque or sign bearing a designation shall be mounted separately on a
stone or post in the right-of-way.
(2) Plaza, by which only the intersection of two streets shall be designated. The designation shall
be mounted on the post under the street signs at the intersection.
Codesignation, by which a numbered street shall receive an additional designation over the
numbered street designation on the street signs. The police department and department of fire -
rescue and U.S. Postal Service shall be notified of codesignation.
(3)
(Ord. No. 10761, § 2, 7-12-90; Ord. No. 10839, § 2, 2-14-91; Code 1980, § 54-90)
Sec. 54-137. - Street codesignation.
The city commission shall consider proposals for street codesignation using the following criteria:
(1) Named streets, e.g., as in Coconut Grove, shall not be changed where there is an historical
tradition attached to the existing name.
(2) Named streets shall not be codesignated because of the resulting confusion.
(3) Numbered streets shall not be codesignated for merely commercial purposes.
(4) Numbered streets shall only be codesignated if there is significant historical, neighborhood or
community benefit to the codesignation.
(5) Numbered street codesignations shall not exceed five blocks in length.
(6) There shall be a hiatus at least five blocks in length between consecutive codesignations in
numbered streets.
(7) Numbered streets shall not be codesignated with the names of living individuals. This provision
can be waived by four votes of the city commissioners.
(8) Block numbers shall be added to any new street signs that reflect codesignations, markers or
plazas.
(Ord. No. 10761, § 2, 7-12-90; Code 1980, § 54-91; Ord. No. 11405, § 1, 10-10-96; Ord. No.
13013, § 2, 7-24-08)