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HomeMy WebLinkAbout144-A - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 144A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUMM OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAM24GA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVIM ANRIQM4TS TO CHAPTFI2 12.12 OF THE RANCHO CLKWENGA MUNICIPAL CODE PFETAINING TO THE CITY'S STREET MMIG RBQUIl2 MOTS A. Recitals. (i) Responding to Rancho Cucamonga Fire District concerns regarding street naming policies, the City Council on February 7, 1990, directed City staff to initiate the process to draft imps to the street naming regulations. (ii) On December 12, 1990, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga reviewed and recommended approval of proposed amendments to the City's Street Naming Booklet and Street Naming Ordinance, City Code Chapter 12.12. (iii) On February 20, 1991, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a public hearing and concluded said hearing prior to its adoption of this Ordinance. (iv) All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of the Ordinance have occurred. B. Ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1: This Council hereby specifically finds that all of the facts set forth in the Recitals, Part "A", of this Ordinance are true and correct. SECTION 2: This Council hereby finds and certifies that these street naming amendments have been reviewed and considered pursuant to the provisions of the California Envirornrental Quality Act of 1970 (CBQA) , and this Council hereby determines that the amendments proposed will not have any impacts on the environment and are therefore, not subject to further review pursuant to CBQA, Section 15061(b) (3) , and further this Council hereby directs the City Clerk to file, pursuant to CBQA, Section 15061(d) , a Notice of Exemption regarding this matter. SECTION 3: Based upon the substantial evidence presented to this Council during the above-referenced regular meeting, this Council hereby concludes as follows: (a) That the proposed amendments to the street naming regulations will not have any adverse impacts on the environment and are exempt from further review by CBQA, Section 15061(b) (3) . Ordinance No. 144A Page 2 Plan. (b) That the proposed wwxmj emts are in conformance with the General (c) That the proposed amendments will improve the City's street naming Process by reducing potentially confusing street naming situations and thereby enhance the public's safety and convenience when traveling through the community. SECTION 4: Chapter 12.12 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in words and figures, as follows: Chapter 12.12 STREET NAMING Sections• 12.12.010 Purpose of provisions 12.12.020 Naming criteria 12.12.030 New Streets 12.12.040 Changing street names - Reasons 12.12.050 Changing street names - process 12.12.060 Changing street names - Environmental Determination 12.12.010 Purpose of provisions. The purpose of these provisions are as follows: A. To establish procedures for street naming for new public and private streets in the City of Rancho Cucamonga in the public interest of uniformity and to avoid confusion to the public; and B. To establish a procedure for changing existing street names in the City of Rancho Cucamonga which may be changed want to the following: 1. That the proposed change is not in conflict with the goals, policies, and standards of the general plan; 2. That the proposed change is consistent with the adopted master plan of streets and higiNays or adopted circulation element; 3. That the proposed change will not cause significant adverse impacts upon the environment; 4. That the proposed change is deemed necessary to protect the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and general welfare. Ordinance No. 144A Page 3 12.12.020 Naming criteria. Streets shall be named as follows: A. Street names should be pleasant sounding, appropriate, easy to read (so that the public, and children in particular, can handle the name in an emergency situation) , and should add to the pride of hcane ownership and comm zity. B. The following types of street names are unacceptable: numerical names (1st, 2nd, etc.) ; alphabetical letters (A, B, C, etc.) ; frivolous, ccuplicated, or undesirable names; unconventional spelling; coupound names; given or surnames of persons living or dead, except for pioneer family names, historic persons, etc. C. Streets which are continuous shall be extended in accordance with the present street names whenever possible and feasible. D. Discontinuous streets shall not be given the same name. The numbering system shall not change on a street from east/west to north/south. If the mmbering system changes, the street will be considered as discontinuous and the name should be different at the point where the numbering changes. E. Duplication of existing or proposed street names is prohibited. Similar sounding names are considered to be duplication, regardless of spelling. F. Existing areas of the City shall strive to have new street names consistent with the prevailing theme of existing streets. In the northwestern part of the City, north/south streets named after gems and east/west streets named after trees when possible and where feasible. G. Streets with a ninety-degree (900) or more change of direction shall change names at a convenient and appropriate point, complete with street name and 100 block address signs posted at the directional/name change, as determined by the City Planner. The names used in this and similar situations should be dissimilar in pronunciation and spelling. Streets with less than a ninety-degree (900) change of direction may have a name change in order to comply with other provisions of this chapter. Meandering curvilinear streets with one or more direction changes may retain a single name if the following conditions are evident: 1. The street does not originate and terminate with the same base street nor have more than one (1) intersection with any other street, and; 2. Does not have more than one arterial street intersection, and; Ordinance No. 144A Page 4 3. There is no possibility of future intersections onto the street, and; 4. The street does not have any sharp angle direction changes, and; 5. The street name and address numbering system does not indicate any particular compass heading. H. No street with the same name shall intersect another singly named street more than once. hoop streets shall change names as specified in Section 12.12.020G or at intersections with other streets, as may be determined appropriate by the City Planner. I. That street designation for present and future streets shall be as follows: 1. Boulevard. Special east-west streets shall be designated "Boulevard" r 2. Streets. East west streets which pass throe several neighborhoods or tracts to be designated "Street"; 3. Avenues. North-south streets which pass through several neighborhoods or tracts to be designated "Avenue"; 4. Road. Any diagonal street with a generally straight alignment which does not conform basically to a grid pattern to be designated "Road"; 5. Drive. East-west streets, parallel to, but between named streets and limited to one neighborhood or tract to be designated "Drive"; 6. Place. North-south streets, parallel to, but between named streets and limited to one neighborhood or tract to be designated "Place"; 7. Way. Any irregular streets which cannot conform to any grid pattern to be designated "Way"; 8. Court. Any cul-de-sacs or dead end streets with a turn- around which cannot be reasonably extended shall be designated "Court". a. "Courts" with the same name as the preceding street should be avoided. b. A "court" shall carry the name of the preceding street only if the "court" is at the end of the street. Ordinance No. 144A Page 5 9. Frontage Road. "Frontage roads" shall carry the same name and designation as the street served and shall not be identified otherwise. 12.12.030 New streets. A. It is the responsibility of the applicant, for development in the construction of new streets, to sukmit names, together with any fee as may be adopted by this Council, to the City for approval. B. It shall be the duty of the City Planner or designee, after consulting with the Fire District, to approve all new street names in the City. 12.12.040 Changing street names - Reasons. A. The changing of street names may be initiated by any of the following: 1. Public request which must be in writing to the City Council or Planning mission stating the justification for such a change; 2. Resolution of intention of the Planning Ccmrkission; 3. Resolution of intention of the City Council. B. If change is initiated Uumugh public request, the City may require the applicant to pay all costs incurred by the change (including, but not limited to, street signs, public hearing notification, etc.) 12.12.05 Q=ing street names - process. A. In all cases, it shall be the duty of the Planning Division, after consulting with the Fire District, Sheriff's Department, Postmaster, and Frxgineering Division on the name changing issue, to prepare a report discussing the justification for such a range, reomm exdiM a replacen*nt name and discussing the impact of the proposed change. B. The Secretary of the Planning Commission shall place the matter on the first available Planning bion Agenda, and shall submit the report to the Planning Cmm fission at that time. C. The Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed street name change. The public hearing shall be noticed to all property owners on the street proposed for change by mail ten days prior to the hearing, or by posting of a notice Ordinance No. 144A Page 6 along the street at three hundred-foot intervals, ten days prior to the hearing. The Post Office, County Recorder, Fire District, and Sheriff's Department shall also be sent written notice of the proposed change. Where the street connects to or borders an adjoining city boundary, written notice shall also be sent to the affected city. D. Upon receiving testimony at the public hearing, the Planning C=Ussion may approve, conditionally approve, or deny the Proposed street name change by Resolution pursuant to the findings in Section 12.12.010. E. If approved, the Resolution shall include the date upon which said change will bene effective. This decision shall be final, unless appealed in writing to the City Council within ten days of the Planning Commission action. Sixty days prior to the effective date of the change, the City Clerk shall send written notice of the change to the Post Office, County Recorder, Fire District, Sheriff's Department (Ordinance 144, Section 4, 1981.) and the Public Safety Answering Point, part of the 9-1-1 emergency reporting system. 12.12.060 Chanaina street names - Mvironmental Determination The City Council has determined that the changing of street names has no possibility to have a significant effect on the environment and therefore, 01 such an action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) , pursuant to Section 15061(b) (3) . Upon approval of any street name change, a Notice of Exemption shall be filed pursuant to CEQA Section 15061(d) . SECTION 5: The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall cause the same to be published within fifteen (15) days after its passage at least once in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Ontario, California, and circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 6th day of March, 1991. AYES: Alexander, Baguet, Stout, Williams, Wright NOES: None ABSENT: Nome Dermis L. Stout, Mayor ordinance No. 144A Page 7 ATTEST: a J. City Clerk I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY CUM of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, do hereby Certify that the foregoing Ordirk Ce was introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 20th day of February, 1991, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Randm Cucamonga held on the 6th day of March, 1991. Executed this 7th day of March, 1991 at Rancho Cucamonga, California. 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