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) .
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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.
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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;
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
A1 ,1. . )n
J. , City Clerk