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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0919ORDINANCE NO. 919 (1982 Series) CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO STREET NAME AND ADDRESS REGULATIONS BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo that: SECTION 1. Chapter 9.5 Article IX (attached and part of this ordinance) is added to the San Luis Obispo Municipal. Code. SECTION 2. A summary of. this ordinance and council members' initial votes on it must be published once, at least three days before its final passage, in the San Luis Obispo County Telegram- Tribune. The ordinance will go into effect 30 days after its final passage. INITIALLY APPROVED by the San Luis Obispo City Council on February 2, 1982, on a motion by Councilwoman Dovey , seconded byCouncilman Griffip. and on the following roll -call vote: YES: Councilmembers Dovey, Griffin, Dunin, Settle, and Mayor Billig. NO: None. ABSENT: None. w � APPROVED: (, 0. City V elOfficbr City Attorney ,:54� �/ 45� Acting Community Development Coordinator 61 1 CHAPTER 9.5 ARTICLE IX STREET NAME AND ADDRESS REGULATIONS (Ordinance No. 919 1982 Series) SECTION 9950. PURPOSE. This chapter provides street name and address regulations for the City of San Luis Obispo. The regulations are adopted to protect and promote the health, safety and welfare of those who live and work in the city by: - Helping fire, police and ambulance personnel locate more quickly the scene of an emergency. - Expediting postal and commercial delivery services. - Reducing confusion for people trying to find a business or residence. - Implementing the Safety Element of the general plan by aiding contingency planning. SECTION 9951. AREA AFFECTED. These regulations are effective throughout the city. Areas outside the city limits are governed by the county's addressing regulations administered by the county Planning Department. Wherever possible, the county and city addressing regulations will be compatible. SECTION 9952. DOCUMENTS. A. The city's Community Development Department will maintain the following documents: 1. Street index. An index of existing and prior names of all city and private streets within the city limits. <iA1 0 $-5 , n 2. Block numbering map. A map that shows present and future block numbering within the city's urban reserve and provides a basis for clear, consistent addressing citywide. 3. Address records. Records of all assigned addresses. B. All documents required by these regulations and other pertinent addressing records must be available for public inspection at the Community Development Department during business hours. SECTION 9953. STREET NAME REQUIREMENT. A. All public and private vehicle ways within the city limits, except driveways and alleys, must have a name. B. Driveways must not be named. C. Alleys may be named. SECTION 9954. ADDRESS REQUIREMENT. All parcels, principal buildings, and separate units in a principal building must have an address unless the Community Development Department decides an address is unnecessary. SECTION 9955. PROCEDURES FOR ASSIGNING AND CHANGING ADDRESSES. A. Assignment. The Community Development Department must assign both the number and determine which street name to use for all addresses and inform property owners and occupants of them without charge. B. Change of address. 1. An address must be changed when it is out of sequence, does not conform to the city's block numbering map, is confusing, or might delay emergency response. If an address is changed, the Community Development Department must notify the owner and tenant in charge of the building in writing at least 10 days before the effective date and must post a public notice on the property at least five days before the effective date. 2. A property owner may apply for an address change for personal reasons by: a. submitting an application for number change b. paying a fee to be determined by the city council The Community Development Department must decide whether the proposed address meets the requirements of these regulations. If it does not, the application must be denied. If it does, then the application will be referred to the Planning Commission. SECTION 9956. ADDRESS NUMBERING STANDARDS. A. The city's block numbering map must be used to assign block numbers. B. For streets running within five degrees of north -south over more than half their length, numbers on the east side of the street must be even and on the west side must be odd. For other streets, numbers on the northerly side must be even and on the southerly side must be odd. C. Individual addresses within a block must reflect as accurately as possible the relative position within the block of an undeveloped lot's center or a building's main entrance. For example, an undeveloped lot in the middle of a 100 block or a building with its main entrance at the middle of a 1.00 block must be numbered approximately 150. D. Individual exceptions to these address number standards may be made where special circumstances require. Clarity and uniformity are the goal. <A,, ,t n . SECTION 9957. DISPLAY OF ADDRESS NUMBERS. A. Display requirement. All structures that have a separate address must display their address number. If the location of the number or entrance could cause confusion about which street is involved, the street name must be displayed with the number. B. New structures. The owner of a new structure must display the assigned address number before the Construction Regulations Division will approve occupancy of the structure. C. Change of address. Within 30 days after receiving written notification of an address change, the owner of an existing structure must display the new number and remove all obsolete numbers. D. Type, color, size of numbers. Address numbers must be displayed as arabic numerals and must be a color that contrasts with the background color. All buildings must have numbers that can be read easily from the street. Unusually large numbers may be subject to the city's Sign Regulations. E. Number location. Address numbers must be displayed on the building near the entrance. Numbers must be easily seen from the street. If the location of a building's or unit's main entrance might not be clear, address numbers must be displayed where they clearly indicate the entrance's location. This might require displaying the number in more than one place. Numbers painted on the curb, while a desirable feature, do not satisfy this requirement. F. Directories. When irregular layout of a multiple- address development might cause confusion about the location of an address within, the project, a directory board with a map must be posted at every driveway entrance and main entrance walkway. Directories must clearly show the location of all. addresses that can be reached via that walk or driveway. A drawing of the directory, fully dimensioned and showing the type and size of letters and numerals, must be submitted to the Community Development Department for approval (with no fee). Directories must be easily seen from the street or sidewalk, as appropriate. Driveway directories must be placed so that the car of someone pausing to read them can be out of the street and not block the sidewalk or driveway. Additional interior directories may be required where necessary to locate an address. G. Mailboxes. If a mailbox is located on the same street as the address it serves, only the number need be displayed on the box. If the mailbox and building are located on separate streets, both the address number and street name must be on the box. SECTION 9958. PROCEDURES FOR NAMING AND RENAMING STREETS. A. New streets. Streets to be created by a land division must be named by the developer and approved by the Community Development Department, during the review and approval of the tentative and final subdivision maps. B. Initiation. The City Council, Planning Commission, Community Development Department, or owner of adjoining property may initiate the naming or renaming of an existing street. A non - refundable application fee, established by the council., will be charged a property owner initiating the process. C. Application and petition. The initiating party must file a completed "Street Name Application" and "Street Name Petition" with the Community Development Department. 1. When a naming or renaming is initiated by a property owner, the petition must be signed by owners or tenants representing at least two- thirds of the parcels, dwelling units, or businesses located along the affected street segment. a-. - - -,- _ d 2. When a naming or renaming is initiated by the City Council, Planning Commission or Community Development Department, the petition need be signed only by an authorized representative of the initiating party. D. Public hearing procedure. 1. Scheduling. When it receives a completed application and petition, the Community Development Department must schedule a public hearing before the Planning Commission. 2. Notice. At least 10 days before the hearing, notice of it must be posted in at least three public places along the affected street segment. All owners of property along the segment must be notified by first -class mail at least 10 days before the hearing. 3. Action. At the public hearing, the Planning Commission must hear and consider all name proposals and objections. If at the end of the hearing the commission finds that one or more of these names satisfy the requirements of these regulations,'it must adopt a name selected from those proposed for the street. The commission may also assess the applicant reasonable costs for changing maps and replacing or installing signs. 4. Formal designation. When the commission adopts a street name, the name must be entered in the commission's minutes. After that the street must be known by that name. E. Appeal. The Planning Commission's decision may be appealed to the City Council by anyone, according to Chapter 4, Article I, of this Code. F. Notification after change. After a street name is adopted, the Community Development Department must notify all the appropriate public agencies and the property owners and tenants along the affected street. c�_..A-, SECTION 9959. STREET NAME CRITERIA. Street names adopted after the effective date of this ordinance must meet the following criteria: A. Street names must be pleasant- sounding and grammatically correct. B. Street names must be easy to spell, pronounce and read so the public, especially children, can say the name correctly in an emergency. C. Street names must include an appropriate classification such as "street," "way," "lane," etc., to be determined by the Community Development Department. D. Streets must not be named after a living person, except they may be named after a family prominent in local history even if family members are alive. E. Streets in the 911 emergency- response area must not have duplicate or similar- sounding names. F. Street names must have fewer than 15 characters, including letters, punctuation and spaces, but not including the street classification. G. A continuous street, or one proposed to be continuous, must have the same name throughout its length. H. Two street segments that don't form a continuous street, and aren't proposed to form one, must have different names. SECTION 9960. STREET NAME SIGNS. A. Responsibility. The city must provide name signs for all streets within its jurisdiction except as noted in paragraphs C and D, below. «_ ,.f; r_ B. Criteria. 1. Every intersection must have signs naming all the intersecting streets. The number of signs required will be determined by the Public Services Department. 2. Street name signs must be clearly visible to passing motorists and pedestrians. 3. Letters and numbers on street signs must contrast with the background color and must be large enough to be easily read from the sidewalk or a vehicle on the street. 4. Placement must clearly indicate which streets correspond to the names. 5. The signs must meet the minimum standards of the Public Services Department. C. Signs for streets created by division of land. 1. The subdivider must provide street name signs for all. intersections created by a land division. 2. The signs must meet the criteria stated in paragraph B, above. 3. Placement must be determined by the city engineer. 4. After acceptance of the streets, the signs must be maintained by the Public Services Department. D. Signs for private streets. 1. Property owners may be required to install and maintain permanent street signs for private streets. 2. If signs are required, property owners may choose the design, size and material, as long as they meet the criteria specified in paragraph B, above. ,-m SECTION 9961. ADMINISTRATION. A. Authority. The Community Development Department has sole authority to administer and interpret these regulations, subject to appeal to the Planning Commission. B. Approval. All street names must be approved by, and address numbers determined by the Community Development Department. C. Street name signs. Street name signs along publicly maintained streets must be installed and maintained by the Public Services Department except as noted in Section 9911.0 and D. SECTION 9962. ENFORCEMENT. The Community Development Department is responsible for enforcing these regulations. SECTION 9963. DEFINITIONS. A. Address. A combination of a number, a street name and, when necessary, a unit number that is assigned to a parcel., structure or unit within a structure -- and is unique to it -- to indicate its location. B. Adjoining. . Having a common boundary for at least 25 feet. C. Alley. A public vehicle way, named or unnamed, providing secondary access to the rear of property that faces a street. D. Building. Any structure used or intended for sheltering or supporting any use or occupancy. Mobile homes are principal buildings. E. Building, principal.'/A. building that's large enough or used in such a way that, in the Community Development Department's judgment, it requires a separate address. e'r .. - F. parcels. Division of land. The division of any real property into two or more G. Driveway. A vehicle way that provides access, primarily for the occupants, from a street into a lot and that 1. has a ramp for its entrance from the street [4111 2. is small enough or of such a character that addresses along it would be clearer if they used the name of the street from which the way provides access. H. Lot. A parcel of real property. I. Property owner. The person, firm, corporation or partnership that the latest county tax assessment roll shows as the owner or long term lessee of a particular lot. J. Street. A right -of -way providing vehicular access to abutting property. K. Street, city. A street that has been accepted by the City Council for public purposes. A public street. L. Street, continuous. A street along which there are no major changes in general direction, no barriers that block all. through traffic, no intersections where the street appears to end, and no radical changes in the street's character. M. Street, private. Any street that is not owned by the city. N. Street segment. A linear portion of a street, sometimes including the whole street. 0. Structure. Anything assembled or constructed on the ground, or attached to anything with a foundation on the ground. This includes mobile homes and manufactured housing regardless of their method of attachment. t7t tid � q � r-ee, ORDINANCE NO. 919 (1982 Series) FINALLY PASSED this 16th day of February , 1982, on motion of Councilwoman Dovey ,-seconded by Councilman Settle , and.on the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Dovey, Settle, Dunin, Griffin and Mayor Billig NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: Cit Clerk Pamela jges