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Home My WebLink AboutSTREET RENAMING Augusta Richmond GA DOCUMENT NAME: s-t\'ee\- \(enO-.'XY\\nS DOCUMENT TYPE: ~\\Clj YEAR:C{l BOX NUMBER: 0 ~ FILE NUMBER: \ ~()ed NUMBER OF PAGES: -L\ '~. ~ , . , 1\.... ... .., \. APPROVED 3/ "" '" .. . APR 1 5 1997 1 . " . AUqUSTA~RICHMOND CO . STREET RENAMING POLICY ~ ADOPTED APRIL ~, 1997 IC~~Q!iQ..cOUNTY COMMISSION) . , ,. , This policy shall control the'rehar)1in'g"bf streets, roads, highways, and alleys for which , requests are. received after thedate'of adoption. The policy shall consist of a three stage progressiveevafuatioO'agairist objective criteria. . . . . . . . '+. .. . ." : The fir.st criteria relates to the significance of the existing name. If the name identifies a " . person, place, or everjt thafl}as, areawide, statewide, or national significance, or if the n'ame:strongly relates to thest~LJcture.or identity of the surrounding community, then a name' chapge shall not be conSidered for 100 years after the original naming. The date of" the original naming'shall. b.eresearched using real estate records, maps, and other . >.s9urces and the staff shall mak~.'.a:determination based upon the best available '. ..evider,lce: as to that date. . If ,staff .defermines that the existing name does not have areawi"ge," statewide, ,or nation~lsignificance, or that 100 years have passed since the " " original naming, then the second criteria may be considered. ' The"second criteria involves, a test:of continuity. Renaming shall only be considered where.'anentire street, road, highway; or alley would be affected. Renaming a segment of ,a' street, road, highway, b(alley, where a transition from one name to another at 'some . geographic point. would result; .shall not be, considered. If a requested name 'change would not resljlt .irl probl~ms of continuity, as determined by the staff, then the , third criteria could be consider~d.' . . The third 'criteria would relatE? to the 'acceptability of the proposed name. A proposed name s~all at a minimumcorTlmemorate a person, event, or place of areawide, stafevvide, or national signifiqante and it shall be acceptable to 66 percent or more of '. th~ owners of property adjourning the right-of-way. The' acceptability shall be determined on -the basis of signatures on a petitien-prepared for the proposer by the staff from real estate records of the tax assessor's office. The staff shall prepare the . petition showing the names of all property owners, and present it to the proposer, who ~- shall 'at~empt to get the neces~ary66' percent of all signatures. Upon completion, the signatures on the petition shall ~eoreviewed by the staff and randomlyauthenticated,lf .the test. set forth under this criteria "is passed, then the proposed renaming shall be . ,deemed to be consisted with. this policy. ' . - ..,,', . " . A'renaming reejuest that staff has determined to be consisted with this 'policy shall be forwarded to the administrator with a report on the staff evaluation for action by the . Public Safety Committee'andsubsequently the Augusta Commission. No notice except for the~ standard notiGe of itemsappe"aringon these agendas shall be given. if' ~_. t. '\; .~ " -; /~' , . ,-0 RAN 0 U M " AUGUSTA-RICH_MOND COUNTY PLANNING COMl\HSSION GEORGE A, PATTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THELMA ~-tACK CHAIRPERSON 525 TELFAIR STREET ' AUGUST A, GEORGIA 30901 PHONE: (706) 821-1796 FAX: (706) 821-1806 .... ' .., 10: .. "F~om: Oa~e: . . n , . . - , ",., . Randy Oliver; AUQusta~FUchmond County's Administrator. '.(:;~~~Qe' A:-PaUy, . ~x:eb"U~i'~e '[)irector f!zfHJ . AprilS', ,1.99.7" . :. Subject: ALJQusta:'Richmond C.()unty Street Renaming Policy' ~ " " ". " ~ /,,', " "",,' , . ' . . - - Enclosedyo~ will find a statement"cjfJhe street renaming policy that was recommended , > .~ by tt1e publicsafetycomni,itteeoh' April?, . It provides some details about how the .~ : 't3v~,lu~~ionn~oul.d actually'.be 99nduyf8"d that are not in my original. letter. Call'r:ne'if yo.u wantto disc'uss if ' ". . .."; - .' GAP/dgk/: . ;.~, · EnclO,sure as cc: . . . ~a' Bonner, Clerk of 6~~rr1iSSiOn . ; . -',_:: ; . ...... ~.., f"~ ~~'" ..,~ ''''l~ '~'ii;~t:i'~':'~" ~ ~~. ~~~. ~...~t~i i~:B ~ ~r::: '1 W~\ ':th.:\7 ~ ~lt:'., g f1 ' ~ fi 1J. A ~~.. ~ ,,0,: ,r. ::/: t! (1 .\ \;: 't;' ;: bi"".oi '] ~ ':\ fJi" ), ~ '.~~.J'fi,' "-'....~.y ~ .~ ~tl 3 ...:"", i' '.j ~ ~ ~ ii. ./,~~ \.;;:.(; 'b!L:.~;'l ,J:;:;'~ ,...~:' ~~"~.ll't ~ ?~ H i I j \C, -oC" -.21, " ". I. ' ll" ""', ~ ~\ ~. '~y i,"d'~~ MAR 1 4 ill 3J 'G'l'~'T ",.R!{"\-IMOND COUNTY f,U , ..,1 ,I . ..~ .. FFICE {>.lJMIN!STRAI0R'S 0 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION GEORGE A. PATTY EXECUTIVE DIRECfOR THELMA MACK CHAIRPERSON 525 TELFAIR STREET AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30901 PHONE: (706) 821-1796 FAX: (706) 821-1806 M E M 0 RAN 0 U M To: . Randy Oliver, Augusta-Richmond County Administrator From: George A. Patty, Executive Director ~ Date: March 14, 1997 Subject: Proposed Policy for Street Renaming There seems to be increasing interest in the renaming of streets, roads, and highways in Georgia. Several of the State routes have been renamed by Georgia DOT, and we have had several requests to rename local streets. While renaming may be appropriate to commemorate a person, place, or event, it is also certain to cause problems, Some of the problems that are caused are as follows: - problems related to the loss of name continuity for emergency vehicles, service providers, tourists, and others; - problems for residents related to accounts, stationary, advertising and others; - problems related to the meaning of the current name, which might be due to -its historical significance, or the "tradition", (i.e. the role in the structure or identity of the community); - problems related to the proposed name (i.e., would the name be accepted); -the public-cost. of renaming-sign age, map changes, address changes and. record charges. For these reasons, I believe that a policy should be adopted for considering all future requests to rename streets, roads, and highways within Augusta-Richmond County. I recommend that an evaluation of each request against three criteria serve as the basis for this policy. The first criteria would relate to the significance of the existing name. If the existing name has local (areawide), state, or national significance, or if the name strongly relates to the structure or identity of the surrounding community, then I believe that a change should not be considered for 100 years after the original naming. A'P r f'2.o \J~ +0\2.1) \ S <.. \J So S \ ~....J ON 'p u"B L 1 c.. LU 0 (<. \<:... <; A.~~~b A;- ~o~ ~. CL.~ ~/z <t /Cj7 "c.:_ _ ,1". ~ ('J . :;" . - ~ . ' ~. . .. Memorandum to Randy Oliver - Administrator Subj: Proposed Policy for Street Renaming March 14, 1997 Page 2 of 2 The second criteria would relate to the proposed name. At a minimum it should commemorate a person, event, or place of areawide, state or national significance and it should be acceptable to a majority of the owners' of property adjoining the street. A petition containing the signa.tures of ~ percent of such property owners should be required to accompany the request. l 15\ . The third'criteria would relate to continuity. If the proposal involves a street or a street segment in a continuous street system (i.e., Berckmans Road/Highland Avenue/ Wheeler Road/Ruby Drive) then it should not be considered. If it is a free standing. street with defined terminus, of if it is an entir~ street system, then it could be acceptable, pending an evaluation of the other two criteria. I recommend that the procedure for this evaluation be as follows: - name change request is submitted to Administrator, who passes it on to Planning Commission; . - Planning Commission informs proposer of information needed and upon receipt perform evaluation based upon the criteria; - If the minimum requirements of the criteria are not met, then the petitioner is so informed and no additi.onal action is taken. If the criteria are met, then the Planning Commission holds a public hearing in the area where the change is proposed; -a report is written summarizing the evaluation and the public hearing and presented to the petitioner and the Administrator; -request is considered by the Engineering Services Committee, and forwarded tb"the-Cc5mmissioi'rfcWfiHal-decision. ~ -- -.---- - ...':0 -'"