Sec. 6-669. - Contents of notice.
Sec. 6-670. - Required fees for renaming facilities.
Sec. 6-671. - City council action.
(a)
A request to change the name of a facility shall be filed with the office of the city clerk who shall follow procedures as directed by division 2 of this article.
(b)
Specific rooms, areas, or other parts of a facility may be renamed individually.
(c)
Once filed and complete, the city clerk shall deliver it to all appropriate council members and department-head committee members.
(d)
The request to change the name of a facility shall be complete upon submitting:
(1)
The current official facility name; and,
(2)
The proposed new facility name; and,
(3)
The name, address, and telephone number of each person, group, agency, or entity requesting the facility name change; and,
(4)
The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all of the property owners, residents, businesses, and tenants located within two hundred (200) feet of the facility in favor of the name change.
(5)
Fees. Fees shall consist of:
a.
Request fee.
b.
Estimated facility sign replacement cost.
c.
The projected notification fee(s).
(e)
The requesting party, other than the city, shall pay the required fees.
(Ord. No. 2011-03-31-0239, § 1, 3-31-11)
(a)
Under no circumstances shall a facility name change request bypass the committee.
(b)
Committee review and recommendation.
(1)
Time limitations shall not exceed ninety (90) days total from the time the application is complete to submitting a name to the city council. For computation purposes, the 90-day period begins when the application is complete. The department has fifteen (15) days to forward the completed application to the committee.
(2)
Once the public hearing date has been chosen, the department shall immediately cause notice to be served:
a.
By mail to all residents or businesses within a 200-foot radius of the facility to be named, and
b.
By public service announcements, press releases, and other appropriate community bulletins to the entire city.
(3)
A period of at least fifteen (15) days shall be required in order to give the department sufficient time to provide notice.
(4)
The committee shall meet on the designated date to consider the submitted name(s). This meeting shall be open to the public and time shall be allowed for public comment. The committee shall either approve the submitted name and forward to city council or reject the submitted name. Should the committee reject the submitted name, estimated sign costs shall be reimbursed.
(5)
Within thirty (30) days of concluding that the name should be changed, the committee shall submit in writing both the submitted name and its rationale for the choice to city council. No name shall be submitted unaccompanied by the committee's rationale.
(Ord. No. 2011-03-31-0239, § 1, 3-31-11)
Sec. 6-669. - Contents of notice.
Notices for renaming facilities shall contain the following:
(1)
A statement explaining the process to rename a facility, room, or part of a facility; and,
(2)
The submitted name(s); and,
(3)
A description of what is to be renamed and its general location; and,
(4)
Any submitted reason for the name(s), if applicable; and,
(5)
The date, time, and place of the meeting to consider the submitted name(s); and,
(6)
A statement that the meeting shall be open to the public and shall provide time for public comment.
Information directing that any written response in favor of or against a submitted name change may be sent to a named point of contact at a corresponding mailing address up until and including the scheduled committee hearing date. For calculation purposes of the two-thirds (2/3) responses in subsection 6-666(b), only those responses postmarked on or prior to the hearing date shall be considered.
a.
If the renaming of more than one (1) facility, room, or part of a facility is to be considered at one (1) meeting, the information required by subsection (a) above, for each individual facility, room or part of a facility to be considered at that meeting may be included in one (1) notice.
b.
It will be the responsibility of the department(s) to which the facility belongs to notify the property owners, residents, tenants and businesses located within two hundred (200) feet of the facility. There shall be a notification period of thirty (30) days before the name change is sent to city council. This will afford the recipient the opportunity to notify the department(s) of their support of, or opposition to, the facility name change. The department shall not issue an owner/resident/business notification unless the applicant has paid all required fees.
(Ord. No. 2011-03-31-0239, § 1, 3-31-11)
Sec. 6-670. - Required fees for renaming facilities.
An applicant, other than the city, shall pay for facility renaming signage. Signage shall complement the architecture and design of the building. All required fees are to be paid to the department at the time of application; otherwise, the application will be considered incomplete and rejected.
(Ord. No. 2011-03-31-0239, § 1, 3-31-11)
Sec. 6-671. - City council action.
Prior committee review and submittal:
(1)
The committee shall forward the submitted name to the city council as soon as practical, but in no case more than thirty (30) days after consideration. Subject to subsection 6-671(2) below, the city council shall adopt or reject the name. Should the city council adopt the name, the committee's written rationale shall be kept for historical reference. Should the city council reject the submitted name, the process is over.
(2)
If two-thirds (2/3) of the responses to the committee's written notice of a suggested name are against changing the existing name, nine (9) votes of the city council members shall be required in order to adopt the suggested name.
(Ord. No. 2011-03-31-0239, § 1, 3-31-11)