File #: 2013-0314    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/8/2013 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 8/19/2013
Enactment date: 8/30/2013 Enactment #: 17640
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to road names; and amending Ordinance 8766, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.08.060.
Sponsors: Reagan Dunn, Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Road Names
Code sections: 16.08.060 - .
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17640.pdf, 2. 2013-0314 Staff report - Honorary Road Name (7-30-13).doc, 3. 2013-0314 Attachment 2 - Amendment 1(7-30-2013) (2).docx, 4. 2013-0314 Revised Staff Report - Honorary Road Name.doc
Staff: Carlson, Paul
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to road names; and amending Ordinance 8766, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.08.060.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 8766, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.08.060 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A.1. Notwithstanding ((the provisions of sections)) K.C.C. 16.08.010 and 16.08.020 ((of this chapter)), the ((county)) council reserves the option of changing street names or changing numbered streets to named streets.
2. An ((A))application((s)) to the council for street renaming shall contain the signatures of the majority of persons having ownership in properties addressed on the street to be renamed.
3. The council shall mail ((N))notice of a proposed name change((s shall be mailed)) to all property owners whose addresses would be changed at least twenty days ((prior to)) before council action. A change of street name((s)) shall be accomplished by the adoption of an ordinance ((directing the change)).
B. The council shall consider technical input from the department, locational and development characteristics relative to the street, and the impact of the change on existing businesses and residences, as well as on emergency vehicle responsiveness, in determining whether the change should be made. Only entire street lengths or distinct major portions of streets shall be separately renamed by the county. For purposes of this chapter, "distinct major portions" shall mean a separate portion of a street identifiable by either a directional shift of a least forty-five degrees or an interrupted interval of at least one quarter mile.
C.1. An honorary street designation is a secondary name for a street or a portion of a street that does not replace the legal name of the street. The honorary street designation shall be denoted by signage that augments but does not replace signage for the legal street name required for emergency service access. If a street or ...

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