§ 20.03.036. Road naming procedures.

Issuance of a road name not associated with a land division map shall be processed by the department of planning and building as follows:

(1)

Schedule Administrative Hearing. Upon receipt of a completed application and where applicable, a petition, the department of planning and building shall schedule the road name request at an administrative hearing before the planning director or designee.

(2)

Public Notice. Ten days prior to the hearing, notice of the administrative hearing shall be posted a minimum of three public places along the road to be named or renamed, or be published in a newspaper of general circulation, or mailed to owners of addressable structures or parcels of land which abut the affected road. The type of notice shall be at the discretion of the department of planning and building.

(3)

Notice of County Action When Hearing Continued. If a decision is continued by the county to a time which is neither previously stated in the public notice provided pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, nor announced at the hearing as being continued to a time certain, then county shall provide notice of further hearings in the same manner and within the same time limits as subsection (2) of this section.

(4)

Administrative Hearing. A public hearing before the planning director on each road name proposal shall be conducted to allow any interested persons to present information and testimony relevant to a decision on the proposal. If upon conclusion of the hearing, the planning director finds that the road name satisfies the requirements of this title, the road name shall be adopted as official. This action makes the road name the official road name and this name will take precedence over any name previously associated with the road.

(5)

Final Decision. Immediately at the conclusion of public testimony at the hearing, the planning director shall:

a.

Announce that the approval requested for the road name as set forth in the staff report is the final administrative action and that the road name will become effective in ten days unless appealed; or

b.

Announce that the approval requested for the road name is changed as a result of information provided at the hearing and whether the final decision is approval or denial; or

c.

Continue the hearing to a date certain to provide additional time to evaluate information obtained at the hearing prior to a final decision; and

d.

In the event final action is taken at the hearing, inform those present of the procedures by which the decision of the planning director may be appealed.

(6)

Notification of Final Action. After the road name becomes effective, the department of planning and building shall notify all appropriate public and private agencies, and owners of parcels and addressable structures abutting the road of the newly approved road name and any new addresses of existing structures along the road where necessary.

(Ord. 2521 § 1 (part), 1991)