City of Milwaukee - File #: 060402

• File #: 060402
• Version: 0
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/12/2006
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• On agenda: 7/19/2006
• Final action: 7/31/2006
• Effective date: 8/12/2006
• Title: An ordinance relating to the procedures for renaming streets and assigning honorary street names.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: STREET NAMES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/11/2006	0	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
8/2/2006	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/31/2006	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	14:1
7/19/2006	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Appearance by Jeffrey Osterman, Legislative Reference Bureau	Pass	4:1
7/13/2006	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/12/2006	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
060402
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
An ordinance relating to the procedures for renaming streets and assigning honorary street names.
Sections
81-108.5 cr
81-110 cr
81-117 cr
113-2-1 am
113-3-4-b am
113-3-4-d rn
113-3-4-d cr
113-3-4-e rn
113-3-4-e-2 am
113-3-4-f rc
113-3-5-b am
113-3-7-0 am
113-3-7-a am
113-3-7-b am
113-3-7-c cr
113-3-8 am
113-3-9 cr
Analysis
This ordinance makes several revisions and additions to the procedures for changing official street names and assigning honorary street names, including:

1. The fee for installation of each honorary street name sign shall be $50.

2. A fee of $100 shall be required for fabrication and installation of each sign required in conjunction with an official street renaming.

3. There shall be a $100 fee to file an application for an official street renaming.

4. The use of honorary street names in the assignment of house numbers (addresses) is prohibited.

5. For clarification purposes (i.e., to distinguish between changing the official name of a street versus assigning an honorary street name), the term “official” is used in conjunction with “street renaming” whenever possible.

6. In the case of a proposal for an honorary street naming, the city clerk shall mail, to each owner of property along the street segment to which the honorary name would apply, notice of the meeting of the citizen advisory committee on the naming of public buildings, facilities and streets at which the proposal will be discussed. Notification of all property owners of the common council committee hearing on an honorary street naming proposal will no longer be required.

7. An honorary street name shall not duplicate any official street name.

8. In contrast to an official street name, an honorary street name need not apply to the entire length of a street, but may be applied to one or more block-long segments of that street.

9. Only one honorary street name may be applied to a particul...