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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 5903CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 5903 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTIONS 9-11-2, 9-11-5, AND 9-11-7 OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, BY DEFINING THE TERM HONORARY STREET NAME, ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF HONORARY STREET NAMES, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City sought a medium to recognize individuals and organizations who have made exemplary contributions to the betterment of the Renton community; and WHEREAS, Staff recommended the assignment of honorary street names as way to recognize such individuals and organizations; and WHEREAS, the City did not previously have procedures in place for honorary street names; and WHEREAS, this matter was duly referred to the Planning Commission for investigation and study, and the matter was considered by the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 36.70A.106, on June 25, 2018, the City notified the State of Washington of its intent to adopt amendments to its development regulations; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on June 6, 2018, considered all relevant matters, and heard all parties in support or opposition, and subsequently forwarded a recommendation to the City Council; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. All portions of the Renton Municipal Code in this ordinance not shown in strikethrough and underline edits remain in effect and unchanged. 1 ORDINANCE NO. 5903 SECTION II. Section 9-11-2 of the Renton Municipal Code is amended as follows: 9-11-2 DEFINITIONS: For the purposes of this Section the following abbreviations and definitions are established: A. Abbreviations: The United States Postal Service standard abbreviations shall be used for all street name parts where abbreviations are commonly used. B. Campus Address: One address assigned to the campus. Within the campus each building shall be assigned either a number or letter. Units or individual sections within campus buildings shall be identified by number assigned by the property owner. All campus addressing shall be subject to the approval of the Fire Chief. C. Classes Of Address: There are five (5) classes of address which include situs, structure, unit, campus and mail. D. Honorary Street Name: Honorary street names are unofficial street names intended to honor and recognize individuals or groups who have made significant contributions to the City without changing the official name of the street or the official addresses of residences or businesses on the street. OE. Mail Address: The mail, or mailing, address is the address used by the U.S. Postmaster. €F. Private Roads: A private road with three (3) or more houses is designated according to its place on the grid. If the end of the private road cannot be easily seen from the main road, it will need to be designated, and the range of addresses 2 ORDINANCE NO. 5903 located on the road indicated by sign at the main road. nlanningigwilding/o bl' WOFIEs The City will not install street signs on private property. G. Residential Accessory Building: A structure used for storage located on a residential lot which will not be addressed. CH. Situs Address: Every platted lot shall be assigned a situs address most nearly corresponding to the expected address as if the lot contained a single structure. #I. Structure Address: One address shall be assigned to each building, except residential accessory buildings, and except nonresidential buildings that have more than one street frontage with approval by the Fire Department. In the event of planned urban development, office park, or industrial complex which incorporates several buildings, or has the potential to add one or more buildings, provision shall be made to allow for buildings to be addressed as separate addresses, one per building. In the event address numbers are not available for more than one building, alphabetical suffixes for each building in the complex shall be applied. Structure addresses shall be expressed in whole numbers, with no fractional appendages. fJ. Unit Address: The unit address is the structure address plus the unit, room, or suite number. SECTION III. Section 9-11-5 of the Renton Municipal Code is amended as follows: 9-11-5 ROADWAY NAMES: 3 ORDINANCE NO. 5903 A. The following convention shall be used to designate City roadways. It is not intended to name every roadway existing within the current City; the intention of this Section is to clearly establish the grid. B. North -south roadways, beginning at Rainier Avenue, shall be named consecutively: Easterly Westerly Lake Hardie Davis Taylor Shattuck Maple Whitworth Lind Morris Stevens Smithers Seneca Burnett Earlington Williams Raymond Wells Thomas Main Pacific Mill Powell Cedar Oakesdale Renton Naches Grant High Jones Kennewick Lincoln Monterey Aberdeen Blaine Camas 4 ORDINANCE NO. 5903 Easterly Westerly Dayton Edmonds Ferndale Glennwood Harrington Index Jefferson Kirkland Lynnwood Monroe Newport Olympia Pierce Queen Redmond Shelton Tacoma Union Vashon Whitman Anacortes Bremerton Chelan Duvall Elma Field Graham Hoquiam Ilwaco ORDINANCE NO. 5903 Easterly Westerly Jericho Kitsap Lyons Mt. Baker Nile Orcas Pasco Quincy Rosario Shadow Toledo Underwood Vantage Wapato Yakima Zillah C. East -west roadways shall be named northerly and southerly from the main east -west division line as identified in RMC 9-11-4, Area Divisions. Northerly from said division line, each grid shall increase from North 1st Street through North 11th Place alternately 1st Street, 1st Place, ... 11th Street, 11th Place, thereafter the grid shall numerically increase incrementally to the City limits as North 12th Street, North 13th Street, etc. Southerly from said division line, each grid shall increase from South 1st Street through South 5th Place alternately as north of said division, thereafter the grid shall numerically increase incrementally to the City limits. R ORDINANCE NO. 5903 D. Newly constructed streets shall be considered extensions of the existing street to which they connect. If the new street connects a street named under the convention outlined above to one established prior to annexation, the new segment of street should be given the Renton name until it connects to an existing street at an existing intersection. For example, a newly constructed segment of Powell Avenue Southwest that connects to 82nd Avenue South shall be named Powell Avenue Southwest. E. The City may use honorary street names to honor individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to the City. Honorary street name signs shall be posted above the official street name and made distinguishable from the official street name by color. One honorary street name may be permitted for each existing, official street name. Only public streets in the City will be considered for an honorary street name• honorary street names will not be considered for private streets and driveways. 1. Requests for Honorary Street Names: Any private party who is a resident, property owner, elected official City of Renton employee or person operating a business within the City may request an honorary street name designation on any public street. Requests shall be submitted to the Community and Economic Development Department in writing. The request shall include a summary of contributions and accomplishments made by the individual or organization to justify the honorary street name. 7 ORDINANCE NO. 5903 2. Filing Fee: Upon the filing of the honorary street name request the applicant shall simultaneously pay the filing fee in the amount stipulated in the City of Renton Fee Schedule. City initiated requests and those initiated by an elected official will not be assessed a fee. 3. In the event of a proposed street name change staff assigned by the Community and Economic Development Department shall notify property owners addressed on the street of the proposed change. A fourteen (14) day comment period will be provided prior to a public hearing. 4. The City Council shall hold a public hearing to review the requested honorary street name based on the following: a. The proposed honorary street name is in the public interest and is not detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare of the community b. The summary of contributions and accomplishments to justify the honorary street name, to be provided by the applicant. c. Written comments from interested persons. d. Evidence presented at the public hearing. 5. After the close of the public hearing the City Council shall determine whether the honorary street name should be granted. 6. Applicant shall pay an honorary street name processing fee in the amount stipulated by the City of Renton Fee Schedule to defray the remaining administrative costs of processing and installation of the honorary street name sign. ORDINANCE NO. 5903 SECTION IV. Section 9-11-7 of the Renton Municipal Code is amended as follows: 9-11-7 CHANGE OF ADDRESS: The owners of an interest in any real estate abutting upon any roadway within the City may petition the City for a change of address, with the exception that addresses within toe subdivisions and short subdivisions recorded since 1993 shall not change unless deemed a life safety hazard by the Fire Marshal. The petitie Shall *Rclu„ le payment of A—Ae hund-red .dellaFS ($100 nn4 to .defFay the Rd....iRiSt-Fative eests „f p . Upon filing of the petition, the petitioning owners shall simultaneously pay a filing fee in the amount stipulated in the Fee Schedule. SECTION V. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or work of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court or competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance. SECTION VI. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five (5) days after publication of a summary of this ordinance in the City's official newspaper. The summary shall consist of this ordinance's title. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 10th day of December, 2018. 0J ORDINANCE NO. 5903 APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 101h day of December, 2018. Approved as to form: Shane Moloney, City Afforney Date of Publication: 12/14/2018 (summary) 0 R D:202 7:12/4/18: scr Lao IIL� Denis Law, Mayor 4�,0 k Of REN},Iot,,,r JLr� SEAL. =*= 1,111111'RATED St' 10