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Feb-14-05 01:54P Paul Emeott 651 429 B049 P.01 <br />; Renaming Streets and Renumbering lots <br />fV t;ttr law authorizes statutory city <br />councils to rename city streets <br />IL I and to renumber city lnu and <br />blocks (Minn. Stat. § 412.221, <br />subd_ 11i). The only requirement <br />state law inynises on this type: <br />cif council action is that it be <br />adopted by ordinance. The ordi- <br />nance requirement is strligbtfbiward, but <br />them are Sums additional steps a city <br />miry want to Uke before adopting this <br />type.. of ordinance. <br />Public hearings. A city is not rerltlired <br />to hold a public hearing before it. renames <br />city sacets or renumlrcr% city lots, arid <br />block-,,. If a ciLy is considering a large. <br />renaming or renumbering project. <br />however, it may want to consider hold- <br />ing a public hearing first. <br />A public: hearing can be an important <br />tool fiir treating public support for tilt <br />project. For example, a public hearing <br />could be used as a tuol to infurto the <br />public that the purpose of a renumbering <br />project is to allow pnivitlers of -emergency <br />xrrvires, like police and fire, to locate <br />homes in the city more.. quickly. fly <br />allowing the public: LA) e:onlrnent on the <br />proposed lln•�Jert at a public hearing, the <br />city may be able to identity steps <br />it can take to snake the rcrlarrling or <br />rcnumbe:ring transition easier on <br />property owners. <br />Advance nut fcmion. Several entities <br />should receive advance notification ofa <br />renaming or remmnibering change. These <br />entitin- could vary from city to city, <br />but they will likely include the affbaed <br />property owners, providers of emergency <br />services, providers of utility services. <br />cmaudians of property recovds, and <br />load postal oflicc$. <br />These rnr.ides should re.crive adv:nnc e <br />notification because they may need to <br />take steps to prepare for the renaming <br />or rrnurnbrring change.. for example. <br />a provider of utility services may need <br />time to make address changes in its bill• <br />ing sofiware, :old business erwnerx rrcry <br />0c. rookie 2 1) 0 4 <br />By Susan NaR(rhrorr <br />need tirnr. to order lcti and busi- <br />ness cards with their new address. <br />Hour sltoUld the meta name's or numbers <br />be determined? State law gives tilt City <br />council authority for renaming city <br />.trees% and renumbering city iota and <br />blocks without restriction. As a result. <br />a city council does not need permission <br />tiorn anyone be.ft.,re adolning a renaming <br />Or rCntllllbe�rirl, change. if the council <br />is comidering a large renaming or <br />renumbering project, however, it should <br />seek input limns the city or county <br />planning dcparnncnt and providers of <br />emergency services to ensure that the: <br />renumbering rystein is finlc:tional anti will <br />allow addremses to be located quickly. <br />The American Planning Association <br />guide, titled "Strict -Nanning and Prop- <br />erty-Nunrher;srig Systems," may be: <br />a helpful resource for cities. More <br />information about the publication is <br />available: online at; www.planning. <br />org/hookservice. <br />Ordinance adoption. Alain, a city <br />council roust adopt renaming or <br />renunlhering changes by ordinance. <br />(The procedural requirements for ordi <br />%rt 1 N N F S i1 T A t. I T l f ti <br />name adoption in a statutory city art <br />found at Minn. Slat. q 412.1')l, subd. <br />4.) Essentially, heli— a rcnanling ur <br />renumbering !rrdimticc will be cffectivr <br />it must be adopted by a majority vote of <br />all councihnembers, signed by the <br />mayor and attested by rite clerk, and <br />published once in the official newspaper. <br />If individual cities have adopted addi- <br />rional requirements for ordinance. <br />adoption. these rryuirenu:nt• .hnlild <br />also be fbilowed. <br />City onii vines are 1- ncrally cffrctive <br />after they have been published. CitieK <br />adopting a renaming or rtnurrrberiTig <br />ordinance, however. may walls to <br />specify an efiect.iVe (Lite several week.% <br />after the ordinance's publication to <br />allow aftccted entities to take slrps to <br />prepare fur the charrge. <br />For more information. Additional <br />infom-atior, about ne..wspaper publica- <br />tion and ordinance aduption is available <br />on the LMC web site at www.lmne. <br />org. Set: the: Nrwspaprr Publication <br />memo in the unlinr. Library and vilaptcr <br />SCVCTS elf rile Alllltle Handbook, which <br />includes infilration about the aduptiorl <br />and form of ordinancrs. 11-you would <br />like topics tlf ample renaming or <br />rentimhering ordinances, please contact <br />the League's Research Departnment at <br />(651) 281-1220 or (800) 925 1122. r <br />Susan Naughran is research artvnrey with <br />ihr lxc: giltr o% Minncxrrra Cities. Phony: <br />(651) 251-1232. F-nail: snatlkylrro@ <br />19 <br />