§ 62-46. Changing of existing roadway names and addresses.

(a)

In any instance where the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, upon recommendation of the director of the department, determines that an existing road name may poses a threat to the public health, safety or welfare, the board of commissioners on its own motion may change such roadway name after notice is given and a public hearing is held.

(1)

Notice of the proposed change and hearing date shall be given at least 25 days, but no more than 45 days, prior to the scheduled date of the board of commissioners hearing on the proposed change.

(2)

The director of the department shall post a sign at approximately one mile intervals throughout the length of the roadway for which a name change is proposed and shall give notice by regular mail to the owners (according to the tax records of Fulton County) of each property which bears an address on the roadway for which a name change is proposed.

(3)

Such signs and notices shall contain the time, date, place and purpose of the hearing, as well as a statement of the beginning and ending points of the segment of the roadway for which the name change is proposed. Notice shall not be considered inadequate if the signs are removed or mail is not delivered.

(b)

Where the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, upon recommendation from the director of the department, determines that the existing address numbering on a particular roadway poses a threat to the public health, safety or welfare, the board of commissioners may change such address numbering after notice.

(1)

Notice of the change shall be given by regular mail to the owners (according to the tax records of Fulton County) of each property that bears an address on the roadway for which an address numbering change will occur.

(2)

Such notice shall contain the existing full address, the new address, the reason for the change, and the effective date of the change.

(3)

The effective date shall be no less than 30 or no more than 60 days following the date on which the matter is scheduled for decision by the board of commissioners. Notice shall not be considered inadequate if mail is not delivered.

(c)

When no more than ten percent of the existing addresses along a public or private roadway are deemed to pose a threat to the public health, safety or welfare, the director of the department may approve the change of such address numbering after notice is given by regular mail to the owners (according to the tax records of Fulton County) of each property that bears an address on the roadway for which an address numbering change will occur.

(1)

Such notice shall contain the existing full address, the new address, the reason for the change, and the effective date of the change.

(2)

These changes shall be considered effective at the time of the approval by the director, and shall be presented for ratification to the board of commissioners at the next regularly scheduled meeting.

(3)

The effective date shall be no less than 30 or no more than 60 days following the date on which the matter is scheduled for decision by the board of commissioners. Notice shall not be considered inadequate if mail is not delivered.

(d)

No name of any commercial, office, industrial or residential development or subdivision shall be changed unless a request for such a change is first submitted to and approved by the department. In determining the acceptability of such a name change, the department shall seek to avoid confusion from similarly named developments.

(Res. No. 05-0584, § 11, 5-18-05)