§ 20-66. Procedure.

The following procedure be used for naming/renaming roads in the parish:

(1)

Petition containing signatures of 75 percent of property owners, actually living on the road, of legal age, as verified by parish records shall be submitted to the office of the parish council. Address numbers as well as the road name may change if approved by the parish council. The petitioner must own property and live on the road in which the petition is presented.

(2)

Naming/renaming of the road will not become effective for 60 days after approval of the parish council. During the 60 days the appropriate fire department, post office, 911 communication district, ambulance service and the sheriff's office shall be notified in writing of change of road name.

(3)

Petition shall become null and void if illegally signed as residing property owner and a penalty of $250.00 will be charged any person who falsely signs a petition.

(4)

The current petition form (to be obtained from the office of the parish council) shall be executed and turned into the parish council's office.

(5)

Petition will be presented at a regular meeting of the parish council at which time a public hearing will be set for two weeks.

(6)

The parish council reserves the right to accept or reject any petition.

(7)

Once a road has been officially named or renamed by the parish council, after acceptance of a petition, a public hearing on said road and a 30-day protest period from the date of adoption, the name of the road shall not be changed for a period of ten years from date of official naming or renaming.

(8)

Every five years, road names/renames requests will be accepted for a period of 60 days from the first working day of January through the last working day of February of the fifth year.

(9)

An introduction and public hearing will be set on the first regular meeting of the parish council in March of the fifth year on proposed road names/renames. A public hearing will be held on the second regular meeting of the parish council in March of the fifth year. After the public hearing, proposals will be on the agenda of the second meeting of the parish council in March for adoption.

(10)

Road names shall not exceed 20 spaces and characters.

(11)

To avoid duplication of road names for emergency reasons, names of roads must be cleared by Tangipahoa Communication District No. 1.

(Ord. No. 91-9, 9-23-91; Ord. No. 92-39, 12-14-92; Ord. No. 03-05, 2-24-03)