YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE
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b. A letter stating the reasons why the street name change is needed. (i.e., eliminate
duplicate name, help improve emergency services to the area, how the request
conforms to subsection G.1.a through G.1.f of this Section, etc.)
c. A map giving the location of the road that is the subject of the petition.
d. The street’s current Old name and proposed new name.
e. Recorded legal description or survey map of the road proposed to be changed in
its entirety.
Forms for this process are available from the Office of the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and the Development Services Department. The completed packed may be
submitted electronically to Yavapai County Development Services with above
mentioned items included.
2. Hearing / Consent Approval:
Upon receipt of a petition for a road name change, a date shall be set for the Board of
Supervisors to consider the street name change request, allowing adequate notice to the
public. Notice of the hearing shall be sent by first-class mail to all adjacent property
owners at least two (2) weeks prior to the hearing date by Development Services staff.
In addition, notice of the hearing shall be published once in a newspaper of general
circulation in the area to be affected of the proposed road name change, at least one (1)
week prior to the hearing. Notices of the hearing shall be posted by Development
Services staff at the beginning and the end of subject roadway and at intersections. At
the hearing, the Board of Supervisors may grant the request by Resolution, deny the
request, or hold the matter until a stated time and date for further consideration. If no
letters of opposition are received, the item may be placed as a consent item on the agenda.
3. Protests:
Any person may appear to protest the requested road name change at the hearing or
submit written protests at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the hearing. Once a
petition for road name change has been submitted, any person signing the petition may
protest the action, but no signature(s) may be withdrawn.
4. Board of Supervisors Initiated Changes:
The Board of Supervisors and/or the Addressing Official may initiate a roadway name
change without a petition and may waive any fee requirements or other portions of this
process.
5. Roadway Name Map:
When road name changes are adopted by the Board, they will automatically become
part of the official road name map, which may be a singular document or combination
of several maps using existing adopted zoning maps and address maps.
6. Effective Date:
A road name change shall become effective upon recordation of the Board Resolution,
which shall be thirty (30) days after the date of Board approval unless a longer term is
designated by the Board.
7. Street Name Signage: