YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE Page 164 three (3) names from the applicant’s order of preference, that meet the required street naming criteria, will be selected for review from property owners and agencies. 3. Development Services will prepare a letter to the adjacent property owners asking them to review and prioritize the listed names in their preferred order. A blank line will be provided to give the property owners an opportunity to comment regarding their choice for an alternate street name. The adjacent property owners must provide the following information on the form letter for their application to be considered: parcel number, property owner name, owner’s telephone number, email if applicable, and resident name and situs telephone number. The property owners will have two (2) weeks to review and return the letter. Staff will also send out the top three (3) selected names to the emergency agencies for review, which will occur concurrently with the property owner review. 4. Development services staff will compile all survey results and process the preferred choice. In the event of a tie, the Addressing Unit will defer to the applicant’s preferred order. The Development Services office will send out a notification to all property owners of the newly adopted street name. The notice will place the street name into effect fifteen (15) days from the date of the letter. 5. When the road name becomes official, Development Services will notify all agencies with a map of the location of the new street name and any addresses that have been assigned or changed due to the naming of the easement/street. Property owners will receive a notice stating their new or changed address and a copy of the notification sent to the agencies. 6. Applicant is responsible for purchasing and installing necessary street signs. Street signs shall be installed within thirty (30) days of the official naming. The applicant will receive a copy of the sign standards and a copy of the Letter of Responsibility the applicant signed and submitted. The section assigning responsibility to the applicant for providing and installing the street signage and the applicant’s signature will be highlighted. 7. Yavapai County Public Works or Development Services will perform an inspection to ensure proper installation of required signs. If the signs are not installed property, Development Services will send a second notice to the applicant requiring the sign be installed property within thirty (30) days, after which time another inspection will be completed. If the applicant is still not in compliance, the violation process will begin. I. STREET NAME CHANGE PROCESS: 1. Filing: Yavapai County will only review and consider roadway name changes for the purposes of public safety, health, and welfare. Any person may initiate hearings to name or change the name of a public or private roadway within Yavapai County by filing a petition with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, or the Clerk’s designee. This filing shall include a fee as adopted by the Board. The petition shall contain the signatures of at least fifty-one (51%) of the property owners adjacent to the roadway. The following items shall accompany the petition and fee: a. A complete list containing all the names and addresses of adjacent property owners, service, and emergency organizations (i.e., fire, police, post office, etc.) regardless of whether those persons or organizations signed the petition to the best of the petitioner’s knowledge.