[Adopted 6-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-12]
The right to name or rename streets within the Township is reserved
to the Township Council.
Any developer or individual seeking approval to name a new street or
rename an existing street shall make application to the Township Clerk on
the forms prescribed by Florence Township.
The Township Council shall not act to approve a new street name until
the Township Clerk shall report that the proposed name has been submitted
to the Chief of Police, the Florence Township Fire Marshal, the Burlington
County 911 Coordinator, and the United States Postal Service Postmaster for
the zip code in which the proposed street is located and that each has confirmed
that the proposed street name does not duplicate or so nearly duplicates in
spelling or phonetic sound as to be confused with the names of existing streets
served by all zip codes in Florence Township.
Applications seeking the designation of new street names shall be submitted
to and have final approval prior to the developer receiving preliminary subdivision
approval. Florence Township shall not be bound by any proposed street names
that are part of sales agreements between the developer and the property owner(s).
The approval shall be in the form of a resolution adopted by the Township
Council.
Applications seeking to change the name of an existing street shall
be submitted to the Township Clerk and shall be subject to the same certification
as required for new streets. The person requesting the change in the name
of an existing street shall be required to provide notice of the application
to all property owners on the existing street. Any change in the name of an
existing street shall be accomplished by ordinance.
The Florence Township Engineer shall assign house numbers on any new
street and shall not sign any new subdivision plat until the Township Council
shall have properly approved the new street names, and those names shall be
shown on the subdivision plat.
A.
The preference for the naming of streets by the Township
Council shall be from a list of individuals who have sacrificed their lives
in service to the United States in foreign wars. A separate list of names
of those eligible for the honor shall be maintained by the Township Clerk
and approved by resolution of the Council. The posthumous list of available
names shall be updated each time the Township names a new street or renames
an existing street.
B.
Once the posthumous list is exhausted, the Township Council
shall retain the right to name all new streets and rename all existing streets.
The same approval process shall remain in place, but Council will officially
designate each new street or renamed street through a formal resolution or
ordinance.
