All streets heretofore laid out and dedicated, all parks and
all public buildings shall be known by the names now recorded, and
no change in the name of any street, park or public building or the
naming of a new or unnamed street, park or public building, with the
exception of the proposed downtown baseball stadium, shall be made
except under the procedures outlined in this chapter.
The Common Council shall not approve and the City Engineer shall
not record any street, park or public building name when any other
street, park or public building shall have been recorded with the
same name unless a new street, park or public building is a continuation
of or in alignment with or an addition to existing recorded streets,
parks or public buildings, in which event they shall bear the same
name of said existing streets, parks or public buildings.
The City Engineer shall keep a record of the names of all streets
and parks. No person shall put up any street sign or other sign naming
a park or public building until the same shall be recorded.
The City Clerk shall send a certified copy of an approved notice
of intention naming or changing the name of a street, park or public
building to the Erie County Division of Planning, Erie County Commissioner
of Finance, City Planning Board, Department of Assessment of the City
of Buffalo, Division of Planning of the Department of Community Development,
Division of Engineering of the Department of Public Works and the
main branch of the United States Post Office located in Buffalo, New
York.
Every public building owned and maintained by the City of Buffalo
for governmental purposes shall have an identification sign, visible
from the street or public right-of-way, indicating the name of the
building.