The map of the city attached to Ordinance No. 924, with street names indicated thereon, in compliance with the names and changes in naming of streets in this article, is hereby adopted as the official street naming map of the city and made a part of this article.
Editor’s note–See corresponding note located in Appendix A of this code.
(Ordinance 924, sec. 8, adopted 7/14/1949; 1983 Code, sec. 24-34)
It shall be the duty of the city engineer to supply upon request all information necessary to platters of property so that streets may be properly named consistent with the method adopted by this article; provided, however, that when the method is impracticable or impossible of application, the matter shall be submitted to the city council for determination.
(Ordinance 924, sec. 10, adopted 7/14/1949; 1983 Code, sec. 24-36)
The names of the streets in the city shall be as follows: First Street shall be that street lying on the north of Sanders Addition to the city, the first street south thereof shall be known as Second Street and continuing in numerical order southward, and the streets shall be known by the next street taking the name of Third Street, until all streets have been given a name by number, except that Sixth Street is named Drive of Champions, Eleventh Street is named Main Street and Twelfth Street is named Broadway.
(Ordinance 924, sec. 1, adopted 7/14/1949; 1983 Code, sec. 24-26; Ordinance 9922, sec. 1, adopted 8/8/1996)
The following street names are hereby changed and given a new number consistent with the method established in the preceding section, to wit:
Present Name
New Name
Edna Street
First Place
Sanders (Vivehorn) Street
Second Place
Wolffarth (Cloverland) Street
Third Place
Merritt Street
Fifth Place
Ellwood Street
Twenty-second Place
Arnett Street
Twenty-fourth Place
Hill Street
Twenty-ninth Place
(Ordinance 924, sec. 1, adopted 7/14/1949; 1983 Code, sec. 24-27)
The streets north of First Street shall be named alphabetically for colleges and universities, and streets now within the corporate limits of the city shall be changed as follows, to wit:
Present Name
New Name
Ruby Street
Amherst Street
North Second (Locust) Street
Auburn Street
Maple Street
Bates Street
North Third (Elm) Street
Baylor Street
Walnut Street
Colgate Street
North Fourth (Dallas) Street
Cornell Street
Allen Street
Dartmouth Street
North Fifth (Frances) Street
Duke Street
Merthel Street
Emory Street
North Sixth Street
Erskine Street
(Ordinance 924, sec. 3, adopted 7/14/1949; 1983 Code, sec. 24-28)
The easternmost street shown by the original plat of the Town of Lubbock shall be called Avenue A and the street west of same shall be known as Avenue B, and the alphabetical sequence shall be continued with the letters of the alphabet. As each street is reached it shall carry its letter to be known as Avenue __________, the blank supplied with the proper letter in said order and sequence until University Avenue is reached, it being the avenue immediately east of Texas Tech University, which shall continue to be called University Avenue, except that Avenue (I) shall retain the name of Texas Avenue.
(Ordinance 924, sec. 2, adopted 7/14/1949; 1983 Code, sec. 24-29)
The avenues east of Avenue A shall be named alphabetically for the names of trees, and avenues within the present corporate limits shall be changed as follows, to wit:
Present Name
New Name
East Avenue A
Ash Avenue
East Avenue B
Birch Avenue
East Avenue C
Cedar Avenue
East Avenue D
Date Avenue
East Avenue E
Elm Avenue
East Avenue F
Fir Avenue
East Avenue G
Globe Avenue
East Avenue H
Hickory Avenue
East Avenue I
Ivory Avenue
East Avenue J
Juniper Avenue
East Avenue K
King Avenue
(Ordinance 924, sec. 5, adopted 7/14/1949; 1983 Code, sec. 24-30)
The avenues west of University Avenue shall be named alphabetically for cities lying east of the Mississippi River, and avenues within the present city limits shall be changed as follows, to wit:
Present Name
New Name
Washington Avenue
Akron Avenue
Adams Avenue
Boston Avenue
Jefferson Avenue
Canton Avenue
Madison Avenue
Detroit Avenue
Monroe Avenue
Elgin Avenue
Jackson Avenue
Flint Avenue
Van Buren Avenue
Gary Avenue
Price Avenue
Geneva Avenue
Harrison Avenue
Hartford Avenue
Tyler Avenue
Indiana Avenue
Not Named
Ithaca Avenue
Polk Avenue
Joliet Avenue
Taylor Avenue
Knoxville Avenue
Fillmore Avenue
Louisville Avenue
Pierce Avenue
Memphis Avenue
(Ordinance 924, sec. 4, adopted 7/14/1949; 1983 Code, sec. 24-31)
The new highway from the intersection of Avenue Q and Third Street northwesterly toward Clovis, New Mexico and now known as Avenue Q Northwest is hereby changed to Clovis Road.
(Ordinance 924, sec. 6, adopted 7/14/1949; 1983 Code, sec. 24-32)
The proposed new highway from the intersection of Avenue Q and Third Street now known as Avenue Q Northeast is hereby changed to be Amarillo Road.
(Ordinance 924, sec. 7, adopted 7/14/1949; 1983 Code, sec. 24-33)
The method used in remaining the streets and avenues within the present city limits is hereby adopted as the method to be used naming streets in areas not now, but to come within the corporate limits in the future as follows:
(1) 
Streets north of First Street.
Streets north of First Street shall be given the names of colleges and universities in alphabetical order until the alphabet has been completed. Thereafter, the process shall be repeated except that no street shall ever be given a name previously given to a street or avenue.
(2) 
Avenues east of Avenue A.
Avenues east of Avenue A shall be given the names of trees in alphabetical order until the alphabet has been completed. Thereafter, the process shall be repeated as many times as is necessary except that if tree names are exhausted other plant names may be assigned so that no street shall ever be given a name which has been previously given to a street.
(3) 
Avenues west of University Avenue.
Avenues west of University Avenue shall be given names of cities in alphabetical order until the alphabet has been completed. Thereafter, the process shall be repeated in the same sequence without giving any street a name previously given to a street.
(Ordinance 924, sec. 9, adopted 7/14/1949; 1983 Code, sec. 24-35)
When any area has been brought within the corporate limits of the city and public ways are shown on the plats of the area, the names and/or numbers of the streets and avenues within the corporate limits shall thereby be extended into the newly annexed area. Upon said public ways becoming streets or avenues of the city they shall be and/or hereby designated by name and number according to their location abutting the official street-naming plat adopted by this article.
(Ordinance 924, sec. 11, adopted 7/14/1949; 1983 Code, sec. 24-37)
(a) 
Purpose.
The purpose of this section is to establish uniform criteria and procedures, applicable to all persons, groups, firms, and agencies, for the honorary designation of a city street. This section does not authorize the change of official city street names except for an honorary designation of a street as provided herein.
(b) 
Criteria.
An honorary designation of a street must meet the following requirements:
(1) 
The proposed name must honor either:
(A) 
A deceased person who lived in Lubbock, Texas; or
(B) 
An historic site, event or occurrence with a direct and unique connection to Lubbock, Texas.
(2) 
No honorary designation shall be implemented for the purpose of advertising or promoting any commercial or business enterprise.
(3) 
The proposed name must reflect or represent Lubbock, Texas in a significant and positive manner in a field of government, education, medicine, athletics or the arts.
(4) 
The sign indicating that the street is the subject of an honorary designation shall be brown in color with white lettering and shall be placed on the same pole upon which the official street name sign is affixed. The sign, however, shall not be placed on the pole if more than four signs are already on the pole.
(5) 
The honorary designation may apply to either alphabetical or numerical streets and must have a logical and orderly beginning and termination point, such as, a major intersection, park or playa lake.
(c) 
Application for honorary designation.
An application to establish an honorary designation of a city street may be filed with the city engineer when it is accompanied by a petition approving the proposed honorary designation signed by more than sixty-five (65) percent of the owners of land abutting the street for which an honorary designation is proposed. Application and petition forms shall be provided by the city engineer’s office. The application shall contain the following information and comply with the requirements below:
(1) 
The current official street name.
(2) 
The proposed honorary designation, which shall meet the policy guidelines and criteria of this section.
(3) 
The name, address and telephone number of the person, persons, corporation, association, group or entity proposing the honorary designation.
(4) 
The name, address and telephone number of one person with authority to represent binding commitments and take official action relative to such honorary designation on behalf of the proponents.
(5) 
The reason(s) for the requested honorary designation.
(6) 
A nonrefundable application fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) is required with the application for the administrative costs of processing the application and shall be paid to the city engineer at the time the application is submitted.
(7) 
The costs of making and installing all the necessary signage for the honorary designation shall be paid by the proponents. The traffic engineer shall compute the costs of the making and installation of the signs and provide the amount of the costs to the proponents. If the city council approves the honorary designation, the proponents shall pay the full amount of the costs to the city engineer prior to the making of any of the necessary signs.
(8) 
In no event may the fee and costs set forth in subsections (6) and (7), above, be waived.
(d) 
Review of proposed honorary designation.
Following receipt of a completed application and petition, the city engineer will review the application and petition and, if both the application and petition conform with the requirements of this section, the city engineer shall forward the application and petition to the planning and zoning commission. The planning and zoning commission shall conduct a public hearing to receive public comment on the proposed honorary designation, which hearing shall be held not more than sixty (60) days from the date of filing of the application. The city engineer’s office shall notify all abutting property owners, as ownership appears on the ad valorem tax rolls, of the time and date of such public hearing. Written notices of such public hearing shall be given not less than ten (10) days before the day set for such hearing. Following the public hearing, the planning and zoning commission shall make a recommendation with regard to the proposed honorary designation to the city council. If the planning and zoning commission recommends denial of an honorary designation, the action of the planning and zoning commission is final unless the applicant files a request for appeal to the city council within ten (10) days of the hearing at which the action was taken. The request for appeal must be in writing and must be submitted to the director of planning. The director of planning shall schedule a city council hearing on all applications for an honorary designation in which the commission recommends approval and in all applications in which the commission recommends denial if an appeal is requested in accordance with this section.
(e) 
Consideration by city council.
The city council shall consider the recommendation of the planning and zoning commission and a public hearing shall be required. A notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published once in the newspaper of general circulation in the city at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing. The favorable vote of seventy (70) percent of all members of the city council is required for approval if the planning and zoning commission has recommended denial or if the owners of twenty (20) percent of the property abutting the street oppose the honorary designation.
(f) 
Implementation of approved change.
In the event that the city council approves the honorary designation, the city traffic engineer shall install the signage in accordance with this section.
(g) 
Correction of errors.
Changing street names to correct errors or omissions or to make necessary changes to bring street names into compliance with the current method of street naming is exempt from the provisions of this section.
(1983 Code, sec. 24-38; Ordinance 9927, sec. 1, adopted 8/22/1996; Ordinance 2008-O0052, sec. 1, adopted 6/13/2008)
An exception to section 36.03.006 of this article is hereby created changing the name of a portion of Avenue H between Municipal Drive and its intersection with I-27 at 24th Street to Buddy Holly Avenue.
(1983 Code, sec. 24-39; Ordinance 9956, sec. 1, adopted 12/19/1996)
The new freeway following the route of U.S. Highway 82 from Interstate Highway 27 west to Southwest Loop 289 in Lubbock, Texas, shall be named the “Marsha Sharp Freeway.”
(1983 Code, sec. 24-40; Ordinance 2000-O0064, sec. 1, adopted 11/7/2000)
An exception to section 36.03.041 of this article is hereby created changing the name of Quitsna Avenue to Research Boulevard.
(1983 Code, sec. 24-41; Ordinance 2003-O0135, sec. 1, adopted 1/8/2004)
The former 6th Street from Texas Avenue to University Avenue is hereby changed to be Mac Davis Lane. Said change is made as an exception to section 36.03.041 of this article in honor of singer, songwriter, actor and Lubbock native Mac Davis.
(1983 Code, sec. 24-42; Ordinance 2004-O0087, sec. 1, adopted 8/16/2004)
An exception to section 36.03.041 of this article is hereby created redesignating the following named portions of the named streets as “Cesar E. Chavez Drive:”
Section 1: Canyon Lake Drive from the intersection of the south access road of North Loop 289 generally southeast to the intersection of Rice Street, then generally south along Hillside Drive and North Boston to the intersection of Marshall Street, then along Canyon Lake Drive generally southeast across University Avenue to the intersection with North Avenue U.
Section 2: Canyon Lake Drive (also known as Park Road 18) and an unnamed park road from the intersection of 1st Street and Avenue J around Atzlan Park and under Interstate 27 to Mackenzie Park, then through Mackenzie Park under Parkway Drive to East Broadway at the west (old) entrance to Mackenzie Park, such named road to include the portion in north Mackenzie Park to Prairie Dog Town and to the intersection of Municipal Drive.
Section 3: The unnamed street going north from the present Cesar E. Chavez Drive to the property of the Canyon Lakes Treatment Center (Lot 2-A through 2-G, replat of Lot 2, Gifford-Hill Addition, Lubbock County, Texas) located approximately 943 feet west of the east right-of-way line of North University Avenue shall be named Canyon Lake Drive.
(1983 Code, sec. 24-43; Ordinance 2007-O0105, sec. 1, adopted 10/25/2007)
An exception to section 36.03.041 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby created changing the name of Yucca Boulevard from the east curbline of IH 27 to the west right-of-way line of Martin Luther King Boulevard to Lubbock Business Park Boulevard.
(1983 Code, sec. 24-44; Ordinance 2008-O0075, sec. 1, adopted 8/19/2008)