[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
This article is created pursuant to §§ 236.295,
236.45, 61.34, 61.50(2), and 66.1339, Wis. Stats.
The Village Board of Trustees shall have jurisdiction
over rural street naming and building numbering of all streets in
the Village.
The street naming and building numbering system
established by this article shall be administered by the Community
Development Department with the advice and counsel of the Village
Board. The system herein established shall be erected, developed and
maintained pursuant to the provisions of this article.
A uniform system of numbers for all public streets
in unincorporated areas is established as follows:
A. All roads and streets running easterly and westerly
shall be designated as streets, with the Kenosha/Lake County line
road numbered as 128th Street; each succeeding street or road north
of 128th Street shall be 127th Street, 126th Street, etc., with the
designation "place" to be used wherever necessary and desirable. The
streets and places shall be numbered north to the Pleasant Prairie
- Kenosha line and shall be integrated with the City of Kenosha and
Kenosha County numbering system.
B. All roads and streets running northerly and southerly
shall be designated avenues, with First Avenue to be the first through
street more or less just west of the shore of Lake Michigan and each
succeeding street west of First Avenue to be designated as Second
Avenue, Third Avenue, etc., with the designation "court" to be used
wherever necessary and desirable. The avenues and courts shall be
numbered west to the Village municipal boundary line and are to be
integrated with the City of Kenosha and Kenosha County numbering system.
C. All roads and streets remaining, not running in a
northerly, southerly, easterly or westerly direction but on a northwesterly,
northeasterly, southwesterly, southeasterly direction, may be named
by the Community Development Director, after consultation with and
the approval of the Plan Commission, as other than streets and places
and avenues and courts.
D. As new roads and streets are dedicated, the Community
Development Department shall assign street numbers for roads and streets
running easterly and westerly and for streets and roads running northerly
and southerly.
E. The initial cost of erecting and developing street
signs on newly dedicated roads and streets shall be borne by the developer,
and the Village Board shall require a developer to post a surety bond
or other approved means of security with the Village to cover the
cost of procuring and erecting the appropriate street signs before
granting approval to any plat.
F. Once the signs are erected, the maintenance of the
signs will be the responsibility of the Village, and the actual maintenance
of all new signs and any existing signs will be carried out by the
Department of Public Works.
[Amended 7-20-2020 by Ord. No. 20-20]
A. The Village Board has established the following policy
to change an official street name and an official address of property
within the Village.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
B. Village policy for changing official street name or
an official building address.
(1) The Village Board, a Village resident or a Village
business may request a street name change for any official Village
street, or to change or correct an official building address.
(2) The Village Board shall use its discretion and good
judgment in considering any proposed name or address changes. The
following criteria shall be considered when changing official street
names or an official address:
(a)
The proposed street name has some historical,
archaeological, environmental or ethnic significance to a particular
area or neighborhood of the Village.
(b)
The proposed street name change would be utilized
to honor a significant or outstanding person who has played an important
role in Pleasant Prairie history.
(c)
The proposed street name provides significance
in identifying particular commercial or industrial centers.
(d)
Other such name changes which would be mutually
beneficial to the Village and its property owners in identifying a
particular area or location for emergency purposes.
(e) The official address is out of sequence and may cause confusion for
locating said address for emergency personnel and others trying to
locate the property.
(3) In an effort to allow the post office's automatic
sorting system to serve the postal needs of Village residents and
businesses more effectively, the Village Board shall not allow for
duplicate official street names and official addresses.
(4) It is the Village Board's policy that the numerical
grid street addressing system established for Kenosha County holds
the best means for identifying addresses for emergency purposes in
the Village. The number of renamed streets should be held to a minimum.
C. Procedure to change an official street name or an
official address.
(1) No Village street, roadway or highway shall have its
official name changed or no building shall have its official address
changed unless such requested change complies with the Village's policy
identified above.
(2) The Village Board may initiate the changing of an
official street name or official address in accordance with the procedures
outlined below, with the exception of the requirement of a written
petition of the affected property owners.
(3) Village residents or businesses requesting changes
in official street names shall submit the request in the form of a
written petition to the Community Development Director. Such petition
shall be signed by at least 25% of those individuals or businesses
affected by the potential street name change. A Village resident or
business requesting a change to the official address shall submit
the request in the form of a written petition to the Community Development
Director.
(4) The written petition shall specifically include the
following information:
(a)
The names, addresses, and signatures of the
lot owners and businesses in favor of the proposed street name change
(and date of signing the petition).
(b)
A detailed map identifying the street, roadway
or highway portion to be affected by the proposed street name change.
(c)
The specific reasons for the requested street
name change or address change.
(d)
An administrative processing fee as established
by resolution of the Village Board.
(5) The Village shall verify the names and addresses and
forward the petition information to the Village Board for consideration.
(6) The Village Board shall adopt a resolution to initiate
the change and set the date for a public hearing, request a recommendation
from the Plan Commission prior to the public hearing to consider the
matter, and direct the Community Development Director to send notification
via first class mail to all affected property owners and businesses.
(7) Notice of the aforementioned public hearing shall be published as a Class 1 notice pursuant to Ch. 985, Wis. Stats. (See exception in Chapter
1, Article
III, entitled "Publication and Posting of Notices," of the Village Code.)
(8) The Village Plan Commission shall consider the request
for official street name or address change and provide a recommendation
at a meeting prior to the Village Board's public hearing to consider
the matter.
(9) The Village Board shall hold the public hearing and
make a final determination in the form of a resolution regarding the
proposed change.
(10)
The official street name or address change shall
become effective as so stated in the resolution.
No person shall willfully disturb, remove, deface
or damage any sign erected or maintained under the provisions of this
article.