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comply with the guidelines of this program and honorary street name signs shall not have the effect <br /> of changing platted street names or official addresses. <br /> A. Application Process - Honorary street name designation shall be limited to <br /> individuals, organizations, entities and events that have had a significant lineage to or a cultural, <br /> historical or humanitarian impact on the City as determined by the Decatur City Council. An <br /> honoree must have a geographical relationship to the requested sign location, having either lived <br /> or worked or performed other actions or activities in the area deemed to have been important to <br /> the City of Decatur. Applicants shall be required to submit an application form to the City of <br /> Decatur's Economic and Community Development Department providing details as to the <br /> proposed honoree's lineage or cultural, historical or humanitarian impact on the city and an <br /> explanation of the honoree's relationship to the requested honorary street sign location as part of <br /> the application process. Applications shall be reviewed by a five (5) member panel consisting of <br /> one(1)member of the Decatur City Council,one (1)member from the Economic and Community <br /> Development Department, one (1) member from an authorized city neighborhood organization, <br /> one (1) member form the Decatur Police Department and one (1) member appointed from the <br /> community at large. Applications will be forwarded to the Mayor and Decatur City Council and <br /> scheduled for a vote only upon an affirmative panel recommendation o if a majority of the Decatur <br /> City Council calls for it. The request will be considered "denied" upon a negative panel <br /> recommendation or if a majority of the Decatur city Council does not call for an application to be <br /> brought forward within 30 days of said panel recommendation being issued. Current city <br /> employees are not eligible for an honorary street naming designation. <br /> B. Number of Signs - The Decatur City Council will designate a maximum of <br /> five (5) honorary streets per year. If there is a street, or portion of a street (except intersecting <br />