2017-07 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapters 7, 11, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, 35, 41, 44, 48, 49, 49.1, 63, 67, 68, 70, 70.1

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2. TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMISSION. There is hereby created a Traffic and Parking Commission consisting of nine members of which five such members shall be citizen members to serve without compensation and the remaining members shall be employees or officers of the City, one from the Public Works Department, one from the Fire Department, one from the Police Department, and one from the Economic and Community Development Department. The five citizen members shall serve for a term of three years, and shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council. The other four members, being representatives of the departments and divisions of the City aforesaid, shall be designated by the City Manager by appointment in writing communicated to said Commission, which appointment shall designate the respective representative and an alternate for each such representative. Each citizen member of the Commission shall have one vote and each City representative shall have one vote, cast either by the representative or alternate, in conducting the business of said Commission. Section 9. That Section 7 of Chapter 35 of the City Code of the City of Decatur be, and the same is hereby, amended and modified so that said Section 7 of Chapter 35 shall provide as follows: 7. ASSIGNING PROPER NUMBERS. The Director of the Economic and Community Development Department, or his or her designee, is hereby authorized to assign to each and every building, and lot, its proper number in accordance with the preceding sections, and to deliver to each occupant or owner thereof, free of charge, a certificate designating the number or numbers so assigned. Section 10. That Section 19 A of Chapter 41 of the City Code of the City of Decatur be, and the same is hereby, amended and modified so that said Section 19 A of Chapter 41 shall provide as follows: 19. HONORARY STREET SIGN PROGRAM. A. Application Process - Honorary street name designation shall be limited to individuals, organizations, entities and events that have had a significant lineage to or a cultural, historical or humanitarian impact on the City as determined by the Decatur City Council. An honoree must have a geographical relationship to the requested sign location, having either lived or worked or performed other actions or activities in the area deemed to have been important to the City of Decatur. Applicants shall be required to submit an application form to the City of Decatur's Economic and Community Development Department providing details as to the proposed honoree's lineage or cultural, historical or humanitarian impact on the city and an explanation of the honoree's relationship to the requested honorary street sign location as part of the application process. Applications shall be reviewed by a five (5) member panel consisting of one (1) member of the Decatur City Council, one (1) member from the Economic and Community Development Department, one (1) member from an authorized city neighborhood organization, one (1) member form the Decatur Police Department and one (1) member appointed from the community at large. Applications will be forwarded to the Mayor and Decatur City Council and scheduled for a vote only upon an affirmative panel recommendation o if a majority of the Decatur City Council calls for it. The request will be considered "denied" upon a negative panel recommendation or if a majority of the Decatur city Council does not call