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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-19 - Res. Amending County Code Chapter 12 Bridges and Roads Adding Section 12.14 Honorary Road Sign RESOLUTION NUMBER i I - 19 A RESOLUTION AMENDING MASON COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 12- BRIDGES AND ROADS ADDING SECTION 12.14 - HONORARY ROAD SIGN PROGRAM A RESOLUTION amending Mason County Code Chapter 12 — Bridges and Roads —to add section 12.14 - Honorary Road Sign Program. WHEREAS, Mason County Commissioners have expressed a desire to recognize the significant contributions by or importance of certain individuals and organizations to Mason County by naming sections of public county roads in their honor for a specific period of time; and WHEREAS, it is appropriate to establish criteria and a procedure for conferring honorary road naming and the design standards for the signage. WHEREAS, the honorary road titles do not change or affect the official name of those public county roads or the official address of residences and businesses on the road, and NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED, that the Mason County Board of Commissioners, after due deliberation and in the best interest of the public, does hereby approve the Honorary Road Sign Program as set forth in the attached Exhibit"A". BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that Mason County Code be amended to include section 12.14— Honorary Sign Program. DATED this 5'—day of February 2019 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MASON COUNTY,WASHINGTON e9 - I KEVIN SHL17Y, Chair ATTEST: SHARON TRASK, Vice Chair ME IS DREW , Clerk of the Board RA DY NEATHERLIN, Commissioner APPROVED AS TO FORM: TIM WHI E—,Chief-6PA EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION NO. II -19 Chapter 12.14 HONORARY ROAD SIGN PROGRAM Sections: 12.14.020 Purpose 12.14.030 Eligibility Criteria 12.14.040 Procedure 12.14.050 Application/Cost 12.14.060 Requirements and Restrictions 12.14.070 Designation Duration 12.14.080 Signage Design 12.14.090 Location and Records 12.14.020 Purpose. To establish a county policy for an Honorary Road Sign Program allowing the opportunity to honor those that have made significant contributions to the community or the County. An honorary road sign is a subsidiary designation for a road or a portion of a road that does not replace the legal name of the road. The honorary road sign shall be denoted by signs that augment but do not replace signs for the legal road name required for emergency service access. 12.14.030 Eligibility Criteria. Recognition with an honorary road sign shall be reserved for those individuals and organizations that have performed an exemplary act or achievement of lasting interest to their community, which reflects positively on Mason County as a whole, and: a) if an individual is a resident or a native of the County or is of particular importance to the County; or b) if an organization has been in operation for a minimum of 25 consecutive years and has its base of operations in the County or is of particular importance to the County. 12.14.040 Procedure. Honorary road signs shall be conferred by resolution. The resolution submission shall state the name of the individual or organization intended to be honored and the road or portion of road to receive the designation intended and a statement as to why the County is honoring the individual or organization with a location map. 12.14.050 Application/Cost. Applications will be reviewed by the Public Works Department and recommendations brought forward to the Board of Commissioners. Actual cost of manufacturing, designing and installing of the sign shall be paid by the Public Works Department. Public Works will be reimbursed for the sign manufacturing and material cost if at the end of five years the honoree wishes to keep the sign. 12.14.60 Requirements and Restrictions. 1) When a road has received a designation, no other proposals for that road shall be considered while it has that designation. 2) No more than four honorary street titles may be conferred per year. 3) Proposals shall not be for names that could be considered derogatory, pejorative, obscene or blasphemous. 4) The proposed designation may not duplicate an official road name. 12.14.070 Designation Duration. Honorary Road Signs shall expire five years after the date of resolution passage, unless specifically specified by the Board in the approval resolution. The Public Works Department shall remove the signs once the five years has expired. 12.14.080. Signage Design. Honorary road signs shall meet the standard road sign criteria for size and shape. Honorary signs will have the term "Honorary" listed on the top of the sign with a brown background and white lettering and border, and design standards are set forth in the most current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). 12.14.090. Location and Records. Honorary signs placed on a current sign post and shall be placed underneath signs designating the legal road name. Only one sign is erected for each honoree. If a road or a portion of a road, except intersecting roads, has been designated with an honorary road sign, no other honorary sign shall be given to the road or section of a road. Records of the honorary road signs are maintained by the Public Works Department.