§ 745.109. 911 Emergency Addressing Advisory Committee.

(a)

The 911 Emergency Addressing Advisory Committee ("Committee") is hereby created to review and revise standards and policies to implement the objectives of this Chapter and advise the appropriate Council committee of its decisions. The Committee shall be composed of one representative each from the Planning and Development Department, the 911 Coordinators Office, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Communications, JEA, the Building Inspection Division, the Municipal Code and Compliance Division, the Property Appraiser's Office, Information Technology Division, and the United States Postal Service. Members shall serve until their respective entity appoints another representative to serve on the Committee.

(b)

The Committee shall be organized as follows:

(1)

The Planning and Development Department representative shall serve as the Chairman of the Committee. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Committee and cause records and the minutes of the Committee to be kept.

(2)

The Committee shall meet on call by the Chairman, or at the discretion of the Chairman, in consideration of the request of a member. A quorum shall consist of a majority of members.

(3)

The Committee shall adopt, amend, and rescind rules for the conduct of its business and to implement the provisions of this Section.

(c)

The City of Jacksonville Addressing and Street Naming Policy ("Policy") is hereby adopted as the official document containing the present and existing standards and policies used by the Planning and Development Department and Committee to implement this Chapter. The Policy shall remain in effect unless revised pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section.

(d)

The Committee is established for the following purposes:

(1)

To review and revise from time to time the City of Jacksonville Addressing and Street Naming Policy.

(2)

To provide a forum to hear requested revisions to the Policy to keep it in a current status.

(3)

To vote approval or disapproval of the requested revisions.

(4)

To advise the appropriate Council committee of approved revisions.

(5)

To identify, prioritize, and direct the appropriate City entity to remedy deficiencies in addressing and street naming pursuant to Part 2.

(6)

To identify, prioritize, and direct the appropriate City entity to remedy additional deficiencies in addressing and street naming and recommend amendments to Part 2, as necessary.

(7)

To support a community outreach program, which, at a minimum, informs and educates citizens regarding:

(A)

What an address is and does.

(B)

How to get an address.

(C)

How an address relates to 9-1-1 emergency services.

(D)

The City's process to eliminate duplicate street names and correct address numbering.

(e)

In implementing its purposes under this Section, the Committee shall have the following duties and procedures:

(1)

Review and approve or revise by Committee vote the document titled the City addressing and street naming Policy.

(2)

Entertain requested revisions to the Policy by Committee members. A member may request revisions as a representative of his/her entity or on behalf of the general public.

(3)

Hear requested revisions at the appropriate meetings and at the direction of the Chairman and vote for approval or denial of the requested revisions.

(4)

Advise the appropriate Council committee through the Chairman, of the vote on the requested revisions in writing, and provide copies to each Council Committee Member. The approval of a requested revision shall not become effective until after the Chairman has advised the appropriate Council Committee.

(5)

Review all City initiated and property owner initiated applications for renaming of City streets and provide a report to the Council for attachment to any legislation before the City Council for approval of same.

(6)

Identify duplicate street names and out of sequence addresses and rename such duplicate streets and reassign such out of sequence addresses in accordance with Part 2 of this Chapter and the Policy.

(Ord. 2002-992-E, § 2; Ord. 2003-620-E, § 2; Ord. 2006-309-E, § 2; Ord. 2009-202-E, § 1; Ord. 2011-732-E)

Editor's note

Ordinance 2007-839-E, § 18, authorized updated department/division names pursuant to reorganization.