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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2, ADMINISTRATION, CHAPTER 3, OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, SECTION 1.12, HONORARY AND CEREMONIAL STREET DEDICATIONS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, TO EXPRESSLY PERMIT THE CEREMONIAL NAMING OF AN INTERSECTION, OR STREET CORNER OR A PLAZA AND ADDING CERTAIN AGE AND ACHIEVEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HONOREE.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
Section 1. Title 2, Administration, Chapter 3, Office of the City Clerk, Section 1.12, Honorary and Ceremonial Street Dedications, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, 2000, is hereby amended as follows:
2:3-1.12. Honorary and Ceremonial Street Dedications; Designations.
a. The President of the Municipal Council shall be responsible for approving all legislation regarding street dedication and designation ceremonies.
b. All requests for street dedications and designations shall be forwarded to the President of the Governing Body for his/her consideration.
c. All requests for the street dedications shall be limited to individuals who are deceased.
d. [New Section] Ceremonial or honorary street designations (such as an intersection, or a street corner or naming of a plaza, as opposed to a street dedication which is a renaming or naming of a street), may be granted for a deceased person, but shall only be granted for a living person, if that person: (i) shall be at the time of the passage of the legislation granting the honor, be at least eighty (80) years of age; and (ii) has been demonstrated, on a written biography provided, to have made a significant and major contribution to the City of Newark and its residents impacting the very fabric of society or general social welfare during their lifetime.
Section 2. Any ordinance inconsistent with this ordinance amendment is hereby repealed.
Section 3. If any portion of this ordinance amendment is deemed unenforceable, the remaining portion shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. This ordinance amendment shall be effective upon final adoption and publication in accordance with laws of the State of New Jersey.
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An ordinance amending the process for street dedications to formalize an existing practice of designating intersections or street corners or naming a plaza for a living person and setting forth certain age and life achievement requirements for the honoree.
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