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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE II, ADMINISTRATION, CHAPTER 2, OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, SECTION 3, CITY CLERK, SUBSECTION 1, HONORARY AND CEREMONIAL STREET DEDICATIONS; DESIGNATIONS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2016, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY.
Sponsor(s): Council President, C. Lawrence Crump
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council is authorized pursuant to City Ordinance to approve ceremonial street dedications and designations honoring individuals for their public service in the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council has determined to amend the City’s Ordinance, to provide additional requirements for eligibility for a ceremonial street dedication and designation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
Note: Additions are shown as underlined and bold. Deletions are shown as strikethroughs.
SECTION 1. The foregoing whereas clauses are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
SECTION 2. Title II, Administration, Chapter 2, Office of the City Clerk, Section 3, City Clerk, Subsection 1, Honorary and Ceremonial Street Dedications; Designations is hereby amended to provide for additional requirement for eligibility.
§ 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 request must be in writing for consideration of a street dedication and include the street dedication application. The written request shall include the reason for the street dedication, the biography of the individual, or a description of the organization.
C. All requests for street dedications and designations shall be forwarded to the President of the Governing Body for his/her consideration.
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D. All requests for the street dedications shall be limited to organizations that have serviced those in the City of Newark for at least 25 years. Organizations, must be: of particular importance to Newark; of enduring or lasting interest to large segments of the City’s population that have undertaken acts of enduring, or lasting interest; and whose importance to the City or whose enduring interest is a result of exemplary acts or achievements which reflect positively on the City.
E. 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 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 80 70 years of age; and (ii) has been demonstrated, on a written biography and completed application provided, to have made a significant and major contribution of the City of Newark and its residents impacting the very fabric of society or general social welfare during their lifetime.
F. All requests for the street dedications shall be limited to individuals who are deceased for at least two years prior to consideration. Exceptions may be made however for individuals who die under infamous circumstances of crime, accident, disease, social circumstance, military service or the like, or if the death itself leads to a greater awareness within society of the cause of death and a concerted effort to address that problem.
G. Any request for a street dedication or street designation in an historic district, shall first be submitted to the Newark Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission (“Commission”) for review and approval or disapproval. Such determination shall be final.
H. Limitation of 5 street dedications per Council Member each calendar year.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey.
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An Ordinance amending Title II, Administration, Chapter 2, Office of the City Clerk, Section 3, City Clerk, Subsection 1, Honorary and Ceremonial Street Dedications; Designation, to provide additional requirements for eligibility.