HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1738 - renaming a street; Fairmont
Ordinance No. 1738
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING, DESIGNATING AND RENAMING A STREET;
AND CONTAINING FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE
SUBJECT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
UNIVERSITY PLACE:
Section 1. The public street running north-south in the area bounded by Judson,
Law, Academy and Community Streets and currently sometimes known as "Fairmount
Street" is hereby approved, designated and renamed uFairmont Street."
Section 2. A sketch showing the affected street is attached hereto and made a
part hereof for all purposes.
Section 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
Section 4~ If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other
part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance~ shall
ever be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction,
neither the remainder of this ordinance, nor the application of such word, phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance to any other
persons or circumstances, shall be affected thereby.
Section 5. The City Council officially finds, determines and declares that a
sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of each meeting at which
this ordinance was discussed, considered or acted upon was given in the manner
required by the Texas Open Meetings Act, as amended, and that each such meeting
has been open to the public as required by law at all times during such discussiont
consideration and action. The City Council ratifies, approves and confirms such notices
and the contents and posting thereof. '
Section 3. This ordinance takes effect immediately upon approval and
signatu re&
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading on ~~ d&
Councilmembers Voting Aye:
Councilmembers Voting No:
Councilmembers Absent:
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PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading on
Councilmembers Voting Aye:
Councilmembers Voting No:
Councilmembers Absent:
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(Seal)
Recommended: ~~ ~
City rvlanager
Michaet
Per our conversation last week} Jet this email serve as our formal request to have the
street name spelling and suffix changed legally from Fairmount BouJevard to Fairmont
Street. You suggested this would be the simplest resolution given so many organizations
I firms recognize our address to be ttFairmont Streeet today. Below are just few of those
organizations I firms I caUed, vjsited etc. as we researched what was the right
representation of our address:
9-1...1 Emergency System: I caUed and the operator told me they had my address as
5424 Fairmont.
United States Postal Service: The USPS offers a servjce on their web site to check
the vaJidity of any address in US (http://www.usps.com/zip4/). Whether you key in 5424
Fairmount Street - 5424 Fairmount Boulevard - 5424 Fairmont Street - 5424 Fairmont
Boulevard for Houston , Texas 77005 ~ you get the same result back.. ~...... 5424
FAIRMONT STl TX 77005-1955. This is because their address guide files identify that
F ai rmou nt should be F airmont.. .and on those situations where Sou levard is
entered...they are changing to Street (ST) for they do not have a Fairmont Boulevard
listed for Zip code 77005.
Federal Express I United Parcel Service: Both of these organization utilize the
CITY/STATE/ZIP as primary components for delivering packages, however, if the
delivery line address is wrong they charge a $10.00 change of address fee for
reroutfng...and delays the delivery as originally specified.
Mapsco: Their Houston Harris County Street Atlas (2003 edition) shows our street as
"Fairmont Street. n
Key Maps, Inc.: Their Houston area key map shows the street only as Fajrmont.....does
not indicate whether it's a street or boulevard. Additionally, they do not have a single
street name lfsted as Fairmou nt.
West University Police Department: Upon calring the WestU pollee to confirm the
address they had in their systemst they indicated it was UF airmont, II with no reference to
B 0 u leva rd or Street refr ected.
Harris County (City of Houston): On Law, just two streets to the north of our
intersection (Dartmouth I Fairmont) where WestU ends and Houston beginsl the street
name is listed as Fairmont.
Mapquest.com: Upon entering 5424 Fairmount Boulevard into this web map/directions
eng i ne J it brings up map location and list address as: 5424 F airmont Street.
Mapblast.com I Mappoint.com: Upon trying to locate our home via this web
map/directions engine...and entering 5424 Fairmount Boulevardl the following message
is returned lIYour search for "5424 Fairmount Boulevard, HoustonJ TX. 7700511 has
returned the following close match. If this is what you wantl select it; otherwise1 click Back
and revise your entry. Upon selecting the option provided, it brings up "5424 Fairmont
Street.
I understand from our conversation the legal name of our street is really Fafrmount
Boulevard, but again, as we discuss...given so many years have pass whereby Fairmont
Street has been used and adopted by the above firms, let alone us. the simplest thing to
do would be to change legal name to ftFairmont Street.u This would make Lisa and me
extremely happy. We have invested a lot in stationaryJ signs for our home~ home office
business cards, etc.... plus we would like the comfort knowi ng au r
friends/packages/emergency vehicles find us.
Than ks again for you understand ing and help in th is matter. Please don It hesitate to
contact me with any questions or additional information per this matter, and I do look
forward to hearing from you in the near future after you1re presented this request to the
WestU City Council.
MichaeJ & Lisa McCoy
5424 Falrmont Street
Houstont TX 77005-1955
713-665-6078
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