City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: MARCH 29, 2022
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
THROUGH: JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER /s/
FROM: JOANNA C. ANDERSON, CITY ATTORNEY
CHRISTINA ZECHMAN BROWN, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY
YON LAMBERT, DIRECTOR, T & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (T&ES)
HILLARY ORR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, TRANSPORTATION, T&ES
CHRISTOPHER ZIEMANN, DIVISION CHIEF, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING,
T&ES
MEGAN OLEYNIK, LONG RANGE PLANNER, TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING, T&ES
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Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to amend and Reordain Article C (Street names) of Chapter 2 (Streets and Sidewalks) of Title 5 (Transportation and Environmental Services) of the Code of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 1981, as amended.
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ISSUE: Council consideration of an ordinance to update the City Code to remove provisions that are no longer in practice and to make street naming practices consistent across the City.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council pass this proposed ordinance (Attachment 2) on first reading on April 5, 2022, and schedule it for second reading, public hearing, and final passage on Saturday, April 23, 2022.
BACKGROUND: Sec. 5-2-64 of the City Code prescribes how new streets shall be named in the City. It outlines different street naming practices east and west of Quaker Lane. The existing Code language indicates that east of Quaker Lane, new street names "shall be in harmony with the existing developments insofar as possible," whereas west of Quaker Lane, streets shall be named alphabetically moving east to west at 600-foot intervals.
The street naming Code was adopted in the early 1960's at the time when the West End of the City was transitioning from rural into suburban neighborhoods. The intent was to provide unifo...
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