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(d) The planning commission shall apply the following criteria in determining whether to recommend the proposed change to the city council: (1) Multiple names along the continuity of a single street, or along two streets that are in substantial alignment, shall be avoided. ( 2) Consideration shall be given to historical and geographical significance of a street or area or to the recognition of a significant personal achievement: (3) A new street name shall not duplicate, or sound phonetically similar to, the name of a street already in use in the city or the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction or designated as a future extension in the current thoroughfare plan: (4) A new street name shall not differ from an existing street name only by the addition of a different auxiliary designation such as "Avenue," "Way," "Boulevard," etc: and (5) The planning commission shall also review any other pertinent criteria in its consideration of a street name change. (e) After the planning commission has considered the proposed change, its recommendation shall be forwarded to the city council. (f) The city council shall hold a public hearing, and shall apply the criteria described in subsection (d) above in determining whether to approve the change. Changes approved by the city council sha II be adopted by separate ordinance and shall be implemented by the Planning and Development Services Department. Emergency service agencies and public utility companies shall be notified of a street name change. SECTION 2. That Section B(15) of Article VI, Appendix C - Subdivisions of the San Marcos Code of Ordinances is amended to read as follows: 15. Street names: (a) New streets in subdivisions shall be named in a way that will provide continuity of street names and prevent conflict or confusion with existing street names in the city, in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction, or in a neighboring jurisdiction. A proposed new street name is in conflict with this subsection where: 1. It duplicates, or sounds phonetically similar to, the name of a street already in use within the city or the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction or designated as a future extension in the current thoroughfare plan: 2. It differs from an existing street name in the city or the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction by the addition of an auxiliary designation such as "Avenue, " "Way," "Boulevard, II etc.: or 3. The street to be named is an extension of, or is in substantial alignment with, an existing street in the city, the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction, or a neighboring jurisdiction and the proposed street name is different from the existing street name. (b) Renaming of existing streets shall be in accordance with Chapter 25, Sections 25-8 and 25-9 of the Code of Ordinances.