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The city council shall give due consideration to the findings, recommendations and record of the commission in making its determination with respect to the proposed designation of any area, district, place, building, structure, work of art or other object having a significant historic, community, architectural, or aesthetic interest or value. The city council may, in its discretion, hold public hearings on any such recommended designation. The city council may by ordinance designate an area, district, place, building, structure, work of art or other object: (i) meeting two or more of the criteria stated in Section 2-120-620 hereof, and (ii) having a significant historic, community, architectural or aesthetic interest or value, the integrity of which is preserved in light of its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and ability to express such historic, community, architectural or aesthetic interest or value, as a “Chicago Landmark”. The city council may direct that a suitable plaque or plaques be created by the commission appropriately identifying said landmark. The plaque may be affixed to private property only if the owner or owners consent in writing.
(Prior code § 21-73; Added Coun. J. 3-11-87, p. 40272; Amend Coun. J. 2-26-97, p. 40085)