A. The Planning Commission and the City Council shall review all proposals for the creation of specific historic districts authorized under the general provisions of this district utilizing the zoning amendment procedures established in Section 122-13, with the following exceptions:
1. Study of any proposed historic district may be initiated by the Planning Commission, as well as by the private sector;
2. No fee shall be charge for review of proposed historic districts; and
3. Notice of public hearings shall be given to all affected persons by newspaper publication.
B. The Planning Commission and the City Council shall review only historic district proposals which:
1. Meet the provisions of Section 122-599; and
2. Are based upon the development of a proposed historic district plan and accompanying historic district ordinances.
C. Each historic district shall be numbered and titled (for example, H-1, old town historic district, and H-2, railroad yards historic district) and shall be adopted as an individual ordinance.
D. Upon the adoption by ordinance of any designated historic district, the ordinance shall be placed in the records of the clerk to become a legal part of the zoning regulations.
(Code 1991, § 12-371)