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(a) Upon petition to the Board of Supervisors for any street vacation, the Board of Supervisors will refer the request to the Director of Public Works for investigation and recommendation. The street vacation procedure shall be in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California and such rules and conditions adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The Department of Public Works shall submit to the Board of Supervisors with any petition submitted by the Department of Public Works or any recommendation regarding a street vacation, a legal description, the Assessor’s Parcel Number(s) or reserved Assessor’s Parcel Number(s), and a County Surveyor-approved map of the area.
(b) The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall cause a certified copy of any adopted ordinance of vacation, together with the information required in subsection (a), and attested by the Clerk under seal, to be recorded without acknowledgment, certificate of acknowledgment, or further proof, in the Office of the Recorder. The Office of the Recorder shall not charge a recording fee for this recordation.
(c) The Board of Supervisors finds that unimproved streets in the Bernal Heights area are an important open space resource to the citizens in the area where the lots are small, the streets are narrow, and space is at a premium. Therefore the Board of Supervisors declares that it is the policy of the City and County of San Francisco not to vacate unimproved streets and sell, transfer, or relinquish its interest in the underlying property to private ownership in the Bernal Heights area bounded by Army Street on the north, Mission Street on the west, Interstate 280 on the south and Highway 101 on the east except not to include Esmeralda Avenue, between Brewster Street and Holladay Avenue. These streets shall be kept as open space, unless the Board of Supervisors finds that the streets are needed for public passage and proposes to improve and accept them for the same purpose.
(Added by Ord. 390-81, App. 7/3/81; amended by Ord. 225-87, App. 6/19/87; Ord. 253-19, File No. 190810, App. 11/15/2019, Eff/ 12/16/2019)
(a) Fees, payable to the Department of Public Works, shall be assessed for investigating and processing the street vacation request filed under this Code. Said fees shall consist of an initial payment of $2,500, paid at the time of filing an application for street vacation, plus an additional sum needed to equal the actual cost to Department of Public Works of checking the maps, plans and reports, and conducting an investigation incidental thereto. Nonprofit organizations with tax exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code, that have filed applications on or after January 1, 1985, shall be exempt from payment of the initial $2,500 payment where the street vacation is necessary for the development of senior citizen housing.
(b) Payment of fees charged under this Code does not waive the fee requirements of other ordinances and rules and regulations pursuant thereto.
(c) There is hereby created a Street Vacation Fund wherein all funds received under the provisions of this Section shall be deposited. All expenditures from the Fund shall be for engineering or technical investigations and equipment directly related to the investigation and processing of the street vacation request filed under this Code, and all such expenditures are hereby appropriated for said purposes.
(Amended by Ord. 432-86, App. 11/7/86)
The Board of Supervisors hereby finds and declares that:
(a) The City and County of San Francisco has a unique and important history that should be preserved and commemorated for residents and visitors. The contributions of certain sites, events, and people to the history of the City should be recognized.
(b) One method of preserving and commemorating such historical sites, events, and people shall be the placement of commemorative plaques upon public streets and places. Such plaques shall play an important role in identifying locations of historical interest to residents and visitors.
(Added by Ord. 149-96, App. 4/17/96)
(a) The Board of Supervisors may, by resolution, designate a location on a public street or place to commemorate a site, event, or person of historical interest to San Francisco, subject to the requirements of subsection (b) below.
(b) Any person seeking to commemorate a site, event, or person of historical interest to San Francisco by placement and installation of a commemorative plaque on a specific location on a public sidewalk or place shall file an application with the Department of Public Works, shall obtain all necessary permits and approvals for the commemorative plaque, including any applicable major or minor sidewalk encroachment permits, and shall provide the Department with any security and/or evidence of insurance, as may be required by the Department following the Department’s review of the application. Such application shall be filed upon forms prescribed by the Department, include all information required by the Department including, but not limited to, the applicant’s preferred locations for plaque installation and alternative locations for plaque installation, and be accompanied by all required fees set by the Department.
(Added by Ord. 149-96, App. 4/17/96; amended by Ord. 252-23, File No. 230768, App. 12/19/2023, Eff. 1/19/2024)
(a) The Department shall set a time and place for a hearing thereon for a date not to exceed 90 days from the date on which the complete application was received by the Department.
(b) Notice of time, place and purpose of the hearing on the application for a commemorative plaque on a public street or place shall be as follows:
(1) By mail, not less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing, to the applicant(s).
(2) By mail, not less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing, to the owners of all real property fronting the specific location and the owners of all real property on either side of the specific location requested for commemoration. The Department shall use the names and addresses of the owners as shown on the latest city- wide assessment roll in the office of the Tax Collector.
(3) By posting, not less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing, in a public place near the specific location requested for commemoration.
(4) Such other notice as the Department shall deem appropriate.
(c) A record shall be kept of pertinent information presented at the hearing and such record shall be maintained as part of the permanent records of the Department. The Director of Public Works shall determine the instances in which applications scheduled for hearing may be continued. In such cases, new notice need not be given provided the date of any further hearing is announced at the previously scheduled hearing.
(Added by Ord. 149-96, App. 4/17/96)
(a) Within 30 days after close of the Department’s hearing, the Department shall forward the application, and its own report and recommendation to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. The record of the hearing thereon and a list of all parties notified of the hearing shall be attached to the Department’s recommendation.
(b) The Board of Supervisors shall hold a public hearing on any proposal so transmitted. The Board may approve, disapprove or modify and approve, the designation of a specific location on a public street or place to commemorate a site, event or person of historical interest to San Francisco.
(c) In the alternative, notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Board of Supervisors may elect to hold a hearing on a proposal to commemorate a site, event, or person of historical interest to San Francisco, prior to the submittal of a complete application to the Department, and may elect to pass a resolution approving the commemoration of a site, event, or person, and authorizing the Director, following the Arts Commission’s approval of the plaque design and the Director’s review of all permit application materials, to approve the installation of commemorative plaques at precise locations that comply with the applicable engineering, installation, safety, and siting criteria, and to designate these precise locations for commemoration of a site, event, or person.
(Added by Ord. 149-96, App. 4/17/96; amended by Ord. 252-23, File No. 230768, App. 12/19/2023, Eff. 1/19/2024)
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