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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)
The Department shall develop engineering, installation, safety, and siting criteria for the commemorative plaques and may adopt such criteria through departmental orders and/or regulations. The Department shall also develop design requirements and guidelines for the commemorative plaques after consulting with the Arts Commission.
(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 be responsible for maintaining the official street map of the City and County of San Francisco.
(b) From time to time, the Department shall develop a map listing all sites designated as commemorative sites.
(Added by Ord. 149-96, App. 4/17/96)
The Department shall determine the amount of a fee necessary to compensate the City for processing and administering an application for a commemorative plaque. The fee shall be deposited into the Engineering Inspection Fund and pay for the time and materials required to process the application, based upon the estimated actual costs to perform the work, including the costs of the Department of Public Works, the City Attorney and the Board of Supervisors.
(Added by Ord. 149-96, App. 4/17/96)
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