(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)