13.26.020 - Other requirements.
A. Any ordinance filed with the council seeking to name a public building or structure after a person or company shall have attached biographical information of the person to be so honored and if a company, information relating to its history and contribution to the metropolitan government. Any ordinance filed seeking to name a building or structure under the operation or control of a board or commission of the metropolitan government shall have a recommendation of such board or commission prior to its adoption on second reading by the council.
B. Upon the filing of any ordinance seeking to rename, demolish, or sell a public building previously named after a person, if the name designation provided under subsection A. will not be preserved, such ordinance must be forwarded to the metropolitan historical commission for review as to the historical significance of the person for which the building was named. The historical commission shall provide a written report to the metropolitan council prior to the consideration of the ordinance on second reading including biographical information of the person for which the building was named and their contribution to the metropolitan government, as well as whether the person honored should be recognized by the metropolitan government in another way such as by placing a historical marker after the building named for them is renamed, demolished, or sold. No action shall be taken by the council on second reading until the report from the historical commission has been submitted to the council or sixty days has passed from the date the ordinance was forwarded by the metropolitan clerk to the historical commission.
(Amdt. 1 to Ord. BL2021-783 § 1, 2021; Ord. BL2021-783 § 1, 2021; Ord. 94-1052 § 2, 1994)
