15.72.120 Council action.
A. The council shall approve or disapprove by resolution, in accordance with its normal procedure, any designation of property as a cultural resource or historic district. The action of the council shall be final. Upon such designation, the property shall be added to the Bakersfield Register of Historic Places.
1. Historic District. The council shall, not less than sixty days after the commission’s recommendation, hold a noticed public hearing for the proposed designation of property as a historic district. Notice shall be published and mailed as required in Section 15.72.090.
2. Cultural Resource. The council shall, after the commission’s recommendation, approve or disapprove, in accordance with subsection A of this section, the designation of property as a cultural resource. None of the notice provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall apply to council action with respect to approval or disapproval of property as a cultural resource.
B. Notwithstanding subsection A, no council action is necessary for the designation of an area of historic interest. (Ord. 4906 § 1, 2017; Ord. 4460 § 1, 2007)