Chapter 15.64 HISTORIC SITE PRESERVATION
Section 15.64.100 Criteria.
(A) Nominations shall be made to the CHPC on a form provided by the Commission. A
filing fee may be required.
(B) The Commission shall, upon
investigation as it deems necessary, make a preliminary
determination as to whether
a property, structure, or area possesses the integrity of
design, workmanship, materials,
location, setting, and feeling, and meets one or more
of the following criteria:
(1) Significant
value as part of the historic heritage or cultural characteristics of the
community, county,
state or nation.
(2) Identification
with a person or persons who significantly contributed to the
development of the
community, county, state, or country.
(3) Representative
of the distinguishing characteristics of architecture inherently
valuable for the
study of a period, type, method of construction, or use of indigenous
materials.
(4) Notable
work of a master builder, designer, architect, or artist, whose individual
work has influenced
the development of the community, county, state, or country.
(5) Unique
location or singular physical characteristics that make it an established or
familiar visual
feature.
(6) Character
as a particularly fine or unique example of a utilitarian structure,
including, but not
limited to, farmhouses, gas stations, or other commercial
structures, with a high level of integrity
or architectural significance.
(7) An
area that has yielded or may be likely to yield, information important in history
or prehistory.
(C) A preliminary determination
as to whether a property, structure, or area meets one or
more of the foregoing criteria
shall be made within fifteen (15) days of the filing of a
nomination with the Commission.
(Ord. 777 § 1 (part), 1989:
prior code § 41-3-2)
15.64.100
(Ord. No. 2437, Amended, 02/06/2006, Section 15.64.100, Prior Text)