Functions of designation and study transferred
The historic properties designation and study commission shall be disbanded and dissolved and the functions, duties and authorities of that commission shall be subsumed into the historic district commission. The historic district commission will have the following added responsibilities.
(1) Conduct a survey of neighborhoods, areas, places, and structures within the city for the purpose of determining those of a particular historic, aesthetic, architectural, archeological, or cultural significance or value and of compiling appropriate descriptions, facts and lists. As part of such survey the commission shall study and make report, in conjunction with and under the direction of the director of survey of the state historic preservation and heritage commission, of the exteriors of buildings, structures, features, sites, objects, and surroundings in the city. All survey and inventory work shall be conducted in accordance with the United States Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines; Archaeology and Historic Preservation, and shall be done to the satisfaction of the state historic preservation commission. The results of such survey shall be recorded on the historic building data sheet and shall be transmitted to the state historic preservation and heritage commission, along with copies of survey files and maps, and photographic negatives of all inventoried properties within 60 days of the completion of a survey project. In addition, all survey and inventory files shall be made available to the public upon request.
(2) After careful study the commission shall make a written report to the city council which will recommend those structures, places, areas and neighborhoods of a particular historic, aesthetic, architectural, archeological, or cultural significance or value to be designated by the city council respectively as historic landmarks, historic sites.
(3) Compile and maintain a list of designated historic landmarks.
(4) Participate with and respond to the requests of the state historic preservation and heritage commission in the nomination of historic landmarks to the National Register.
(5) The commission shall, as deemed appropriate or at the request of the mayor or city council, conduct a study of the need for the preservation of historic landmarks in the city. Based upon this study, the commission shall make a written report to the city council with recommendations regarding the preservation of historic landmarks. Any such recommendation including, but not limited to, the establishment of a historic zoning district, shall be consistent with any applicable laws of the state, the state historical preservation commission's certified local government program regulations and any applicable federal laws and regulations regarding historic preservation.
(Ch. 674, § II, 8-15-17)
Editor's note— Ch. 674, § II, adopted August 15, 2017, in effect, repealed § 19-495 and enacted a new § 19-495 as set out herein. Former § 19-495 pertained to coordinated review process and derived from Ch. 413, adopted January 17, 2007.