§ 35-602. City Historic Preservation Officer.

The city historic preservation officer, through the office of historic preservation, shall administer this article and shall advise the historic and design review commission on each application under this article that shall come before the commission. This person shall have expertise in archaeology, history, architectural history, historic preservation, or a closely related field. The city historic preservation officer shall have the following powers and duties:

(a)

To approve, deny or approve with conditions, applications submitted to the office of historic preservation when acting as the city manager designee.

(b)

To coordinate with the department of CIMS who shall administer the public art and design enhancement program under division 5 of article VI.

(c)

To coordinate the city's preservation and urban design activities with those of local, state and federal agencies and with local, state, and national preservation and urban design organizations in the private sector.

(d)

To recommend to the commission buildings, objects, sites, structures, and districts for designation as landmarks or historic districts in accordance with the criteria established by this chapter.

(e)

To recommend to the commission buildings, objects, sites, structures, and districts for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Such recommendations shall be guided by the criteria established in the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended.

(f)

To maintain and hold open for public inspection all records pertaining to the provisions of historic and design regulations as provided for in article VI and article III, and to keep a copy available for public viewing all historic district specific guidelines, Secretary of the Interior Standards, Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation, and any other guidelines which are referenced in article VI. Public viewing may include available office of historic preservation websites.

(g)

To review, approve or deny applications for building and demolition permits required by section 35-108.

(h)

To review plans for proposed development to assure that all necessary permits have been obtained from these federal, state or local government agencies from which prior approval is required as provided in this chapter for historic and design review.

(i)

To administratively review office of historic preservation applications and forms for completeness.

(j)

To approve administrative certificates of appropriateness.

(k)

To convene meetings of the design review committee of the historic and design review commission.

(l)

To designate objects, buildings and structures submitted for review as contributing or noncontributing to a historic landmark or historic district.

(Ord. No. 98697 § 6) (Ord. No. 2010-06-24-0616, § 2, 6-24-10) (Ord. No. 2014-04-03-0206, § 6, 4-3-14)