§ 2.63.040. Duties.

The Cultural Heritage Commission shall have the following powers and duties:

A.

To recommend to the City Council that specific districts, buildings, structures, natural features, works of art, signs or similar objects having a special historical, cultural, archaeological, architectural, or aesthetic value as part of the heritage of the City, be designated as a Landmark or Landmark District;

B.

To review any proposed modifications to Landmarks or to a contributing building or structure within a Landmark District, and to issue or deny a certificate of appropriateness thereon;

C.

To encourage public interest in the preservation of cultural resources in the City;

D.

To compile, maintain and update a local register of Landmarks and Landmark Districts and to publicize and periodically update the City's cultural resource survey;

E.

To review and comment for advisory purposes only upon the conduct of land use, housing, redevelopment, public works and other types of planning and programs undertaken by any agency or department of the City, County, State or nation, as they relate to the cultural heritage of the City;

F.

Upon authorization of the City Council, coordinate and cooperate with local, County, State and federal governments in pursuit of the Commission's purposes;

G.

Subject to the consent of the City Council, recommend acceptance of gifts, grants and facade easement donations consistent with the purposes for which the Commission was established;

H.

To make and adopt, and from time to time amend, rules and procedures governing the conduct of its business and provide for the administration of this Chapter consistent with Chapter 2.18 of this Code;

I.

To assume whatever responsibilities and duties may be assigned to it by the State under certified local government provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended; and

J.

To perform any other functions consistent with the purposes herein that may be directed by the City Council.

( ORD-15-0038 § 1, 2015)