The Commission may recommend the nomination of buildings, structures, sites, objects or districts to the State Review Board for listing on the National Register of Historic Places after securing owner’s permission. When considering whether a building, structure, site, object or district should be nominated, the Commission should apply the following National Register criteria:
(A) The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, and:
(1) That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history;
(2) That are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past;
(3) That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or
(4) That have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.
(B) The Commission shall conduct first review and evaluation of all proposed National Register nominations within its jurisdiction, including any which may have been submitted to the State Historic Preservation Office, hereinafter SHPO, and shall forward all reviewed nominations to the SHPO with recommendations for consideration by the State Board of Review. The Commission shall not have the authority to nominate properties directly to the National Register. Nomination for National Register status shall not be made to SHPO by the Commission without the property owner’s permission.
(Ord., passed 6-8-93; Am. Ord. 03-008, passed 4-8-03; Am. Ord. 14-016, passed 11-11-14)