(A) The Commission may adopt and amend bylaws, subject to approval by the City Council, to regulate its internal operations.
(B) For purposes consistent with this subchapter and subject to the approval of the City Council, the Commission may seek, accept and expend public appropriations; seek, accept and expend grant and gift funds; cooperate with public and private entities; and employ clerical and expert assistance.
(C) The Commission may undertake to inform the citizens of, and visitors to the city regarding the community’s history and prehistory; promote research into its history and prehistory; collect and make available materials on the preservation of historic resources; provide information on state and federal preservation programs; document historic resources prior to their alteration, demolition or relocation and archive that documentation; assist the owners of historic resources in securing funding for the preservation of their properties; and recommend public incentives and code amendments to the City Council.
(D) The Commission may develop and publish, or adopt, written and graphic guideline and example materials to clarify the criteria in this subchapter and to assist applicants in developing complete and viable applications.
(E) Employing the procedures and criteria in § 150.083, the Commission shall periodically identify and evaluate the historic resources of the city and maintain an inventory of historic resources. At such time as surveys are being conducted, owners of the subject properties shall be notified and invited to provide comment and input.
(F) Employing the procedures and criteria in § 150.084, the Commission shall periodically revise the designated landmarks register of the city by adding or deleting properties.
(G) Employing the procedures and criteria in § 150.085, the Commission shall review and act upon applications for the alteration, relocation or demolition of designated landmarks, or the major exterior alteration, relocation or demolition of historic resources of statewide significance.
(H) The Commission shall advise and make policy recommendations to the City Council and the Planning Commission on matters relating to historic preservation; and shall make an annual report, in writing, to the City Council on its activities and expenditures during the preceding 12 months, and its projected activities and expenditures for the following 12 months.
(Ord. 393, passed 1-14-2008)