(A) Properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including all properties within National Register Historic District boundaries, are eligible for automatic listing on the designated landmarks register. As historic resources of statewide significance, all such properties are subject to the regulations in § 150.085 regardless of their listing on the designated landmarks register, pursuant to O.A.R. 660-023-200. However, only properties listed on the designated landmarks register shall be eligible for public incentives and code considerations pursuant to this subchapter.
(B) Any individual or group, including the Commission acting on its own initiative, may nominate a historic resource for inclusion on or removal from the designated landmarks register by submitting a complete application to the Planning Commission. The burden of proof lies with the applicant. No property shall be so designated without the written consent of the owner or, in the case of multiple ownership, a majority of the owners.
(C) The Planning Commission shall establish standards for a complete application. Upon acceptance of a complete application the Planning Commission shall schedule a public hearing pursuant to applicable state laws.
(D) In order to be included or maintained on the designated landmarks register the Commission must find that the historic resource is over 50 years of age or of extraordinary historic importance and possesses sufficient historic integrity, and:
(1) Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local, state or national history;
(2) Is associated with the lives of persons, or groups of people, significant in local, state or national history; or
(3) Embodies the distinctive characteristics of an architectural type, style, period or method of construction or that represents the work of a master; or that possesses high artistic values; or that represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or has yielded or is likely to yield information which is important in local, state or national history.
(E) The Commission shall develop findings to support its decisions. These findings shall indicate those elements of a property, including interior, landscape and archaeological features, that are included in the designation and subject to regulation under the provisions of this subchapter.
(Ord. 393, passed 1-14-2008)