(A) Landmarks are those physical elements of Corona’s historical development that provide the community with its own unique civic identity and character. A site, improvement or natural feature shall be eligible for listing on the Corona Register as a landmark if the City Council finds that all of the following criteria are satisfied:
(1) It has been in existence for a period of at least 50 years, or if less than 50 years old, is of exceptional importance to the community;
(2) It has significant historic, cultural or architectural value and its designation as a landmark is reasonable, appropriate and necessary to promote, preserve and further the purposes and intent of this chapter;
(3) It exhibits one or more of the following characteristics:
(a) It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the history of Corona, the region, the state or the nation;
(b) It is associated with the lives of persons significant in Corona’s past;
(c) It embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period or method of construction or a valuable example of the use of materials or craftsmanship;
(d) It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the city’s cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, architectural or natural history;
(e) It is representative of the work of a notable builder, designer or architect;
(f) It exemplifies one of the best remaining architectural styles or types in a neighborhood or contains outstanding elements of architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship of a particular historic period;
(g) It is in a unique location or contains physical characteristics representing an established and familiar visual feature of a neighborhood;
(h) It is a potential source of archeological or paleontological interest;
(i) It is or contains a natural setting or feature that strongly contributes to the well being of the people of the city;
(4) It has integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association;
(a) Integrity is the authenticity of an historic resource’s physical identity, as evidenced by the survival of characteristics that existed during the historic resource’s period of significance, to be recognizable and to convey the reasons for its significance;
(b) A site, improvement or natural feature that has diminished historic character or appearance may still have sufficient integrity for the Corona Register if it retains the potential to yield significant scientific or historical information or specific data or retains sufficient character to convey the reasons for its significance. Thus, it is possible that a site, improvement or natural feature may not retain sufficient integrity to meet the criteria for listing on the California Register or National Register, but it may still be eligible for listing on the Corona Register;
(c) Integrity shall be judged with reference to the particular criterion or criteria which provide its eligibility. An improvement removed from its original location shall be eligible if it is significant primarily for its architectural value or it is the surviving structure most importantly associated with an historic person or event.
(C) A reconstructed improvement shall be eligible if the reconstruction is historically accurate, the improvement is presented in a dignified manner as part of a restoration master plan and no other original improvement survives that has the same association.
(D) A site, improvement or natural feature that is intended to be primarily commemorative shall be eligible if its design, age, tradition or symbolic value creates its own historic significance. Examples include, but are not limited to, public statuary, murals, monuments, sculptures, graves and birthplaces. These sites or improvements may be identified by the placement of an historic marker.
(`78 Code, § 17.63.050.) (Ord. 2522 § 1, 2001.)