A. The Planning Commission shall have the power and authority to perform all of the duties enumerated and provided in this Chapter and shall act in accordance with its established rules and bylaws.
B. For the purposes of this Chapter, the Director, or the Director's designee, shall serve as administrative staff and as secretary to the Commission.
C. The Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
1. To maintain a local register of cultural resources and historic sites.
2. To recommend removal of a designated cultural resource.
3. To review and comment upon the conduct of land use, housing, municipal improvements, and other types of planning and programs undertaken by any agency of the City, the County, or the State as they relate to the cultural resources and historical sites within the City.
4. To report to the City Council on the use of various Federal, State, local, or private funding sources and mechanisms available to promote preservation of cultural resources and historical sites in the City.
6. To cooperate with local, County, State and Federal governments and private organizations in the pursuit of the objectives of historic preservation within the City.
7. To ensure that designation of a building or structure as a designated cultural resource shall not infringe upon the rights of private owners to make any and all reasonable uses of such designated cultural resource which are not inconsistent with the purposes of this Chapter. (Ord. 1212, 11-16-1993; amd. Ord. 1315, 1-18-2000; Ord. 1629, 11-16-2021)