A. Created: There is hereby created a Farmington City historic sites list (the "list"), which shall serve as a means of providing recognition to and encouraging the preservation of historic resources in the city. The list shall be prepared and maintained by the historic preservation commission and filed with the city recorder's office.
B. Contents: The list shall describe each historic resource, the date or approximate date of its construction, the date during which its historic significance was established, the reason for including it on the list, and the name and address of the current owner as shown on the records of the Davis County recorder.
C. Criteria: The historic preservation commission may designate any building, structure, object, site or district to the list as a historic resource in accordance with the procedures set forth herein if it is determined by the historic preservation commission that the historic resource meets all of the following criteria:
1. It is located within the official boundaries of the city; and
2. It is at least fifty (50) years old; and
3. There are no major alterations or additions that have obscured or destroyed the significant historic features.
D. Designation Procedures: The historic preservation commission is charged with designating properties to and maintaining the list. The list shall reference any research related to the historic resource and a copy of the list shall be kept in the historic preservation commission's historic sites files. The historic sites files shall be open to the public in accordance with the Farmington City government records access and management ordinance. This list shall be reviewed and historic resources shall be added or deleted as appropriate on, at minimum, a yearly basis by the historic preservation commission. The list should include all historic resources located within the city that meet the minimum requirements set forth below:
1. Rate an A or B on a professional reconnaissance level survey;
2. Are deemed A or B by the historic preservation commission (for properties outside of a surveyed area);
3. Any historic resource that does not meet the A or B criteria established by the national register of historic places, but is of exceptional importance to Farmington City's history; or
4. Any historic resource that has undergone major alterations or has been destroyed. Markers may be placed on these sites with city council approval.
E. Results Of Designation:
1. Certificate: The owner of an officially designated historic resource may obtain a historic site certificate from the historic preservation commission. The certificate shall contain the historic name of the property, the date of designation, and signatures of the mayor and the historic preservation commission chairperson.
2. Demolition Or Partial Demolition: Applications for a demolition of a historic resource on the list shall be subject to the standards and process set forth in section 11-28-230 of this title.
3. Major Alterations, Demolitions Or Partial Demolitions: If a historic resource is to be demolished, partially demolished or undergo major alterations, efforts shall be made by the historic preservation commission to document its physical appearance before that action takes place.
a. The city shall delay issuing a demolition permit or building permit for a maximum of ten (10) calendar days and shall notify a member of the historic preservation commission, who will take responsibility for the documentation.
b. Documentation shall include, at a minimum, exterior photographs of all elevations of the historic resource. When possible, both exterior and interior measurements of the building will be made in order to provide an accurate floor plan drawing of the building.
c. A building permit or demolition permit shall be issued after a period of ten (10) calendar days from the initial date of permit application whether or not the historic preservation commission has documented the building. The permit may be issued earlier if the historic preservation commission has completed its documentation before the ten (10) day deadline.
d. Documentation shall be kept in the historic preservation commission's historic sites files, which shall be open to the public in accordance with the Farmington City government records access and management ordinance.
F. Removal Of Properties: If, after review and consideration by the historic preservation commission, it is determined that a historic resource no longer meets the criteria for listing, the historic preservation commission may remove the historic resource from the list. (Ord. 2013-08, 4-16-2013)