The Commission has the authority to:
(A) Conduct a survey of local historic properties;
(B) Recommend the acquisition of fee and lesser interests in historic properties, including adjacent or associated lands, by purchase, bequests, or donation;
(C) Recommend methods and procedures necessary to preserve, restore, maintain, and operate historic properties under the ownership or control of the county;
(D) Recommend the lease, sale, other transfer, or disposition of historic properties subject to rights of public access and other covenants and in a manner that will preserve the property;
(E) Contract with the approval of the County Commissioners, with the state or federal government, or any agency of either, or with any other organization;
(F) Cooperate with the federal, state, and local governments in the pursuance of the objectives of historic preservation;
(G) Make recommendations in the planning processes undertaken by the county, the city, the state, or the federal government and the agencies of these entities;
(H) Recommend ordinances and otherwise provide information for the purposes of historic preservation in the county;
(I) Promote and conduct an educational and interpretive program on historic preservation and historic properties in the county;
(J) Commission members, employees, or agents of the Commission may enter private property, buildings, or structures in the performance of its official duties only with the express consent of the owner or occupant thereof; and
(K) Review nominations of properties to the National Register of Historic Places for properties within the county’s jurisdiction.
(Ord. 88-3, passed 7-11-1988)