(A) Initiation of nominations. The Board of Commissioners shall initiate all nominations within the city for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. The Commission and the HPC shall both submit a recommendation on each proposed nomination. Within 60 days of the receipt of a nomination from a private citizen or the initiation of a nomination by the city, both Commission and HPC shall conduct a public hearing on the proposed nomination. Regardless of whether they agree or not both recommendations shall be forwarded to the owner of the property and the Kentucky Heritage Council. If the HPC and the Commission both recommend that the property not be nominated, the Kentucky Heritage Council shall inform the property owner, the Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board and the State Historic Preservation Officer ("SHPO"), and the property shall not be nominated unless an appeal is filed with the SHPO.
(B) Review of nominations. If either or both the Commission and the HPC agree that the property should be nominated for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, the nomination shall receive a preliminary review by the Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board, who shall make a recommendation to the SHPO, who shall then decide whether or not to forward the nomination to the United States Secretary of the Interior, in whom is vested final authority to certify the inclusion of the property on the National Register. The Commission, the HPC or the owner of the property may appeal the final decision of the SHPO.
(Ord. 2018-005, passed 4-9-2018)