(A) The Cultural Preservation Commission may recommend to the County Commission cultural resources for designation on the County Register of Cultural Resources. Upon review, the County Commission may designate cultural resources for inclusion on the County Register of Cultural Resources as a means of classifying, recognizing, preserving, protecting, enhancing, or increasing benefit, use, and enjoyment of cultural resources in the county.
(B) Any activity, business, district, building, structure, object, resource, scenery, or site may be designated to the Register of Cultural Resources if it meets all of the following criteria:
(1) It is located within the official boundaries of the county;
(2) It is at least 50 years old; and
(3) It retains its historic integrity, in that there are no major alterations or additions that have obscured or destroyed the significant cultural features.
(C) Major alterations that may destroy cultural integrity include, but are not limited to:
(1) Changes in the main appearance;
(2) Enlargement or reduction of principal features;
(3) Additions to or removal of original features;
(4) Covering the resource with non-historic materials;
(5) Moving the resource from its original location to one that is dissimilar to the original; and
(6) Additions which significantly detract from or obscure the original form or appearance.
(D) If the resource does not meet the integrity requirements outlined above, it may qualify for designation if it meets one of the following requirements:
(1) It is directly associated with events of historic importance in the county;
(2) It is closely associated with the lives of persons who were of historic importance to the county;
(3) It exhibits significant methods of construction or materials that were used within the historic period;
(4) It has been documented according to the State Historic Preservation Office standards for intensive level surveys and copies of that documentation have been placed in the public record; and
(5) It demonstrates a long and dignified human history or consists of resources that are outstanding in their variety of cultural affiliation, type, and distribution.
(Ord. 2013-1, passed 7-8-2013)