2-1-5: POWERS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Commission shall be advisory to the Council and shall be authorized to:
   A.   Conduct Surveys: Conduct a survey of local historic properties.
   B.   Recommend Acquisitions: Recommend the acquisition of fee and lesser interests in historic properties, including adjacent or associated lands, by purchase, bequests, or donation.
   C.   Recommend Preservation Methods And Procedures: Recommend methods and procedures necessary to preserve, restore, maintain and operate historic properties under the ownership or control of the City.
   D.   Recommend Dispositions: 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.   Enter Contracts: Contract, with the approval of the Council, with the State or Federal government, or any agency of either, or with any other organization.
   F.   Cooperate With Governments: Cooperate with the Federal, State, and local governments in the pursuance of the objectives of historic preservation.
   G.   Recommendations In Planning Processes: 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; Provide Information: Recommend ordinances and otherwise provide information for the purposes of historic preservation in the City.
   I.   Educational And Interpretive Programs: Promote and conduct an educational and interpretive program on historic preservation and historic properties in the City.
   J.   Right Of Entry: 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.
   K.   Review Nominations To National Registry: Review nominations of properties to the National Register of Historic Places for properties within the City's jurisdiction. (Ord. 195, 3-24-1987)