This Chapter establishes the provisions of the Resident Curator Program in accordance with the provisions of Virginia Code Ann. § I5.2-2306(A)(4) and other applicable statutes.
(a) There is hereby established within The County of Loudoun, a Resident Curator Program, which shall be subject to the terms of this Chapter.
(b) The determination of whether any historic property is eligible for the Resident Curator Program shall be made by the County Administrator, or his designee, subject to standards and criteria, to be developed by the County Administrator or his designee(s), and which shall be subject to the terms of this Chapter.
(c) The determination of whether any person or entity is eligible to serve as a Resident Curator shall be made by the County Administrator or his designee, subject to standards and criteria, to be developed by the County Administrator or his designee(s), and which shall be subject to the terms of this Chapter.
(d) In the event that the County Administrator determines that a historic property may benefit from the engagement of a Resident Curator, then the County Administrator or his designee(s) shall develop a lease, or other such contract with such Resident Curator that implements the terms of this Chapter. Any such contract shall be upon a form, reviewed and approved by the Office of the County Attorney.
(e) The County Administrator or his designee shall develop and implement regulations governing the Resident Curator Program, and any lease or contract entered with a Resident Curator shall require that the Resident Curator comply with all such regulations.
(f) Any such lease or contract entered into with a Resident Curator shall require that all maintenance and improvement to the historic property shall be conducted in accordance with the Treatment Standards and the lease shall be conditioned on such compliance, and on the preservation and maintenance of the historic character of the property at all times during the lease.
(g) Any such leases or contracts entered that preserve historic property shall provide for reasonable public access consistent with the historic property's nature and use.
(Ord. 21-04. Passed 3-10-21.)