(A) Designation. The Commission shall have the responsibility to recommend to the City Council the adoption of ordinances or resolutions designating improvements, sites or natural features as Historic Landmarks or Historic Districts and thereby necessitating their preservation, protection, enhancement, rehabilitation or perpetuation. The Commission shall prepare and transmit a report in the form of a nomination statement of its recommendation to the Council on the historical and architectural significance of the improvement, site or natural feature to be designated.
(B) Designation criteria for Landmarks and Historic Districts. Criteria and standards for the designation of Landmarks and Historic Districts shall include one or more of the following, as applicable:
(1) It is identified with persons or events significant in local, regional, state or national history.
(2) It is representative of the work of a notable builder, designer, or architect.
(3) It contributes to the significance of an historic area, being a geographically definable area possessing a concentration of not less than 50% of historic or architecturally related grouping of properties which contribute to each other and are unified aesthetically by physical layout or development.
(4) It embodies one or more distinctive characteristics of style, type, period, design, materials, detail, or craftsmanship.
(5) It has a unique location or physical characteristics or represents an established and familiar visual feature of neighborhood, community, or the City of Monrovia.
(6) It incorporates elements that help preserve and protect an historic place or area of historic interest in the city.
(7) It has yielded, or may be likely to yield information important in prehistory or history.
(`83 Code, § 17.40.060) (Ord. 94-03 § 6, 1994; Ord. 95-01 § 2, 1995)