A. Application: Any person, group or association may nominate a prospective historic resource for formal designation. The initiation of designation proceedings must be made by submitting to the community and economic development department staff an application for such designation on a form furnished by the commission. The commission, on its own motion, may initiate proceedings for the designation of a potential historic resource. Such application shall be similar in form to that used for the national register of historic places.
B. Notice To Owner: Notice that an application for designation is being considered shall be given to the owner or owners of record who would be affected by such designation. The owner or owners shall be notified by certified mail at least five (5) business days prior to commission consideration of the applicable application. The owner or owners shall have the right to confer with the commission prior to final action by the commission.
C. Decision Of Commission: Following any investigation deemed necessary to the commission, but in no case more than sixty (60) days after the receipt of any application for designation, the application shall be approved or disapproved by the commission. If designation proceedings are initiated by the commission, final approval or disapproval shall be made by the commission no more than sixty (60) days after such initiation. Such approval or disapproval shall be in writing and signed by the chairperson of the commission and shall state the reasons for the action taken by the commission. The approval may be limited to the proposed historic resource as described in the application, or may include modifications thereof and approval as so modified.
D. Forward Recommendations To City Council: Within thirty (30) days after the final determination of the commission on a designation application, the commission shall forward each application to the city council, together with the attached recommendations of the commission.
E. Action By City Council: The city council may, by approval and passage of an appropriate ordinance, designate historic resources. Prior to the passage of the ordinance, the city council shall hold a public hearing, notice of which shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation and mailed to the owner or owners of property proposed for designation. Following designation, a notice of such shall be mailed to the owners of record together with a copy of this title.
F. Amend Or Rescind: After an historic resource has been formally designated by the city council, the designation may be amended or rescinded in the same manner as the original designation was made.
(1979 Code § 11.03.020; Ord. 80-7, 2-21-1980; amd. Ord. 85-4, 2-7-1985; Ord. 92-9, 1-9-1992; 1999 Code; Ord. 2001-32, 6-5-2001, eff. 6-30-2001)