(A) Nominations shall be made to the Pittsfield Historic Preservation Advisory Committee on a form provided by the Committee. A filing fee may be required.
(B) The Committee shall, upon investigation as it deems necessary, make a preliminary determination as to whether a property, structure, or area possesses the integrity of design, workmanship, materials, location, setting, and feeling, and meets one or more of the following criteria:
(1) Significant value as part of the historic, heritage, or cultural characteristics of the community, county, state, or nation;
(2) Its identification with a person or persons who significantly contributed to the development of the community, county, state, or nation;
(3) Representative of the distinguishing characteristics of architecture inherently valuable for the study of a period, type, method of construction, or use of indigenous materials;
(4) Notable work of a master builder, designer, architect, or artist whose individual work has influenced the development of the community, county, state, or nation;
(5) Its unique location or singular physical characteristics that make it an established or familiar visual feature;
(6) Its character as a particularly fine or unique example of a utilitarian structure, including but not limited to, farmhouses, gas stations, or other commercial structures, with a high level of integrity or architectural significance;
(7) Area that has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory.
(C) A preliminary determination as to whether a property, structure, or area meets one or more of the foregoing criteria shall be made within 15 days of filing of a nomination with the Committee.
(Am. Ord. 1532, passed 2-3-15)