A. Recommend to City Council the delineation of boundaries of and designation as historic those districts that the Board determines are significant to the City.
B. Maintain or cause to be maintained the City's Comprehensive Historic Sites Survey and Inventory of Historic Buildings.
C. Review and grant or deny all applications, not approved by the Preservation Officer, for certificates of appropriateness to alter or demolish buildings, structures, sites or objects located within designated historic districts.
D. Make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council concerning the use and availability of grants, gifts and appropriations to promote the preservation of buildings, structures, sites, objects or districts of historic importance to the City.
E. Make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council that the City purchase any facade easement, building, structure, site or object of historic significance where private preservation is not feasible.
F. Increase public awareness of the value of architectural, cultural and historic preservation.
G. Adopt rules of procedure, policies and regulations and establish such committees as the Board deems necessary for the conduct of its business.
H. Keep or cause to be kept records of all proceedings.
I. Delegate to the Preservation Officer such responsibility and authority as it deems appropriate to carry out the routine activities of the Board, including review of applications.
J. Publish and conduct a regular schedule of monthly meetings to carry out Board functions.