The Review Board shall have the following duties:
(a) The Review Board shall function to improve the quality of life in the City by striving to further and achieve the spirit and purpose of this chapter;
(b) The Review Board shall ensure the protection of property values in order to further the City's goals of sound economic and community development;
(c) The Review Board may make recommendations to the Planning Commission and City Council for additions or revisions to the Planning and Zoning Code or recommend legislation that would best serve to develop, preserve, restore and beautify the City;
(d) Within 120 days of being established, the Review Board shall develop guidelines (in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitating Historic Building or local guidelines established for specific preservation districts) concerning the conservation of historic areas, buildings and resources. Insofar as practicable, such guidelines shall suggest what alterations, demolitions, environmental changes and new construction may be appropriate for historic structures or sites within preservation districts. (Until such time as the Board establishes its own guidelines, the Secretary of the Interior's Standards shall be used);
(e) The Review Board shall review and act upon all applications for certificates of appropriateness as required in Section 1149.08 of this chapter;
(f) The Review Board shall conduct, cause to be conducted or assist in a continuing survey of all properties, sites or areas of architectural, archaelogical, historic and aesthetic interest in the City which the Board on the basis of information available or presented to it, has reason to believe are or will be eligible for designation as a landmark or preservation district;
(g) The Review Board shall work for the continuing education of the residents of the City with respect to the architectural and historic heritage of the City, its landmarks and preservation districts as designated under the provisions of this chapter, and shall make every effort to improve the overall design and the environmental awareness of the people;
(h) The Review Board shall act as a liaison on behalf of the City of Salem to individuals and organizations concerned with historic preservation;
(i) The Review Board shall keep an inventory of all landmarks and preservation districts. This inventory shall be updated periodically to reflect changes, alterations and demolitions. All inventory materials shall be maintained securely and be accessible to the public, except that access to archeological site locations may be restricted. All inventory material shall be recorded on Ohio Historic Inventory, Ohio Archaeological Inventory forms and therefore be compatible with the comprehensive preservation planning process. All inventory material shall be available through duplicates to the Ohio Historic Preservation Office. This inventory shall be made available to City Council, the Planning Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals, City Officials and the public.
(j) The Review Board shall review all proposed National Register nominations for properties within its jurisdiction. When necessary for review of a proposed nomination, the Board may seek expert advice before rendering a decision. That expertise may be academic or consulting in nature.
(k) The Review Board shall take whatever steps as may be necessary to safeguard the property rights of owners whose property is designated to be a “landmark” or is located in an area designated as a “Historic Preservation District.”
(Ord. 000215-15. Passed 6-6-00.)