(a) A “designated landmark” is any real property that has been designated as a historic landmark under the provisions of this chapter.
(b) To qualify as a designated landmark, real property must have integrity of design, material, and workmanship and have historic or cultural significance. Historically or culturally significant real property:
(1) Is associated with an event(s) that has (have) made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of history;
(2) Is associated with the life of a person(s) significant in the past;
(3) Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; or which embodies the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style, or a work of a noted architect or builder; or
(4) Has yielded or is likely to yield information important to prehistory or history.
(c) Cemeteries, birthplaces, or graves of historic figures, properties owned by religious institutions or used for religious purposes, structures that have been moved from their original locations, reconstructed historic buildings, properties primarily commemorative in nature, and properties that have achieved significance within the past 50 years shall not be considered to be of historic significance unless they are integral parts of districts that meet the above criteria or unless they fall within the following categories:
(1) A religious property which is primarily significant for its architecture or secular history;
(2) A relocated building which has a high degree of architectural significance or which is the primary building or structure associated with an individual or an event;
(3) The birthplace site or grave site of a historical figure if no other built feature survives which is directly associated with his or her productive life;
(4) A cemetery primarily important because of its age, distinctive design features, association with the graves of persons of transcendent importance, or which is associated with historic events;
(5) A reconstructed building or structure when accurately represented in a suitable environment as part of a restoration master plan and when no other building or structure with the same association has survived;
(6) A property primarily commemorative in intent if design, age, tradition, or symbolic value have given it significance; or
(7) A property achieving significance within the past 50 years if it is of exceptional importance or is unique in the city.
(Ord. 20-2014, passed 2-17-2015)