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(a) Pursuant to SDCL ch. 1-19B, the board may exercise the following powers, duties and responsibilities to:
(1) Conduct a survey of local historic properties, complying with all applicable standards and criteria of the statewide survey undertaken by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) of the state department of tourism;
(2) Participate in the conduct of land use, urban renewal and other planning processes undertaken by the city;
(3) Acquire fee and lesser interests in historic properties, including adjacent or associated lands, by purchase, bequest or donation;
(4) Preserve, restore, maintain and operate historic properties under the ownership or control of the board;
(5) Lease, sell and otherwise transfer or dispose of historic properties subject to rights of public access and other covenants and in a manner that will preserve the properties within its jurisdiction;
(6) Promote and conduct an educational and interpretive program on historic properties within its jurisdiction;
(7) Recommend ordinances and otherwise provide information for the purposes of historic preservation to the city council;
(8) Establish an endowment fund for the purpose of providing low interest loans and grants to allow for the restoration and preservation of historic properties;
(9) Recommend to the board of appeals exemptions from the building code relating to exterior features of structures designated by the city council as having historical or architectural significance;
(10) Cooperate with the federal, state and local governments in the pursuance of the objectives of historic preservation; and
(11) Contract, with the approval of the city council, with the state or the federal government, or any agency of either, or with any other organization.
(b) All lands, buildings, structures, sites, areas or objects acquired by funds appropriated by the city shall be acquired in the name of the city unless otherwise provided by the city council. If acquired by funds other than those appropriated by the city, the lands, buildings or structures may be held in the name of the board, the city, or both.
(1992 Code, § 19.5-11) (Ord. 14-86, passed 2-10-1986; Ord. 45-87, passed 6-22-1987)
The city may acquire by purchase, donation or condemnation historic easements in any area within its jurisdiction wherever and to the extent that the city council determines that the acquisition will be in the public interest. For the purpose of this section,
HISTORIC EASEMENT means any easement restriction, covenant or condition running with the land designated to preserve, maintain or enhance all or part of the existing state of places of historical, architectural, archaeological, paleontological or cultural significance.
(1972 Code, § 19-1/2-11(6); 1992 Code, § 19.5-12)
SIOUX FALLS REGISTER OF HISTORIC LANDMARKS
The board of historic preservation shall, upon an investigation as it deems necessary, make a determination as to whether a nominated historic property, structure or area meets one or more of the following criteria:
(a) It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of city history;
(b) Its identification with a person who significantly contributed to the development of the community, county, state or country;
(c) Its embodiment of distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction;
(d) It represents the work of a master or possesses high artistic values;
(e) It represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or
(f) It has yielded or may be likely to yield information important in prehistory or history.
(1992 Code, § 19.5-22) (Ord. 14-86, passed 2-10-1986)
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