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Exhibit B — Proposed New Chapter 165
<br />CHAPTER 165
<br />Landmarks Commission
<br />165.01
<br />Purpose.
<br />165.02
<br />Definitions.
<br />165.03
<br />Duties.
<br />165.04
<br />Authority of Commission to
<br />promulgate rules.
<br />165.05
<br />Designation of landmarks.
<br />165.06
<br />Designation of Historic Districts.
<br />165.07
<br />Construction, demolition or
<br />165.99
<br />alteration to landmarks or properties
<br />in Historic Districts.
<br />165.08
<br />Exempted building activities.
<br />165.09 Maintenance requirements.
<br />165.10 Review process for Certificates of
<br />CROSS REFERENCES
<br />Landmarks Commission- see CHTR. Art. VII, Sec
<br />165.01 PURPOSE.
<br />Council hereby declares as a matter of public policy that the preservation, protection,
<br />perpetuation and use of sites, buildings, districts, structures, works of art and other objects
<br />having a special historical, educational, community or aesthetic interest is a public necessity and
<br />is in the interest of the prosperity, safety and welfare of the people. The purpose of this chapter is
<br />to:
<br />(a) Designate, preserve, protect, enhance and perpetuate those structures and districts
<br />which reflect outstanding elements of the City's cultural, artistic, social,
<br />economic, political, architectural, historic or other heritage;
<br />(b) Foster civic pride in the beauty and accomplishments of the past;
<br />(c) Stabilize or improve the aesthetic and economic vitality and values of such
<br />structures and districts;
<br />(d) Protect and enhance the City's attraction to tourists and visitors;
<br />(e) Promote the use of outstanding historical or architectural structures or districts for
<br />the education, stimulation and welfare of the people of the City;
<br />(f) Promote good urban design including the perpetuation of related private open
<br />spaces; and
<br />(g) Promote and encourage continued private ownership and utilization of such
<br />buildings and other structures now so owned and used, to the extent that the
<br />objectives listed above can be attained under such a policy.
<br />It is the sense of the Council that the economic, cultural and aesthetic standing of this
<br />City cannot be maintained or enhanced by disregarding the historical, architectural and
<br />geographic heritage of the City and by continuing to ignore the destruction or defacement of
<br />such cultural assets.
<br />165.02 DEFINITIONS.
<br />(a) "Alter" or "alteration" means any change in the external architectural features of
<br />any building or structure. These terms include restoration, reconstruction,
<br />construction of additions and demolition.
<br />(b) "Architectural features" means the architectural style and visual arrangement of
<br />the exterior of a building or structure, including but not being limited to the type,
<br />Appropriateness.
<br />165.11
<br />Determinations of appropriateness
<br />for construction and alterations.
<br />165.12
<br />Determinations of appropriateness
<br />for demolition.
<br />165.13
<br />Minor changes.
<br />165.14
<br />Design guidelines.
<br />165.15
<br />Appeals.
<br />165.99
<br />Penalty.
<br />CROSS REFERENCES
<br />Landmarks Commission- see CHTR. Art. VII, Sec
<br />165.01 PURPOSE.
<br />Council hereby declares as a matter of public policy that the preservation, protection,
<br />perpetuation and use of sites, buildings, districts, structures, works of art and other objects
<br />having a special historical, educational, community or aesthetic interest is a public necessity and
<br />is in the interest of the prosperity, safety and welfare of the people. The purpose of this chapter is
<br />to:
<br />(a) Designate, preserve, protect, enhance and perpetuate those structures and districts
<br />which reflect outstanding elements of the City's cultural, artistic, social,
<br />economic, political, architectural, historic or other heritage;
<br />(b) Foster civic pride in the beauty and accomplishments of the past;
<br />(c) Stabilize or improve the aesthetic and economic vitality and values of such
<br />structures and districts;
<br />(d) Protect and enhance the City's attraction to tourists and visitors;
<br />(e) Promote the use of outstanding historical or architectural structures or districts for
<br />the education, stimulation and welfare of the people of the City;
<br />(f) Promote good urban design including the perpetuation of related private open
<br />spaces; and
<br />(g) Promote and encourage continued private ownership and utilization of such
<br />buildings and other structures now so owned and used, to the extent that the
<br />objectives listed above can be attained under such a policy.
<br />It is the sense of the Council that the economic, cultural and aesthetic standing of this
<br />City cannot be maintained or enhanced by disregarding the historical, architectural and
<br />geographic heritage of the City and by continuing to ignore the destruction or defacement of
<br />such cultural assets.
<br />165.02 DEFINITIONS.
<br />(a) "Alter" or "alteration" means any change in the external architectural features of
<br />any building or structure. These terms include restoration, reconstruction,
<br />construction of additions and demolition.
<br />(b) "Architectural features" means the architectural style and visual arrangement of
<br />the exterior of a building or structure, including but not being limited to the type,
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