774-01 Create Historical Preservation Board – Regulate Preservation/grants

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6 e,I 1.8 1. Conduct an ongoing historic survey and inventory of historically, culturally, archaeological or architecturally significant resources within the City and to plan for their preservation; 2. Designate to the City Council specific buildings, structures, sites, objects or districts to be designated by this Ordinance as Historic Properties or Historic Districts and listed on the Local Register of Historic Places; 3. Develop and publish design guidelines with periodic review and update. These guidelines shall include the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings; 4. Review applications for Certificate(s) of Appropriateness and grant or deny same in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance; 5. Conduct educational programs on historic properties located in Zephyrhills and on general historic preservation activities; 6. Advise and assist property owners and other persons and groups or organizations on physical and financial aspects of preservation, renovation, rehabilitation of historic and cultural resources, and to advise and assist property owners in securing available grant funding, and in obtaining federal and state tax incentives; 7. Cooperate with and advise local, state and federal government concerning the effects of local government actions on historic and cultural resources. 8. Undertake the requirements for certification of the local preservation program by the State Historic Preservation Officer. 111 9. Work with the State Historic Preservation Officer on location nominations to the National Register of Historic Places pursuant to the Certified Local Government program; 10. Enforce the Ordinance and take appropriate action for noncompliance; 11. Make reasonable effort to attend the State Historic Preservation Office Orientation Program and subsequent training programs for Certified Local Governments, and any informational or educational meetings, conferences or workshops pertaining to work and functions of the Board scheduled by the State Historic Preservation Officer or the Florida Conference of Preservation Boards and Commissions. SECTION V Designation: Process and Procedure A. Creation of a Local Register of Historic Places. A Local Register of Historic Places is hereby created as a means of identifying and classifying various sites, buildings, structures, objects and districts as historic, archaeological and/or architecturally significant. The Local Register will be kept by the Board. B. Criteria. In order to qualify as a local Historic Property or Historic District, individual properties or groups of properties must have significant character, interest or