15.16.085 Removal from the designated landmarks register.
(1) A public hearing before the commission and a signed certificate of appropriateness shall be required to remove a designated landmark from the designated landmarks register.
(2) Any individual or group, including the commission acting on its own initiative, may initiate the removal of a designated landmark from the designated landmarks register by submitting a complete application to the city planning department.
(3) To approve an application for the removal of a designated landmark from the landmarks register the commission must find the following:
(a) The designated landmark has lost the qualities for which it was originally recognized; and/or
(b) Additional information shows that the designated landmark no longer satisfies the criteria for recognition or did not satisfy the criteria for recognition at time of listing; and/or
(c) The building official declares that the designated recourse poses a clear and immediate hazard to the public safety and must be demolished to abate the unsafe condition; and/or
(d) The designation of the historic resource to the designated landmarks register was imposed and:
(e) The owner has retained ownership since the time of the designation; and
(f) The owner can demonstrate that they objected to the designation on the public record; or
(g) Was not provided an opportunity to object to the designation; and
(h) The owner requests in writing or in oral presentation during a public meeting before the commission that the local government remove the property from the designated landmarks register.
(4) A designated landmark accidentally destroyed by flood, fire, or other natural or accidental act or demolished under the provisions of this chapter may be removed administratively from the designated landmarks register by the historic preservation officer. Notice of this action and written evidence documenting the demolition shall be provided to the commission at their next regular meeting. In the case of a historic resource of statewide significance having been demolished, notice shall also be provided to the SHPO wherein the historic preservation officer shall request that the SHPO remove the property from the National Register. (Ord. 2051 § 1, 2021)