17.65.030 Historic Resources Inventory.
The McMinnville Historic Resources Inventory, compiled in 1983/84 and as subsequently updated, is hereby adopted and shall be maintained and updated as required. The inventory shall be used to identify historic districts, buildings, structures, sites, and objects for the purposes of this ordinance.
A. The Historic Landmarks Committee shall be authorized to make all additions, deletions, and changes to the inventory. Any addition, deletion or change, including a reevaluation of the significance of any resource, shall conform to the requirements of this section.
B. Any person may file an application with the planning director to amend the inventory by adding or deleting a resource or changing the level of significance of a resource. Applications shall be submitted to the planning department for initial review for completeness as stated in MMC 17.72.040 of the McMinnville Zoning Ordinance. The Historic Landmarks Committee shall act on such an application within 30 days of the date the application was deemed complete by the planning department. The Committee may delay action on an application for up to 30 days from the date of their meeting so that additional information needed for a decision can be obtained. The owner of the site which is under consideration and the applicant (if different) shall be notified of the time and place of the Historic Landmarks Committee review, although their presence shall not be necessary for action to be taken on the application.
C. The Historic Landmarks Committee shall base each decision regarding additions or changes to the inventory on the following criteria:
1. History. The resource is associated with significant past events, persons, organizations, trends, or values which were important at the city, county, state, or national level. The age of the resource relative to other local development contributes to its historic significance;
2. Style/Design. The resource is representative of a particular style or a type of construction. The uniqueness of the resource or its quality of composition, detailing, or craftsmanship contribute to its design significance. The resource was designated or constructed by a craftsman, contractor, designer, or architect of local, state, or national importance;
3. Integrity. The resource retains original design elements, materials, and character with relatively minor alterations, if any; and
4. Environment. The resource contributes to the character or continuity of the street or neighborhood.
5. Consistency with the National Register Criteria for Evaluation as follows:
a. The resource is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or
b. The resource is associated with lives of significant persons in our past; or
c. The resource embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or
d. The resource has yielded or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory; and
6. The designation of the resource is consistent with the priorities described in the historic preservation plan.
D. The Historic Landmarks Committee shall allow owners of property to refuse addition to the inventory at any time during the designation process in this section. The Historic Landmarks Committee shall not include a site, structure, building, or object on the inventory if the owner objects to its designation on the public record. The Historic Landmarks Committee is not required to remove a historic resource from the inventory because an owner refuses to consent to designation.
E. The Historic Landmarks Committee must remove a historic resource from the inventory if the designation was imposed on the property and the owner at the time of designation:
1. Has retained ownership since the time of designation; and
2. Can demonstrate that the owner objected to the designation on the public record; or
3. Was not provided an opportunity to object to the designation; and
4. Requests that the Historic Landmarks Committee remove the resource from the inventory.
F. Except as provided in subsection E of this section, the Historic Landmarks Committee shall base each decision regarding deletions from the inventory on the following criteria:
1. The resource has lost the qualities for which it was originally recognized; or
2. Additional information shows that the resource no longer satisfies the criteria for recognition as a historic resource or did not satisfy the criteria for recognition as a historic resource at time of listing; or
3. The building official declares that the resource poses a clear and immediate hazard to public safety and must be demolished to abate the unsafe condition.