A. Criteria for Designating Properties for Listing on the Local Register. Any building, structure, site or object, whether publicly or privately owned, may be designated for listing on the local register if it is significantly associated with the history, architecture, archaeology, engineering or cultural heritage of the community; it has physical integrity; it is at least 50 years old or is of lesser age but has exceptional importance; and it qualifies as at least one of the following:

1. Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of national, state, or local history;

2. Embodies the distinctive architectural characteristics of a type, period, style, or method of design or construction, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction;

3. Is an outstanding work of a designer, builder, or architect who has made a substantial contribution to the art;

4. Exemplifies or reflects special elements of the city’s cultural, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, or architectural history;

5. Is associated with the lives of persons significant in national, state, or local history;

6. Has yielded or may be likely to yield important archaeological information related to history or prehistory;

7. Is a building or structure removed from its original location but that is significant primarily for architectural value, or that is the only surviving structure significantly associated with an historic person or event;

8. Is a birthplace or grave of an historical figure of outstanding importance;

9. Is a cemetery that derives its primary significance from age, from distinctive design features, or from association with historic events, or cultural patterns;

10. Is a reconstructed building that has been executed in a historically accurate manner on the original site;

11. Is a creative and unique example of folk architecture and design created by persons not formally trained in the architectural or design professions, and that does not fit into formal architectural or historical categories; or

12. Is listed on the National Register or the State Register.

B. Process for Determining Properties Eligible for the Local Register.

1. The historic preservation commission shall use the current historic property inventory as a base to determine which properties may be eligible. However, being on the inventory list is not a necessary prerequisite for eligibility determination.

2. The historic preservation commission shall examine each property and make a determination, based on local register criteria, whether the property is eligible for the local register.

3. Property owners and the general public may bring properties to the attention of the historic preservation commission for eligibility determination consideration.

4. Once determination has been made, the historic preservation commission shall notify the property owner and the planning and community development department that the property is eligible for local register.

5. The property owner may petition the historic preservation commission for reconsideration of its determination. The owner has 30 days to provide additional information to the historic preservation commission. The historic preservation commission will, if necessary, arrange a meeting with the owner to review the decision within 60 days of receipt of the additional information.

6. If the owner and historic preservation commission cannot agree on the determination, the owner may appeal the decision of the historic preservation commission to the planning director.

C. Process for Designating Properties for Listing on the Local Register.

1. Any person, including the historic preservation commission or any historic preservation commission member, may nominate a building, structure, site, or object for listing on the local register; provided, that no property shall be nominated without the prior written consent of the owner.

2. The nomination shall include, when possible, the tax parcel number (and the UTM reference, if required for compatibility with the State Register) and a description of all interior and exterior features and outbuildings that contribute to its designation.

3. In reviewing the nomination, the historic preservation commission shall consider the local inventory and the city’s comprehensive plan, and the merits of the nomination, according to the criteria in subsection A of this section, and shall proceed according to the nomination review standards established in the historic preservation commission’s rules.

4. The historic preservation commission shall provide public notice of the date, time and location of the meeting during which it will consider the designation nomination. Written notice of the date, time and location of the meeting shall be provided no later than 10 days prior to the meeting to the nominator, the owner(s) of public record and the lessees, if any, of the subject property. The historic preservation commission shall further publish at least one notice of the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The historic preservation commission shall also post a notice on a conspicuous location on the subject property.

5. If the historic preservation commission finds that the nominated property is eligible for listing on the local register, the historic preservation commission shall list the property on the register, with the consent of the owner of the property. The commenters, property owner, nominator and lessees, if any, shall be notified in writing of the listing no later than 30 days after the listing.

6. Once a property is placed on the local register the property owner is expected to provide ordinary maintenance to the property to prevent deterioration and decay which threaten the historic features of the property.

7. Properties listed on the local register shall be identified in the planning database maintained by the city and the listing shall be forwarded to the Kitsap County assessor for identification of the historical property in the Kitsap County zoning records.

8. If a property is added to the local register a notice of that status shall be added on the property title records.

9. The city shall make available a sign to place on the property indicating the local register designation.

D. Removal of Properties from the Local Register. Properties listed on the local register or properties identified as eligible for the local register may be removed from the register or lose eligibility only by the historic preservation commission in accordance with this section. The historic preservation commission may remove any property from the local register or properties identified as eligible for the local register with or without the owner’s consent, if the historic preservation commission deems the property no longer appropriate for designation to the local register or eligible for the local register because it no longer satisfies the original criteria in support of its designation. The procedure for removal for local register properties shall be established by the historic preservation commission and shall include the procedures for notification to the public and interested parties set forth in subsection B.4 of this section. If a property is removed from the local register a notice of that change in status shall be added to the title records. (Ord. 2016-11 § 2, 2016: Ord. 2011-02 § 2 (Exh. A), 2011. Formerly 18.24.030)