§ 16-25. Powers and duties.

(a)

An Independence Historic Preservation Commission (Commission), consisting of seven members, shall be appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation by the City Council.

(b)

The Commission shall have the following powers and duties:

(1)

Conduct or cause to be conducted an ongoing survey and inventory of historic resources;

(2)

Recommend to the City Council the adoption of criteria and prescriptive standards to be used by the Commission in reviewing applications required by this chapter;

(3)

Participate in, promote, conduct or delegate to other interest groups public information, education and interpretive programs pertaining to historic preservation issues;

(4)

Make recommendations to the City Council concerning designations of historic districts, relevant ordinances and resolutions, preservation-related items upon referral from the City Council and conflicts of land use as they relate to the historic resources of the community;

(5)

Perform other functions that may be designated by the City Council pertinent to historic preservation.

(c)

The following matters must be submitted to the Commission for its approval or decision:

(1)

Historic landmark and resource designations;

(2)

Historic district nominations;

(3)

Applications for certificates of appropriateness.

(Prior Code, § 27.010; Code 2006, § 15.8.4; Ord. No. 1254, § 1(part), 1992)