§ 5-64. Authority.

The board shall be authorized to:

(1)

Prepare and maintain an inventory of all property within city having the potential for designation as a historic property;

(2)

Recommend to the board of commissioners specific places, districts, sites, buildings, structures, objects or works of art to be designated by ordinance as historic properties or historic districts;

(3)

Review applications for certificates of appropriateness, and grant or deny same in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;

(4)

Recommend to the board of commissioners that the designation of any place, district, site, building, structure, object, or work of art as a historic property or as a historic district be revoked or removed;

(5)

Restore or preserve any historic properties acquired by the city;

(6)

Promote the acquisition by the city of facade easements and conservation easements in accordance with the provisions of the Facade and Conservation Easement Act of 1976 (O.C.G.A. §§ 44-10-1 through 44-10-5);

(7)

Conduct educational programs on historic properties located within the city and on general historic preservation activities;

(8)

Make such investigations and studies of matters relating to historic preservation including consultation with historic preservation experts, as the board of commissioners or the board itself may, from time to time, deem necessary or appropriate for the purpose of preserving historic resources;

(9)

Seek out local, state, federal and private funds for historic preservation, and make recommendations to the board of commissioners concerning the most appropriate uses of any funds acquired;

(10)

Submit to the historic preservation section of the state department of natural resources a list of historic properties or historic districts designated;

(11)

Perform historic preservation activities as the official agency of the city historic preservation program;

(12)

Employ persons, if necessary, to carry out the responsibilities of the board;

(13)

Receive donations, grants, funds, or gifts of historic property and acquire and sell historic properties. The board shall not obligate the city without prior consent;

(14)

Review and make comments to the historic preservation section of the state department of natural resources concerning the nomination of properties within its jurisdiction to the National Register of Historic Places; and

(15)

Participate in private, state and federal historic preservation programs and with the consent of the board of commissioners enter into agreements to do the same.

(Ord. of 10-10-89, § III(D))