A. Nominations for historic sites and districts shall be made by written application to the Department of Community Planning stating the legal description of the site or district. Nominations shall be signed by all those record property owners who wish to be included in the proposed site or district.

B. Hearing and Recommendation by the Historic Commission. The commission shall review, hear and recommend whether a nomination should be approved. The commission shall consider all oral and written statements from the applicant(s), the public, the Department of Community Planning, and its own members prior to making its recommendation. The commission shall also consider and adopt findings of fact demonstrating whether or not the proposed nomination conforms to the historic district criteria (FNSBC 4.52.070). Recommendations for approval shall set forth the obligations and duties of property owners in the site or district, including a requirement to obtain a rezoning to historically significant designation.

C. Upon the commission’s recommendation for approval of a nomination, a request for rezoning to historically significant designation pursuant to FNSBC 18.104.010 and 18.104.020 shall be made to the Planning Commission.

D. Submission to the Borough Assembly. A report of the Historic Preservation Commission’s recommendation shall be submitted to the Borough Assembly. If the commission recommends approval of the nomination, an ordinance shall be prepared with the participation of the nominators and the commission. The ordinance shall state the historic or architectural features sought to be preserved. It shall include rules regulating and, if appropriate, prohibiting alteration and demolition of structures, and guidelines, standards or rules for new construction.

E. Hearing by Assembly. The Borough Assembly shall publish notice of the time set for hearing on the nomination ordinance and shall include in the published notice a complete and clear description of the boundaries of the proposed site or district, and short descriptive summary of the nomination. Any person may offer written or oral comments at the hearing. After close of the hearing the Borough Assembly shall determine whether the proposed site or district meets the criteria of FNSBC 4.52.070.

The Assembly may approve or disapprove the nomination or it may postpone the matter pending amendment or perfection of the nomination. The filing of a perfected or amended nomination following such a postponement shall be considered a new filing for the purposes of this section, but the hearings thereon shall be limited to the new matter or the deletions of the petition, unless the Assembly orders otherwise. (Ord. 93-031 § 5, 1993. 2004 Code § 2.64.090.)