2014-016 Approving the petition for the Historic District Overlay (HD) for Mt. Canaan Baptist Church on the east part of Lot 11 and the east part of Lot 12, Block 5, located at 60 Sycamore Street

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Sec. 7 -155. Designation of landmarks and historic districts (a) Designation. The city council may designate sites, buildings, structures, landscapes and objects as landmarks, and areas as historic districts, including the public rights -of -way in and surrounding them, by adopting zoning districts designated as HD on the city's official zoning maps pursuant to procedures incorporated into the city's basic zoning ordinance by the city council. (b) Criteria. A historic district may be established to preserve landmarks and areas of exemplary architectural, archaeological, cultural, or historic value provided such landmarks or areas have one (1) or more of the following characteristics: (1) Significance in history, architecture, archaeology, or culture; (2) Association with certain events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local, regional, state, or national history; (3) Association with the lives of significant persons in our past; (4) Embodying the distinctive characteristics of an architectural or engineering type, period, or method of construction; (S) Represents the work of a master designer, builder, or craftsman; (6) Represents an established and familiar visual feature of the community; (7) Has archaeological value because it has produced or can be expected to produce data affecting theories of historic or prehistoric interest. (c) Regulations. Design guidelines and other appropriate regulations concerning the exterior and site development or redevelopment of a historic district may be recommended by the commission and adopted by the city council as part of a district ordinance. (d) Notice to affected property owners, hearings. Property owners of a proposed historic district designation shall be notified by the commission prior to the commission's hearing on designation. Testimony and documentary evidence may be presented, which will become part of the public record, to comment on the historic, architectural, or cultural importance of the proposed historic property. (e) Recommendations. Upon receipt of written recommendation of the commission, a proposal for designation shall be submitted to the planning and zoning commission for its review, public hearing, and recommendation to the city council for adoption, as provided in the city's general zoning ordinance. (f) Designations recorded. Upon designation of a property or properties as a landmark or historic district by the city council, the designation shall be recorded by legal description on the city's official zoning maps, in the records of real property of Lamar County, and with the tax appraisal office. (Ord. No. 2002 -033, § 5, 6- 17 -02)