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e ordinance before the council reflects some of the changes suggested by the council. It has also been reviewed by the City Attorney for language clarification and text simplification. Ms. Bishow said the draft ordinance had been distributed to key members of the Planning Commission, Chamber of Commerce, and Historic Review Board. Comments received were incorporated into the ordinance. Ms. Bishow briefly reviewed changes that have been made to the ordinance. She said the draft ordinance states that historic landmark designation may be applied to interior features, thematic groups, and landscape features. The council indicated a desire to discuss landscape features further. If the council chooses to delete landscape features, reference to them in the definitions of historic landmark and thematic group will need to be deleted from the ordinance. Ms. Bishow said the draft ordinance also adds a requirement that City approval be obtained prior to installation of major new landscaping. At the council's request, a definition for major new landscaping was added. Ms. Bishow said the draft ordinance was amended to add a member of the Planning Commission to the Historic Review Board (HRB) in place of one of the profession positions. Ms. Bishow said the draft ordinance was amended to allow citizen-initiation ~f an historic landmark designation if a development permit is not pending e and a supporting petition signed by 20 Eugene residents is submitted with the application. Staff also recommends that a fee to help defray some of the costs be considered. Ms. Bishow said in the case of the designation of an historic district, privately-initiated requests must be submitted by the owners of at least one-third of the privately-owned affected property. The council also discussed the possibility of requiring half the owners of privately-owned affected property submit requests. The draft ordinance was amended to state that the HRB shall not designate an historic district if owners of 50 percent of the property object in writing to the designation at the time of the public hearing. Ms. Bishow said the draft ordinance was amended so that designation criteria is consistent with the Federal criteria. Significant new language was added to clarify the criteria. Ms. Bishow said in the process of determining whether to apply historic landmark designation, the HRB shall conduct an analysis of the economic, social, environmental, and energy consequences of allowing any identified conflicting uses versus preserving the structure or site as an historic landmark. If the property owner of the proposed historic landma~~ is in support of the designation, there is a rebuttable presumption that the values of preservation outweigh the values of using the proposed historic landmark for the identified conflicting uses. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 28, 1988 Page 4