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2.405 Historic Review Board - Powers and Duties. The board shall: ~a} Designate an historic landmark pursuant to section 2.407. fib} Remove historic landmark status when the landmark has deteriorated, been altered or destroyed, and no longer meets any of the criteria in section 2.407. ~c} Act upon applications concerning moving or demolition of h~staric properties. ~d} Review and act upon appeals of planning director deci- s~ons for h~stor~c property alterations, including appeals initi- ated by the board. fie} Take all steps necessary to preserve historic properties pursuant to this code which are consistent with the public health, safety, general welfare, and policies of the city. ~f} Institute and support such programs and projects as will help make the citizens of the city and its visitors aware of its origin, development and historic signficance. fig} Disseminate information to educate the public on preser- vat~on matters. ~h} Review and make recommendations to the planning commis- sion and council an historic aspects of plans, goals, policies, and programs that are being considered far adoption or review. ~i} Adopt rules and guidelines as needed to implement sections 2.403 to 2.414 of this code. In adopting, revising or repealing rules or guidelines, the board shall fallow the procedures set out in section 3.012 of this code. 2.401 Historic Landmark Desi nation - Criteria and Procedure. Historic landmarks sha11 be designated in the following manner: ~a} Initiation of Process. The historic landmark designation process may be ~n~t~ated by the board, the caunci1, or an owner of a~proposed historic landmark. Any other person may initiate an h~stor~c landmark designation process if the proposed historic land- mark is not the subject of a pending application for a building, moving, demolition or ether development permit and if a supporting petition signed by twenty residents of the city is submitted with the application. A person may initiate the designation process by subm~tt~ng an application in a manner prescribed by the planning d~rectvr and paying the fee set by the city manager pursuant to sec- tion 2.020 of this code. In the case of an historic district, ensemble, or thematic group designation, privately initiated re- quests must be submitted by the owners of at least one-third of the privately-owned property in the area sought to be designated. Far purposes of this section, "owner" means the legal owner of record, or where there is a recorded land sale contract which is in force, the purchaser thereunder. If there is multiple ownership in a par- cel of land each consenting owner shall be counted as a fraction to the same extent as the interest of the owner in land bears in rela- tion to the interests of the other owners. ~ b} Not i ce,,~pu,bl i c h,ear,i n~_,a,nd decision . 1. Within 45 days of initiat~~on by~the city or the re- ceipt of a complete application, unless the owner of the prop- erty agrees to a longer time period, the board shall conduct a Ordinance - 4