Boonville Designation of Boonville historic districts and Boonville historic properties ordinance (§ 17-64)

Designation of Boonville historic districts or Boonville historic properties do not require national register certification and may be made as follows:

(1) Submission of a completed application to the BHPAC by either:

a. An individual property owner; or

b. A group of property owners representing a proposed Boonville historic district consisting of properties in a neigh-

borhood but not less than four contiguous properties. Based on one property/one vote, if two-thirds of the property owners representing two-thirds of the property in a proposed Boonville historic district approve of the designation in writing, the properties may be designated as a Boonville historic district.

c. An individual property owner with property contiguous to or touching an established historic district may submit an application to join that district.

(2) Meeting one or more of the following criteria:

a. Its value as part of the heritage or culture of the community;

b. Its location as a site of a significant event;

c. Its identification with a person or persons who made a significant contribution to the development of the community, state or nation;

d. Its distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style or method of construction;

e. Its identification as the work of a master builder, designer, architect or landscape architect whose work has influenced the development of the community, state or nation;

f. Its elements of design, detailing, materials or craftsmanship which renders it architecturally significant;

g. Its design elements that make it structurally innovative;

h. Its unique location or physical characteristic that makes it a familiar visual feature of the neighborhood or the community;

i. Its character as a particularly fine or unique example of a utilitarian structure with a high level of integrity or architectural significance; and/or

j. Its suitability for preservation or restoration.

(3) Acceptance by the applicant(s) of all regulations and protections provided by this article; (4) Approval of the application by a majority of the BHPAC, the planning and zoning commission, and the passage of an ordinance by the city council.

(5) Dissolution of any Boonville historic district or Boonville historic property created under this article can be obtained through the same process used for its creation.