§ 42-28. General powers.

The commission shall be authorized to:

(1)

Perform historic preservation activities as an official agency of the city's historic preservation program;

(2)

Prepare an inventory and conduct surveys of all properties within its respective historic preservation jurisdiction having the potential for designation;

(3)

Recommend to the mayor and council specific places, districts, sites, buildings, structures or works of art to be designated by ordinance as historic properties or historic districts;

(4)

Recommend to the mayor and council that the designation of any place, district, site, building, structure or work of art as a historic property or as an historic district be revoked or removed;

(5)

Review applications for certificates of appropriateness, and recommend such certificates of appropriateness to the mayor and council in accordance with the provisions of O.C.G.A. § 44-10-28;

(6)

Recommend to the mayor and council the restoration or preservation of any historic properties acquired by the city;

(7)

Promote the acquisition by the city of conservation easements in accordance with O.C.G.A. §§ 44-10-1—44-10-8;

(8)

Conduct an education program on historic properties located within its historic preservation jurisdiction;

(9)

Make such investigations and studies of matters relating to historic preservation as the mayor and council or the commission itself may from time to time deem necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this chapter;

(10)

Consult with historic preservation experts in the historic preservation division of the state department of natural resources, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Inc., or other historic preservation consultants and professionals as necessary for the purposes of this chapter;

(11)

Submit to the historic preservation division of the state department of natural resources a list of historic properties or historic districts designated as such pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 44-10-26 and article III of this chapter;

(12)

Review and make comments to the historic preservation division of the state department of natural resources concerning the nomination of properties within its jurisdiction of the National Register of Historic Places and the state register of historic places;

(13)

Seek out state and federal funds for historic preservation and make recommendations to the mayor and council concerning the most appropriate use of any funds acquired; and

(14)

On behalf of and for the city, the commission may receive donations, grants, funds or gifts of property, provided that the commission shall not obligate the city without prior consent and that such funds do not displace appropriated governmental funds.

(Ord. of 12-14-1998, § 203)