Chapter 9 HISTORIC PRESERVATION*

Section 9-24 Powers.

    The commission shall be authorized to:

    (1)    Prepare and maintain an inventory of all property within the city having the potential for designation as historic property. This inventory can be developed and maintained in conjunction with other interested organizations such as Thomasville Landmarks, Inc., Thomas County Historical Society, Inc., or the Thomasville Main Street Project or their successors;

    (2)    Recommend to the city council specific places, districts, sites, buildings, structures, objects or works of art to be designated by ordinance as historic properties or historic districts;

    (3)    Review applications for certificates  of appropriateness, and grant or deny certificates of  appropriateness in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;

    (4)    Recommend to the city council that the designation of any place, district site building,  structure, object, or work of art as a historic property or as a historic district be revoked or removed;

    (5)    Restore or preserve any historic  properties acquired by the city;

    (6)    Promote the acquisition by the  city of facade easements and conservation easements in  accordance with the provisions of the Facade and Conservation Easements Act of 1976, O.C.G.A.    44-10-1 et seq.;

    (7)    Conduct educational programs on historic properties located within the city and on general historic preservation activities. This can be done in conjunction with other interested organizations  such as Thomasville Landmarks, Inc., Thomas County Historical Society, Inc., or the Thomasville  Main Street Project or their successors;

    (8)    Make such investigations and studies  of matters relating to historic preservation including  consultation with historic preservation experts as the city council or the commission itself may,  from time to time, deem necessary or appropriate for the purposes of preserving historic resources;

    (9)    Seek out local, state, federal  and private funds for historic preservation, and make recommendations to the city council concerning the most appropriate uses of any funds acquired;

    (10)    Submit to the historic preservation  section of the department of natural resources a list of  historic properties or historic districts designated, and seek their comments and advice on said designation;

    (11)    Perform historic preservation  activities as the official agency of the city's historic  preservation program;

    (12)    Employ persons, if necessary,  to carry out the responsibilities of the commission, upon  approval and appropriation by the city council;

    (13)    Receive donations, grants, funds,  or gifts of historic property and acquire and sell historic  properties. The commission shall not obligate the city without prior consent;

    (14)    Review and make comments to the  historic preservation section of the department of natural resources concerning the nomination of properties within its jurisdiction to the National Register of Historic Places; and

    (15)    Participate in private, state  and federal historic preservation programs and with the  consent of the city council enter into agreements to do the same.

(Ord. of 1-12-87(5),   II)