Chapter 18.72
LANDMARK PROTECTION
AND PRESERVATION

Sections:

18.72.010    Landmarks of local significance – Designation criteria.

18.72.020    Preliminary list of city landmarks.

18.72.030    Designation of additional city landmarks.

18.72.040    Limit on noise impacts to significant sites, districts, buildings, structures and objects.

18.72.050    Requirement for noise mitigation plan.

18.72.060    Severability – Construction.

18.72.010 Landmarks of local significance – Designation criteria.

(1) A building, site, district, structure or object may be designated a city landmark or historic or archaeological property of local significance if it is listed or eligible for listing in the State or National Register of Historic Places, or is designated or eligible for designation as a King County Landmark; or

(2) If the city council determines that it meets any of the following criteria:

(a) Listing, or eligibility for listing, in the National Register for Historic Places;

(b) It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of national, state or local history;

(c) It is associated with the life of a person that is important in the history of the community, city, state, or nation or who is recognized by local citizens for substantial contribution to the neighborhood or community;

(d) It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style or method of construction;

(e) It is an outstanding or significant work of an architect, builder, designer or developer who has made a substantial contribution to the art;

(f) It has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history;

(g) Because of its location, age or scale, it is an easily identifiable visual feature of a neighborhood, community, or the city and contributes to the distinctive quality or identity of such neighborhood, community or the city or because of its association with significant historical events or historic themes, association with important or prominent persons in the community or the city, or recognition by local citizens for substantial contribution to the neighborhood or the city. (Ord. 608 § 1, 1995).

18.72.020 Preliminary list of city landmarks.

The following is a list of currently identified significant sites, districts, buildings, structures and objects within the city which the city council has determined meets one or more of the criteria set forth in NPMC 18.72.010.

(1) (See the Normandy Park Historic Survey, on file in the office of the city clerk; Items N00-00 through N70-01.) (Ord. 608 § 2, 1995).

18.72.030 Designation of additional city landmarks.

The city council is authorized to designate additional sites, districts, buildings, structures and objects within the city as local landmarks. (Ord. 608 § 3, 1995).

18.72.040 Limit on noise impacts to significant sites, districts, buildings, structures and objects.

Significant sites, districts, buildings, structures and objects shall not be subject to adverse land uses which generate exterior noise exposure levels exceeding an Ldn of 55 dbA, or existing levels as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, whichever is greater. (Ord. 608 § 4, 1995).

18.72.050 Requirement for noise mitigation plan.

Proponents of projects which will increase exterior noise levels to which significant sites, districts, buildings, structures and objects are exposed above those existing on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter or above an Ldn of 55 dbA, whichever is higher, must submit a noise mitigation plan to the city planning department for review and approval before required permits are issued to allow the project to proceed. (Ord. 608 § 5, 1995).

18.72.060 Severability – Construction.

(1) If a section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of the ordinance codified in this chapter is declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance codified in this chapter.

(2) If the provisions of the ordinance codified in this chapter are found to be inconsistent with other provisions of this code, the provisions of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall control. (Ord. 608 § 6, 1995).