Lake County Zoning Code § 38.3 Definitions

• (a) Cultural Resource Commission: A decision-making body consisting of five members appointed by the Board of Supervisors and responsible for officially registering significant cultural sites which have not been designated by state or federal authority and responsible for reviewing and making recommendations on proposals for establishment of historical preservation districts and historical preservation sites.

• (b) Registered cultural resource or site: An historic or prehistoric site, or group of sites, where cultural significance has been determined through listing on or by the National Register of Historic Places, State Inventory of Historic Resources, Lake County Historical Society Registry of Historical Sites, or which has been officially registered by the Cultural Resource Commission.

• (c) Alteration: Any exterior change, modification, or demolition through public or private action, of any registered cultural site including, but not limited to: Exterior changes or modification of structures, architectural details or visual

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characteristics such as paint color and surface texture; grading, paving, new structures, surface or subsurface disturbance of archeological sites, the placement or removal of any exterior objects such as signs, plaques, light fixtures, walls, fences, steps, trees and rock outcrops affecting the exterior visual qualities or general setting of the resources.

• 38.4.1 Uses permitted: All uses permitted in the base zoning district subject to the following regulations: (Ord. No. 1749, 7/7/1988)

  • (a) The alteration of any registered cultural resource or site within an “HP” combining district shall require a major use permit. No feature of any property zoned “HP” which gives the property its special historical, archaeological, or architectural character shall be altered or demolished except in accordance with the provisions of such a major use permit.

  • (b) When a lot or parcel contains a registered cultural resource or site, or is within an “HP” district listed on one of the registers defined in Section 38.3(b), then permit applications which may result in the alteration of such a cultural resource or site shall be referred by the Planning Department to the Cultural Resource Commission for review and comment. Such review and comment shall relate to the cultural significance as set forth in Section 38.3. Failure of the Cultural Resource Commission to report within forty (40) days after the referral shall be deemed to be their approval of the permit application. The Planning Commission shall not issue any permit until they have received and reviewed the Cultural Resource Commission evaluation. The Planning Director shall also refer to the Cultural Resource Commission applications which, in the opinion of the Director, may affect a potentially significant cultural resource or site which has not yet been listed on one of the lists defined in Section 38.3(b). (Ord. No. 1749, 7/7/1988)