Oxnard Municipal Code § 16-470 Procedures for Designating Significant Heritage Features

The city council, or such boards or persons as are authorized by the city council, may specifically designate significant heritage features, including physical objects, buildings or land. The city may allow by special use permit uses of such features other than those uses permitted in the zone in which such features are located. In granting such special use permits, the commission shall consider the appropriateness of the designation in light of the findings contained in section 16-471 and may impose appropriate standards and conditions for use, conservation, or rehabilitation of the feature.

(`64 Code, Sec. 34-4.02) (Ord. No. 1843)

In order to designate significant heritage features, the approval body shall find that one of the following circumstances exist:

(A) The architecture or design of the feature is unique or of a style unique to the area;

(B) The architecture or design of the feature exemplifies a significant or unique architectural style; and

(C) The feature was the site of a significant historical or cultural event, or was owned by a person or group of persons who were significantly involved in the historical or cultural development of the city.

(`64 Code, Sec. 34-4.05) (Ord. No. 1843)