Appendix 1706. Designation of historic properties.

1706.1. Criteria for Historic Designation. The Board shall review the local inventory and make recommendations for historic properties for local historic designation to the Horry County Council or the Horry County Planning Commission (for district designations) based on the following criteria:

A property may be designated historic if it:

(1)

Has significant inherent character, interest, history, or value as part of the community or heritage of the community, state or nation; or

(2)

Is the site of an event significant in history; or

(3)

Is associated with a person or persons who contributed significantly to the culture and development of the community, state or nation; or

(4)

Exemplifies the cultural, political, economic, social, ethnic or historic heritage of the community, state or nation; or

(5)

Individually, or as a collection of resources, embodies distinguishing characteristics of a type, style, period or specimen in architecture or engineering; or

(6)

Is the work of a designer whose work has influenced significantly the development of the community, state or nation; or

(7)

Contains elements of design, detail, materials or craftsmanship which represent a significant innovation; or

(8)

Is part of or related to a square or other distinctive element of community planning; or

(9)

Represents an established and familiar visual feature of the neighborhood or community; or

(10)

Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in pre-history or history.

1706.2. Owner Notification. Property owners of whose property is proposed for historic properties shall be notified in writing twenty-one (21) days prior to the date of the public hearing. Owners may appear before the Board and Horry County Council to voice approval or opposition to such designation.

1706.3. Designation as a Historic Property. The Horry County Council shall approve proposed historic properties or district designations with three (3) readings. Once approval has been given, the property shall be added to the Horry County Historic Property Register as an individual historic property or to the Official Zoning Maps as a historic district.

1706.4

Designation as a Historic Cemetery. When considering and upon the designation of a historic cemetery to the Horry County Historic Property Register, the following standards shall apply:

(1)

The addition of a cemetery to the Historic Property Register shall in no way modify state law concerning cemeteries.

(2)

For all cemeteries that have no defining border, such as a fence or naturally defined boundary the following shall apply:

a.

Taking into account the nature, character and the typical arrangement of cemeteries in Horry County along a generally east/west line, a boundary shall be drawn encompassing all gravesites, including depressions or other indicators of probable gravesites, in such a way so as to adequately protect and preserve the gravesites therein without unnecessarily encumbering any more property than necessary.

b.

If the property owner chooses to contest the boundary, or to propose an alternative boundary, the owner may do so at the public hearings held pursuant to Section 1706.2.

c.

A map of the property depicting the proposed boundary shall be attached to the written notification sent to the property owner pursuant to Section 1706.2.

d.

The proposed boundary shall be determined at the time the cemetery is added to the Historic Property Register.

(Ord. No. 104-08, § 1, 10-7-08)