30.32D.040 Criteria for designation of property on county register.
(1) The historic preservation commission may designate a property or properties on the county register only if the building, site, structure, object, or district is at least fifty years old or, in the event that the property is of exceptional historical significance as determined by the commission, at least forty years old.
(2) The commission will also consider whether the nominated property or properties:
(a) Possess significant and important association with the history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or cultural heritage of the county as documented in texts used as standard references by professionals in these disciplines;
(b) Possess one or more of the following:
(i) integrity of location, meaning the building, structure or object has remained on the same site for fifty years or more;
(ii) integrity of design, meaning the design of the building, structure, object, or the structures contributing to a district have remained unchanged for fifty years or more;
(iii) integrity of materials, meaning the materials used in the building, object or structure are either original or have been reproduced to replicate, as closely as possible, the original materials; or
(iv) integrity of workmanship, meaning the building must exhibit original workmanship, or if repairs or reconstruction of a building, structure, site or object have been or need to be carried out, the methods used are as similar to the original construction methods as possible. If modern construction methods were used, the resulting repair or reconstruction must replicate the original workmanship as closely as possible;
(c) Meet at least one of the following criteria:
(i) the property is associated with events that made an important contribution to national, state, or local history;
(ii) the property embodies architectural characteristics of a distinctive and defined type, period, style, or method of design or construction, as documented in professional architectural and historic preservation publications, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction;
(iii) the property is an outstanding work of a recognized designer, builder, or architect whose work has been documented in professional publications as having made a substantial contribution to the artistic and aesthetic values of the community;
(iv) the property exemplifies or reflects elements of Snohomish county’s cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering or architectural history;
(v) the property is associated with the life of a person of documented importance in national, state, or local history;
(vi) the property yields or is likely to yield important archaeological information related to history or prehistory;
(vii) the property contains a building or structure removed from its original location but which has significant and documented architectural value, or which is the only surviving building or structure associated with an historic person or event;
(viii) the property is a birthplace or grave of an historical figure of documented importance which is the only surviving building, structure or site associated with that person;
(ix) the property is a cemetery which derives its primary significance from age, design features, or association with historic events or cultural patterns;
(x) the property contains a building that has been reconstructed in an historically accurate manner on the original site; or
(xi) the property is an example of folk architecture and design that is creative and unique, but which does not fit into formal architectural or historical categories. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003).