§ 18.18.201. Criteria for Designation.

(a)

The historical resources commission shall maintain, on behalf of the City of Reno, a register of historic resources and historic districts that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, and meet one or more of the following criteria:

(1)

Listed on the National or State Register of Historic Places; or

(2)

Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local, county, state, or national history; or

(3)

Associated with the lives of persons who contributed significantly to the community, county, state or country; or

(4)

Embody the distinctive characteristics of an architectural style valuable for the study of a period, type, method of construction, or use of indigenous materials; or

(5)

Represent the work of a master builder, architect, landscape architect, artist, engineer or other design professional whose individual work has influenced the development of the community, county, state, or country; or

(6)

Embody elements of design, detailing, materials, or craftsmanship that render it architecturally significant; or

(7)

Represent a particularly fine or unique example of a utilitarian structure, including, but not limited to, farmhouses, gas stations, or other commercial structures, with a high level of integrity or architectural significance; or

(8)

Have yielded, or there exists very strong evidence that the resource may be likely to yield, information important in Reno prehistory or history; or

(9)

Possess a significant concentration or continuity of areas of land use, landscape, buildings and structures, roads and water ways, and natural features, and/or heritage and cultural characteristics.

(Ord. No. 4313, § 1, 6-8-93)