Source: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincodeexpand/title17/agency10/chapter20/
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17VAC10-20-20. Applicability.
This chapter pertains specifically to the director's nomination of property to the National Park Service for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places or for designation as a National Historic Landmark. Parallel evaluation criteria and administrative procedures applicable to the designation of properties by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources are set out in a separate chapter.
Derived from VR392-01-02 § 1.2, eff. February 9, 1994.
17VAC10-20-60. Boundaries for historic properties.
Boundaries for a historic district, property, building, structure, object or site are selected to encompass, but not to exceed, the full extent of the significant resources or land area making up the resource. The area should be large enough to include all historic features of the property, but should not include "buffer zones" or acreage not directly contributing to the significance of the property. The following features are to be used to mark the boundaries, as they reflect the resources: (i) legally recorded boundary lines; or (ii) natural topographic features such as ridges, valleys, rivers, and forests; or (iii) man-made features such as stone walls, hedgerows, the curblines of highways, streets, and roads; or (iv) areas of new construction.
Derived from VR392-01-02 § 3.3, eff. February 9, 1994.
17VAC10-20-70. Additional criteria considerations.
Ordinarily cemeteries, birthplaces, or graves of historical figures, properties owned by religious institutions or used for religious purposes, structures that have been moved from their original locations, reconstructed historic buildings, properties primarily commemorative in nature, and properties that are less than 50 years old shall not be considered eligible for the National Register. However, such properties will qualify if they are integral parts of districts that do meet the criteria or if they fall within one or more of the following categories:
1. A religious property deriving primary significance from architectural or artistic distinction or historical importance: a religious property shall be judged solely on these secular terms to avoid any appearance of judgment by government about the merit of any religion or belief; or
2. A building or structure removed from its original location but which is significant primarily for architectural value, or which is the surviving structure most importantly associated with a historic person or event; or
3. A birthplace or grave of a historical figure of outstanding importance if there is no appropriate site or building directly associated with his productive life; or
4. A cemetery which derives its primary significance from graves of persons of transcendent importance, from age, from distinctive design features, or from association with historic events; or
5. A reconstructed building when accurately executed in a suitable environment and presented in a dignified manner as part of a restoration master plan, and when no other building or structure with the same association has survived; or
6. A property primarily commemorative in intent if design, age, tradition, or symbolic value has invested it with its own exceptional significance; or
7. A property less than 50 years old if it is of exceptional importance.
Derived from VR392-01-02 § 3.4, eff. February 9, 1994.
17VAC10-20-80. Revisions to properties listed in the National Register.
Four justifications exist for altering a boundary of a property previously listed in the National Register:
1. Professional error in the initial nomination;
The director shall recommend no enlargement of a boundary unless the additional area possesses previously unrecognized significance in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture. The director shall recommend no diminution of a boundary unless the properties recommended for removal do not meet the National Register criteria for evaluation.
Derived from VR392-01-02 § 3.5, eff. February 9, 1994.
In any county, city, or town where the director proposes to nominate property to the National Park Service for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places or for designation as a National Historic Landmark, the department shall give written notice of the proposal to the governing body and to the owner, owners, or the owner's agent of (i) property proposed to be nominated as a historic landmark building, structure, object, or site, or to be included in a historic district and (ii) all abutting property and property immediately across the street or road or across any railroad or waterway less than 300 feet wide. The list of such owners shall be obtained from either the official land recordation records or tax records, whichever is more appropriate, within 90 days prior to the notification of the proposal. The department shall send this written notice at least 30 but not more than 75 days before the State Review Board meeting at which the nomination will be considered.
Derived from VR392-01-02 § 4.1, eff. February 9, 1994; amended, Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 4, eff. November 17, 2016.
Derived from VR392-01-02 § 4.2, eff. February 9, 1994; amended, Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 4, eff. November 17, 2016.
Derived from VR392-01-02 § 4.3, eff. February 9, 1994; amended, Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 4, eff. November 17, 2016.
Review and Submission of Nominations to the National Register
17VAC10-20-170. Requests for nominations.
In addition to directing the preparation of National Register nominations by the department, the director shall act according to this section to ensure that, in accordance with federal regulations, the National Register nomination process is open to any person or organization.
The director shall respond in writing within 60 days to any person or organization submitting a completed National Register nomination form or requesting consideration of any previously prepared nomination form on record with the department. The response shall indicate whether or not the information on the nomination form is complete, whether or not the nomination form adequately evaluates the property according to the criteria set out in Part III of this chapter (17VAC10-20-40 et seq.), and whether or not the property appears to meet the National Register criteria for evaluation set out in Part III. If the director determines that the nomination form is deficient or incomplete, the director shall provide the applicant with an explanation of the reasons for that determination, so that the applicant may provide the necessary additional documentation.
If the nomination form appears to be sufficient and complete, and if the property appears to meet the National Register criteria for evaluation, the director shall comply with the notification requirements in Part IV of this chapter (17VAC10-20-130 et seq.) and schedule the property for presentation to the State Review Board. The director may require the applicant to provide a complete, accurate, and up-to-date list and annotated tax parcel map indicating all property owners entitled to written notification pursuant to Part IV of this chapter. Within 60 days of receipt of a sufficient and complete nomination form and of all information necessary to comply with Part IV of this chapter, the director shall notify the applicant of the proposed schedule for consideration of the nomination form by the State Review Board.
If the director determines that the nomination form is sufficient and complete, but that the property does not appear to meet National Register criteria for evaluation, the director need not process the nomination, unless requested to do so by the Keeper of the National Register pursuant to the appeals process set out in 17VAC10-20-230.
Upon action on a nomination by the State Review Board, the director shall, within 90 days, submit the nomination to the National Park Service, or, if the director does not consider the property eligible for the National Register, so advise the applicant within 45 days.
Derived from VR392-01-02 § 5.1, eff. February 9, 1994.
A. Upon receiving the notification required by 17VAC10-20-130, the owners of property proposed for nomination shall have the opportunity to concur in or object to the nomination.
B. Any owner or owners of a private property who wish to object shall submit a written, attested, and notarized statement of objection. The statement of objection shall (i) reference the subject property by address or parcel number, or both; (ii) certify that the objecting party is the sole or partial owner of the private property, as appropriate; and (iii) certify that the objecting party objects to the listing. The statement of objection must be received by the director at least seven business days prior to the meeting of the State Review Board at which the property is considered for nomination.
C. If an objecting party whose name did not appear on the official land recordation records or tax records used by the director pursuant to 17VAC10-20-150 certifies in a written, attested, and notarized statement that the party is the sole or partial owner of a nominated private property, such owner shall be counted by the director in determining whether a majority of the owners has objected. The statement of objection must be received by the director at least seven business days prior to the meeting of the State Review Board at which the property is considered for nomination.
D. If (i) the owner of a private property, (ii) the majority of the owners of a single private property with multiple owners, or (iii) the majority of the owners in a district has objected to the nomination prior to the submittal of a nomination, the director shall submit the nomination to the keeper only for a determination of eligibility for the National Register. In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, the keeper shall determine whether the property meets the National Register criteria for evaluation but shall not add the property to the National Register.
E. Each owner of private property in a district has one vote regardless of how many properties or what part of one property that party owns and regardless of whether the property contributes to the significance of the district.
Derived from VR392-01-02 § 5.4, eff. February 9, 1994; amended, Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 4, eff. November 17, 2016.