§ 6.113. Criteria.

A.

Historic Resource. To be eligible for designation as an historic resource and placement on the Scottsdale Historic Register, a district, site, building, structure, or object must be located in Scottsdale and have special historical significance in United States, Arizona or Scottsdale history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture. Fifty (50) years of age is a general estimate of the time necessary for achieving historical significance, but resources younger than fifty (50) years are eligible for designation as an historic property and placement on the Scottsdale Historic Register in appropriate cases. Historical significance is present in buildings, districts, structures, sites, and objects that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and:

1.

That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or

2.

That are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or

3.

That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable whole whose components may lack individual distinction; or

4.

That have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history; and

5.

That in addition to having retained their integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, possess physical features necessary to convey that significance and are significant within the historic context of the Scottsdale geographic area and chronological periods known to have been associated with the occupation and settlement of Scottsdale by people from all involved cultures.

B.

Landmarks. To be eligible for designation as a Landmark, a district, site, building, structure or object must meet all the criteria for designation as an historic resource and placement on the Scottsdale Historic Register, and in addition must possess exceptional significance in United States, Arizona or Scottsdale history, archaeology, architecture, engineering, or culture, as determined by the City Council. Such exceptional significance is present in those historic resources which:

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Contain outstanding or extraordinary examples of an architectural style; and/or

2.

Contain or are associated with a major historic event or activity; and/or

3.

Are associated with the lives of historically significant persons; and/or

4.

Embody distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; and/or

5.

Represent the work of a master; and/or

6.

Contain important, intact archaeological resources; and/or

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Are of unique visual quality and identification; and/or

8.

Are of general historic or cultural recognition by the community.

(Ord. No. 3242, § 7, 7-13-99; Ord. No. 4143, § 1(Res. No. 9678, Exh. A, § 125), 5-6-14)