(1) The Marple Township Historic Resources Inventory shall initially consist of the resources listed in the Marple Township Historic Sites Survey prepared by the Delaware County Planning Department, 1994.
(2) Resources may be added to the inventory from time to time. Resources may be added that meet one or any combination of the following criteria:
(a) Listed in or determined to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places as provided in the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, 16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.
(b) Listed in the Marple Township Historic Sites Survey prepared by the Delaware County Planning Department as updated from time to time.
(c) Has significant character, interest, or value as an example of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of the Township, the county, the commonwealth, or the United States.
(d) Is the site of a significant historic event.
(e) Exemplifies the cultural, political, economic, social or historical heritage of the community.
(f) Embodies distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style of engineering specimen.
(g) Is the work of a designer, architect, landscape architect or engineer whose individual work has significantly influenced the development of the Township, the county, the commonwealth or the United States.
(h) Contains elements of design, detail, materials or craftsmanship which represent a significant innovation.
(i) Is the singular known example of a design or use of material or style of architecture within the Township.
(j) Is part of the historic context of a square, park, or other distinctive area which should be preserved, according to a plan, based on an historic, cultural, or an architectural context.
(k) Is a landmark; that is, an established and familiar visual feature which assists in defining the character of the neighborhood, community or Township due to its unique location or singular physical characteristic.
(l) Has yielded or is likely to yield information of importance to the Township's, county's, commonwealth's, or United States' history.
(3) The procedure for adding a resource to the inventory shall be as follows:
(a) The Historical Commission shall review a potential historic resource to determine its historic integrity and its ability to meet the criteria for addition listed above.
(b) If, in the opinion of the Historical Commission, the resource is worthy of being added to the inventory, the Commission shall make such recommendation to the Board of Commissioners.
(c) The Board shall consider the recommendation at a public meeting.
[1] The property owner and public shall have the right to present to the Board an argument against listing the property as an historic resource.
[2] The property owner and public shall have the right to present to the Board an argument for listing the property as an historic resource.
[3] The Board shall review the recommendation by the criteria for addition listed above, and shall be empowered to make a decision considering the importance of the resource as an historic resource as contributing to the public good.
(d) If the Board of Commissioners agrees with the recommendation of the Historical Commission, then the resource shall be added to the inventory.
(e) If the Board of Commissioners does not agree with the recommendation of the Historical Commission, then the resource shall not be added to the inventory. The Historical Commission may present new information at a later date and request another decision by the Board.
(4) Resources may be removed from the inventory in the exceptional cases of resources that have been destroyed or damaged to such an extent that they have lost their historic integrity.
(a) The Historical Commission shall be responsible for determining if a resource is eligible for removal from the inventory.
(b) If, in the opinion of the Historical Commission, the resource is worthy of being removed from the inventory, the Commission shall make such recommendation to the Board of Commissioners.
(c) If the Board of Commissioners agrees with the recommendation of the Historical Commission, then the resource shall be removed from the inventory.
(d) If the Board of Commissioners does not agree with the recommendation of the Historical Commission, then the resource shall remain on the inventory until such time as new information to warrant another decision can be presented to the Board by the Historical Commission.
