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HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD GUIDELINES
Courtesy of the City Auditor and Clerk

Establishment: Article XV, Division 1, Zoning Code

Board Membership - Qualifications and Other Requirements:

a) The members shall consist of the following:

two members - licensed architects from the local chapter or the American Institute of Architects, or one such architect and one licensed architect from the local chapter of the American Institute of Landscape Architects
one member - a general or specialty contractor holding a current certificate of registration in accordance with Ordinance No. 82-2612, or who is a registered professional engineer
one member - from the local finance or business community
one member - from the Florida Bar Association
one member - a practicing professional historian or archaeologIT or who holds a degree in history, art history or archaeologIT one member - from the community at large

b) Members of the historic preservation board shall not be city employees and shall not hold an elected public office in city government. At least five (5) of the seven (7) members of the board shall be residents of the City of Sarasota or shall own property located within the city.

c) Members should have reputations for integrity and community service, as well as have demonstrated an interest in the type of activity pertaining to the purpose of the Board. Members should also be representative of the community-at-large and reflect the racial, ethnic and cultural makeup of the community.

d) Financial Disclosure Forms are required by State law.

e) The City Commission makes appointments from submitted applications.

f) No person shall serve on more than one Board simultaneously unless special board membership requirements, pertaining to special qualifications of members, warrant an exception.

g) Board members shall be appointed for a three year term. Terms of service shall be staggered. No person shall serve more than two full consecutive terms on any one Board. Members shall continue to serve until a replacement has been appointed. After a one year period of non-membership, a person shall become eligible for reappointment to a Board on which that person previously served.

h) Board members shall automatically be removed from membership for failure to attend three successive meetings, excluding workshop meetings, or at such time that the member's absences exceed 25% of all scheduled meetings (including workshop meetings), in a given year if the absence has not been approved by the Board, in advance, for good cause shown. Members failing to attend a meeting during at least 75% of the time the meeting is in session shall be considered not to have attended the meeting.

i) This board consists of seven members.

j) Meetings are generally held on the second Tuesday of each month at 3:00 p.m.in the City Commission Chambers.

Contact Person: Clifford Smith, Senior Planner (Neighborhood and Development Services), Phone: (941) 954- 4195 ext. 4361.