OAR 736-050-0230
State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation: Definitions
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“Actual conflict of interest” (ORS 244.020 (Definitions)(1)) — means any action or any decision or recommendation by a person acting in a capacity as a public official, the effect of which would be to the private pecuniary benefit or detriment of the person or the person’s relative or any business with which the person or a relative of the person is associated unless the pecuniary benefit or detriment arises out of circumstances described in subsection (12) of this section.(2)
“Certified Local Government (CLG)” — A city or county that has been certified by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior to carry out the purposes of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended. The CLG program is administered by the SHPO.(3)
“Committee” — The State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation, a nine member body appointed by the Governor pursuant to ORS 358.622 (State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation).(4)
“Criteria for Evaluation” — The National Register Criteria for Evaluation are those published criteria by which every property that is proposed for nomination to the National Register is judged.(5)
“Deputy SHPO” — The Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, who serves as SHPO staff manager under the delegated authority of the State Historic Preservation Officer.(6)
“Determination of Eligibility” — A decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior that a property meets the National Register criteria for evaluation although the property is not listed in the National Register. A determination of eligibility does not make the property eligible for grants or tax incentives for which listing in the National Register is a prerequisite.(7)
“Handbook” — Compiled by SHPO staff, the guide is a publication on how to prepare nominations to the National Register based on National Register Bulletin 16.(8)
“Historic District” — A geographically definable area, urban or rural, possessing a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of historic sites, buildings, structures, or objects united by past events or visually by plan or physical development.(9)
“Multiple Property Submission” — Includes all or a portion of the Register-eligible resources identified in a specific rural area, county, town, or section of a town or city, which are related to one another in a clearly distinguishable way. The resources may be of one building type or use, designed by a single architect, of a given archaeological period, or all those remaining which are related to a single historical event.(10)
“National Park Service (NPS)” — The federal agency, housed in the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees historic preservation programs enabled by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended.(11)
“National Register of Historic Places” — The national list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture, maintained by the Secretary of the Interior. The Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places is an official of the National Park Service.(12)
“Potential conflict of interest” (ORS 244.020 (Definitions)(7)) — means any action or any decision or recommendation by a person acting in a capacity as a public official, the effect of which could be to the private pecuniary benefit or detriment of the person or the person’s relative, or a business with which the person or person’s relative is associated, unless the pecuniary benefit or detriment arises out of the following:(a)
An interest or membership in a particular business, industry, occupation or other class required by law as a prerequisite to the holding by the person of the office or position.(b)
Any action in the person’s official capacity which would affect to the same degree a class consisting of all inhabitants of the state, or a smaller class consisting of an industry, occupation or other group including one of which or in which the person, or the person’s relative or business with which the person or person’s relative is associated, is a member or is engaged. The committee may by rule limit the minimum size of or otherwise establish criteria for or identify the smaller classes that qualify under this exception.(c)
Membership in or membership on the board of directors of a nonprofit corporation that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.(13)
“SHPO” — The State Historic Preservation Officer appointed by the Governor pursuant to ORS 358.565 (State Historic Preservation Officer) and 36 CFR 61.4(a). Also used to mean State Historic Preservation Office.(14)
“Special Assessment” — A state-sponsored financial incentive program (ORS 358.425 (Notice of termination of loan) et seq.) which provides for a fifteen year “freeze” in the true cash value of National Register properties.
Source:
Rule 736-050-0230 — State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation: Definitions, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=736-050-0230.