067 of 1991 - City and County Building Conservancy and Use Committee0 91-1
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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 67 of 1991
(City & County Building Conservancy
and Use Committee)
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 2.39.010 THROUGH SECTION
2.39.090 TO THE SALT LAKE CITY CODE, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE
CITY & COUNTY BUILDING, RESPECTIVELY.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 2.39.010, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, added to read as follows:
2.39.010 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter the following words shall
have the meanings as given in this section:
A. "Committee" means the City & County Building
Conservancy and Use Committee.
B. "Manager" means the manager of support services or the
successor to that position.
C. "City" means and has reference to Salt Lake City
Corporation, a municipal corporation of the State of Utah.
D. "Council" means the city council.
E. "Committee Member" or "Member" means a person who is a
duly qualified, acting and voting member of the committee.
F. "Mayor" means the duly elected or appointed, and
qualified mayor of the city.
G. "Building" means the City & County Building.
H. "Historical Fabric" means materials and features of
the property which are significant in defining its historic,
architectural, and cultural character including the plan
(sequence of spaces and circulation patterns); spaces (rooms and
volumes); architectural features, finishes, and detailing;
construction techniques and examples of craftsmanship. These
materials and features include original and replacement
components, and alterations.
I. "Original Components" means materials and finishes
original to the building.
J. "Replacement Components" means distinctive features
compatible to the original features in scale, design, color,
texture, materials and other visual qualities.
K. "Alterations" means changes over the course of time
which have acquired significance in their own right evidencing
the history and development of the building, structure, or site
and its environment.
SECTION 2. That Section 2.39.020, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, added to read as follows:
2.39.020 Creation of committee.
A. There is created the City & County Building Conservancy
and Use Committee which body shall consist of eight appointed
voting members. The mayor, the city attorney, the support
services manager and the city engineer, or their designees, shall
be ex officio non voting members.
B. Members of the committee shall be as follows:
1. One licensed architect;
2. One member of the Utah Heritage Foundation;
3. One member of the Salt Lake Arts Council;
4. One landscape architect;
5. One member of the Utah Historical Society;
6. One licensed engineer; and
7. Two at -large representatives.
SECTION 3. That Section 2.39.030, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, added to read as follows:
2.39.030 Purpose.
Inasmuch as the City & County Building is an historical and
architecturally significant structure, the committee, in
conjunction with the manager, will advise the mayor regarding
the use, maintenance, preservation and modification of the
building, its historical fabric, and its corresponding
furnishings and landscape elements.
SECTION 4. That Section 2.39.040, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, added to read as follows:
2.39.040 Appointments --Oaths.
All appointments of committee members shall be made by the
mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council. All
appointments shall be made for a four-year term, except that four
initial appointments shall be for a term of two years.
Appointments to fill the unexpired term of a resigning or
deceased member shall be for the unexpired term. Each member's
term of office shall expire on the applicable third Monday in
July. Members shall sign the oath of office required by law to
be signed by city officials and file the same in the office of
the city recorder. Any member who shall fail within ten days
after notification of his/her appointment to file with the city
recorder his/her oath of office to perform faithfully,honestly
and impartially the duties of his/her office, shall be deemed to
have refused such appointment, and thereupon another person shall
be appointed in the manner prescribed in this code.
SECTION 5. That Section 2.39.050, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, added to read as follows:
2.39.050 Ethics.
Members shall be subject to and bound by the provisions of
the applicable state laws pertaining to ethics. Any violation
of the provisions of such laws shall be grounds for removal from
office.
SECTION 6. That Section 2.39.060, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, added to read as follows:
2.39.060 Removal.
Members may be removed from office by the mayor, for cause,
prior to the normal expiration of the term for which such member
was appointed.
SECTION 7. That Section 2.39.070, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, added to read as follows:
2.39.070 Election of officers.
Each year the committee, at its first regular meeting after
the third Monday in July, shall select one of its members as
chairperson, and another as vice -chairperson who shall perform
the duties of the chairperson during the absence or disability of
the chairperson. The manager shall make a secretary available to
the committee when required.
SECTION 8. That Section 2.39.080, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, added to read as follows:
2.39.080 Meetings.
A. The committee shall convene for regular meetings to be
held not less than twice during the year. The committee shall
keep its meetings open to the public. Special meetings may be
ordered by a majority of the committee, or its chairperson, the
mayor, or the manager. The order for a special meeting must be
signed by the chairperson, mayor, or manager, and, unless waived
in writing, each member not joining in the order for such special
meeting must be given not less than twenty four hours' notice.
Such notice shall be served personally or left at the member's
residence or business office. Meetings shall be held at the
building. Five members of the committee shall constitute a
quorum. The committee may take action by a majority vote of a
quorum.
B. The committee shall adopt a system of rules of
procedure under which its meetings are to be held. The committee
may suspend the rules of procedure by unanimous vote of the
members who are present at the meeting. The committee shall not
suspend the rules of procedure beyond the duration of the meeting
at which the suspension of the rules occurs.
suspend the rules of procedure beyond the duration of the meeting
at which the suspension of the rules occurs.
SECTION 9. That Section 2.39.090, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, added to read as follows:
2.39.090 Powers and duties.
The committee shall have the following powers and duties:
A. Develop, and recommend to the mayor, policies and
procedures for review of public use requests; provided however
the manager shall have the exclusive responsibility for
authorizing the following uses of the building:
1. An event of three days or less duration or one
reasonably anticipated to attract fewer than 500 persons
per day;
2. An event sponsored, in whole or in part, by the
city;
3. An activity that takes place wholly on the
grounds of Washington Square (Block 38) subject, however,
to the approval of the police and parks departments;
4. Public tours;
5. Filming; and
6. Other events specifically authorized in writing
by the mayor.
B. Develop, and recommend to the mayor, guidelines to
ensure the historic preservation of the building.
C. Review and advise the mayor regarding improvements and
alterations which affect the historic fabric, furnishings and
landscape elements of the building and Washington Square. The
committee shall consider the policies and conservation standards
established in the Salt Lake City & County Building Operations
and Maintenance Manual, however, for good cause stated in
writing, the committee may submit recommendations contrary to
such policies and standards.
D. Review and advise the mayor regarding the following:
1. The effectiveness and proposed revisions to the
Salt Lake City & County Building Operations and Maintenance
Manual;
2. The pre -qualification of potential contractors;
and
3. The results and recommendations of an annual
inspection of the architectural finishes, structural
elements, and mechanical systems of the building.
SECTION 10. This ordinance shall take effect upon the date
of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this
3 day of SPptPmhPr
ATTEST:/
1991.
CHAIRPERSON
Transmitted to the Mayor on September 3, 1991
Mayor's action: XX Approved Vetoed.
MAYec,i.,„1
ATTEST:
(SEAL)
Leil l No . 6 7 OF 1991.
Published: September 18, 1991
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