Historic and Cultural Preservation Committee
("Historic SPARC")
City Management Support: Planning Division, Community Development Department
The Historic and Cultural Preservation Committee is composed of the members of the Site Plan and Architectural Review Committee plus one member of Heritage Homes of Petaluma and one representative of the Petaluma Museum Association. The two non-SPARC members serve at the pleasure of Council. The committee meets not less than once every sixty (60) days.
Duties and powers of the committee are as follows:
To promote preservation of historic sites, landmarks, documents, paintings and objects associated with the City of Petaluma.
To recommend to the Planning Commission that certain historic sites and landmarks be designated and/or acquired by the City.
To administer the committee’s responsibilities as denoted by the zoning ordinance of the City of Petaluma.
To advise the City Council on the administration of historic sites and landmarks as may be acquired by the City of Petaluma.
To advise the City Council on the acceptance of gifts consisting of documents, paintings and other objects of historic value, as well as money when the same if given to be used for the acquisition of property, real or personal, of historic interest, except for the donations, purchases and acceptance of gifts for the Petaluma Museum.
Recommend to the City Council the documents, paintings and objects of historic value associated with the history of the City, to be acquired by the City, except for the donations, purchases, and acceptance of gifts for the Petaluma Museum.
To advise the City Council on all matters relating to the historic and cultural preservation of the City, in particular state and federal designations and registration of historic landmarks.
To annually submit to the Planning Commission a report of its activities in the preceding year.
