Section 8-201 – Establishment

    A local jurisdiction may create a historic district commission or a historic preservation commission.

Section 8-203 – Meetings

    (a)    A commission shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the conduct of its business.     (b)    An interested person or representative of an interested person may appear and be heard at a public hearing that a commission conducts.

Section 8-204 – Accepting Gifts

    Subject to any requirements of the local jurisdiction that relate to the acceptance and use of gifts by public officials, a commission may accept and use gifts as needed to perform its duties.

Section 8-205 – Powers

    (a)    (1)    Subject to any requirements of the local jurisdiction that relate to the acquisition of easements, a commission may acquire easements in connection with individual sites or structures, or with sites or structures located in or adjacent to a locally designated historic district.         (2)    An easement acquired by a commission may grant to the commission, the residents […]