Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) A municipality, a public corporation or
not-for-profit corporation may undertake a project to acquire and develop an
historically or culturally significant site, building, structure, object or
distinctive natural feature provided that the project is identified in an
approved UCP management plan and is not an eligible interpretive/visitor center
project.
(b) A local UCP resource
project shall be limited to the acquisition and improvement of a single
property or site.
(c) Projects
shall be evaluated according to the following criteria:
(1) the degree to which the project addresses
one or all of the four UCP goals of education, preservation, recreation and
economic development;
(2) the
relationship of the project to statewide, regional and local plans of agencies
supporting the goals of the UCP program;
(3) the local economic needs, including job
creation and revenue increases that will be generated by the project;
(4) the financial feasibility and
effectiveness of the project;
(5)
the evidence of community support for the project;
(6) the social, environmental and economic
characteristics of the community and associated impacts; and
(7) the record and capability of the
community and applicant to follow through with the proposed project in both the
construction and operational phases.
(d) Eligible projects under this section
shall include:
(1) exterior building
restoration, rehabilitation, improvement, preservation and
protection;
(2) interior building
restoration, rehabilitation, improvement, preservation and protection when such
work:
(i) is necessary for the stabilization
and support of an historic structure; or
(ii) is for a structure, or part of a
structure, that will be used entirely for public facilities which directly
serve the UCP patron; and
(iii) is
in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's standards and the facility
is open to the public for a prescribed period of time each year;
(3) facade easements and
covenants; and
(4) new
construction, provided that:
(i) such
construction is compatible with the historic and architectural character of the
UCP, as determined by the commissioner;
(ii) the facility constructed will directly
serve the UCP patron without charge, except, in some instances, for parking
fees; and
(iii) the construction
complies with the Secretary of the Interior's standards as interpreted by the
commissioner.
(e) Funding for local UCP resource projects.
The State share of the cost of a local UCP resource project shall not exceed 50
percent of the approved project cost, less any Federal assistance and any other
State assistance received or to be received for the project.
