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M <br />7. Enter, solely in performance of its official duties and <br />only at reasonable times, upon private lands for <br />examination or survey thereof. However, no member, <br />employee or agent of the Commission may enter any <br />private building or structure without express consent of <br />the owner or occupant thereof. <br />8. Prepare and recommend the official adoption of a <br />Preservation Element as part of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />9. . Recommend to the Board of County Commissioners that <br />it acquire by any lawful means the fee or any lesser <br />included interest, including options to purchase, to <br />properties within established districts or to any such <br />properties designated.as landmarks; to hold, manage, <br />preserve, restore and improve the same; and to exchange <br />or dispose of the property by public or private sale, <br />lease or otherwise, subject to covenants or other <br />legally binding restrictions which will secure <br />appropriate rights of public access and promote the <br />preservation of the property. <br />With one exception, the powers of the Commission are <br />those set forth in the enabling legislation (G.S.160A- 400.8). <br />The exception pertains to the acquisition, restoration, and <br />operation of historic properties. Rather than giving this <br />power to the Commission, it has been retained for the Board <br />of Commissioners. The Commission may, however, recommend to <br />the Board of Commissioners that it acquire, restore, and /or <br />operate such properties. <br />