A. Nominations:
1. Nominations for district designation shall be made to the historic preservation commission by any village property owner or businessperson by completing the application form available from the community development department.
2. A district may also be nominated by the commission or the village board.
3. Upon receipt of a completed application and until a determination is made by the village board, no permits shall be issued for alteration, construction, removal, or demolition for any property within the proposed district.
B. Notice: Not less than thirty (30) days prior to the scheduling of a public hearing to review a proposed district, the village shall mail written notices of a neighborhood question and answer session via certified mail and first class mail to all property owners as shown on the record of the local real estate tax collector within the proposed district boundaries. The notice shall include an "owner consent form" that allows the property owner to either "consent" or "not consent" to the inclusion of the property within the boundaries of the proposed district. Additionally, the notice of the question and answer session shall include the date, time and location of the session as well as contact information for the HPC staff member. All consent forms shall be postmarked, or hand delivered to the planning division within ten (10) days of the neighborhood question and answer session in order to be considered in the determination of the proposed district boundaries as published in a public hearing notice. The nomination will not be accepted if more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting property owners whose properties are located within the proposed district boundaries object to the designation.
C. Nomination applications shall include the following:
1. The name and address of the owner of record of each property proposed for designation;
2. A legal description, common street address, and tax parcel identification number of all properties proposed for designation;
3. Historic and current photographs of properties in the proposed district;
4. A map delineating the boundaries and location of the district proposed for designation or a map identifying the nominated resources within the district proposed for designation;
5. A written statement describing the district and setting forth the reasons the district is eligible for nomination, including a statement indicating which of the criteria in division E of this section are met by nomination; and
6. Such other information as may be required by the commission.
D. Hearing:
1. Within thirty (30) days of receiving a completed nomination, a public hearing shall be scheduled to consider the eligibility of an area for designation as a historic district.
2. At the hearing, the commission will take testimony presented by the nominator, property owners, and any other interested parties who wish to comment on the application in relation to the criteria for designation as an historic district. The nominator shall be responsible to make the case for designation and supply such supporting evidence of eligibility as can be made available.
E. Criteria: The commission shall evaluate the proposed district for its eligibility as a historic district based on its overall historic and/or architectural significance, and the extent to which it meets one (1) or more of the following criteria:
1. The area contains one (1) or more buildings, structures, or sites meeting the criteria for landmark designation, and may also include other buildings, structures or sites which, although they may not qualify for individual landmark designation, contribute to the overall visual character of the area and to its architectural or historic significance;
2. The area is historically, economically, or culturally significant to the development of Antioch;
3. The area has sufficient integrity to convey the sense of a particular period in the history of the community.
F. Decision:
1. The commission may recommend additions to or deletions from a proposed historic district.
2. The commission may recommend approval, approval with stipulations or denial of the district nomination as a whole or parts thereof.
3. Within thirty (30) days after the conclusion of a public hearing, the commission should make a recommendation regarding the proposed historic district. The commission's recommendation should include a listing of those structures considered to be landmarks, contributing and non-contributing within the proposed district, as well as findings and reasonings. In addition to the recommendation for designation, the HPC shall establish a set of regulations to maintain the character of the district for future renovation, rehabilitation, and new construction projects. The regulations will be included as part of the ordinance that declares the district as historic, subject to board approval. Regulations may include: permitted and special uses; accessory buildings and uses of land; design standards; bulk, density and lot coverage standards; setback requirements; fences; and signs. These regulations will supersede the bulk zoning regulations for the area defined within the district. The recommendation and district regulations will be forwarded to the village board for consideration.
4. Historic districts, and additions or modifications to their boundaries, shall be made by ordinance, which shall include the legal description of the area to be included within the historic district.
G. Classification of an individual property as a landmark, contributing, or non-contributing within a designated historic district may be modified based on significant alterations, whether man-made or acts of nature.
H. No nomination application relating to the same district will be entertained by the commission for twelve (12) months following denial. (Ord. 19-12-43, 1-13-2020)