No new building or structure, including detached garages and other accessory structures but excluding walls, fences and signs, shall be constructed, and no existing building or structure shall be enlarged or its architectural style and detail, including, but not limited to, the enclosure of a front porch, shall be changed, unless and until the plans and specifications for such structure or modification have been submitted to and reviewed by the Board, and the Board has issued a certificate of appropriateness.
(a) The Board, in deciding whether to issue a certificate of appropriateness, shall determine that the proposed structure or modification would be compatible with existing structures within the portion of the District in which the subject property is located.
(b) The Board may, as a condition of the certificate of appropriateness for the project, require a plan for the preservation (and replacement in the case of damage or destruction) of existing trees and other significant landscape features.
(c) In conducting its review, the Board shall examine and consider, but not necessarily be limited to, the following elements:
i. Architectural design, new or existing
ii. Exterior materials, texture and color
iii. Exterior details
iv. Height and building mass
v. Preservation of existing trees and significant landscape features
(d) The Board in the performance of these duties shall from time to time adopt and publish design guidelines; provided, however, that any such guidelines shall be subject to review and approval by Council.
(Ord. 29-16. Passed 11-15-16.)