All meetings of Design Review/Historical Preservation Review Committee shall be public except as may be provided by the laws of the State of Ohio. The Committee shall have the power and the duty to review and approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions, all applications to construct, erect, alter, remove, relocate or demolish any and all structures, buildings, or landmarks within the boundaries of the Design Review/Historical Preservation Review District as established and defined by Council.
In the exercise and fulfillment of these specified powers and duties, the Committee shall protect and preserve the value, appearance and use of property on which buildings are constructed or altered, to maintain a high character of community development, to protect the public health, safety, convenience and welfare and to protect real estate within the Municipality from impairment or destruction of value. Guidelines for the fulfillment of such duties shall be specified with respect to architectural values in architectural criteria as adopted, and as may be amended, by Council. Any provisions of the Codified Ordinances of Canfield relating to the Design Review/Historical Review Committee existing pursuant to such ordinances at the time of adoption of this section shall continue in effect and shall be applicable to the Committee established by this section unless and until modified or repealed by Council. The Committee shall also have such other powers and duties as are now or may hereafter be conferred upon it by the laws of Ohio or by ordinance of Council.