(a) In cases where an applicant applies for a Certificate of Design Approval to demolish a structure within the Design Review District, the Design Review Commission shall grant the demolition and issue a Certificate of Design Approval to demolish when at least one of the following conditions prevail:
(1) The structure contains no features of architectural and historic significance which add to the character of the Design Review District.
(2) There is no reasonable economic use for the structure as it exists or as it might be restored, and that there is no feasible and prudent alternative to demolition.
(3) Deterioration has progressed to the point where it is not economically feasible to restore the structure.
(b) If the Design Review Commission disapproves an application for Certificate of Design Approval involving a demolition or removal of an historically and architecturally significant structure within the District, the Design Review Commission shall have the power to impose a waiting period not to exceed six months.
During such period, the applicant shall make every reasonable effort to find a demolition alternative for that structure. During the waiting period the owner of such structure shall maintain and preserve the structure to prevent further deterioration. If the Design Review Commission and the applicant do not agree on a means of preserving the structure within the specified waiting period, and if evidence is produced documenting the existence of at least one of the conditions set forth above in subsection (a), the Certificate of Design Approval to demolish shall be issued as a matter of law upon expiration of the waiting period.
(Ord. 26-99-0. Passed 8-23-99.)