(a) Property Listing Initiated by Owner. The Historic Design Review District shall be as described in Section 1167.03
and is intended to be generally the same as the district as it existed under former Chapter 1197
. The owner of a property may initiate the listing of the property under this Chapter 1167
. If the owner applies for the listing ofthe property, the Design Review Board may approve the listing of the property if the Board finds that the property qualifies as being historic or architecturally significant as defined by federal regulations. The rules in Section 1167.03
(c) in regard to contiguous, bordering, or facing properties shall not apply to individually listed properties.
(b) Property Listing Initiated by Design Review Board.
(1) The Board shall notify the owner of the property of the proposal to list the property and shall furnish the reasons and supporting data for the Board's proposal.
(2) The Board shall schedule a public hearing on the proposed listing and cause a written notice to the owner and any other person having a legal interest in the property of record of the date, time and place of the hearing. The Board shall cause a legal notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Chillicothe setting forth the nature of the hearing, the property involved, and the date, time and place of the public hearing.
(3) If, after the public hearing conducted in accordance with the Procedure for a Certificate of Appropriateness set forth in Section 1167.06
(d), the Board finds that the property is of considerable importance to the community and that the listing will conform to the purpose and intent of this chapter, as set forth in Section 1167.01
, the Board shall identify the reasons that the property should be listed and shall promptly transmit its findings and recommendation to the Planning Commission.
(4) Within 30 days of receipt of the findings and recommendation of the Design Review Board, the Planning Commission shall review the same in a public meeting and shall submit to City Council a recommendation to approve or disapprove the listing along with its findings and the recommendation submitted by the Board.
(5) Council shall give due consideration to the findings and recommendations of the Design Review Board, as well as such views as may have been expressed by persons participating in the hearing before the Review Board, in addition to the recommendation of the City Planning Commission, in making its determinations with respect to the proposed designation of any areas, signs, places, buildings, structures, works of art and other similar objects as Listed Properties. Council shall hold a public hearing on any such proposed designation. After a public hearing, Council may designate such areas, places, buildings, structures, works of art and other similar objects as a Listed Property.
(6) After the decision by Council, the Review Board shall notify any owner or any person having a legal or equitable interest in such property of the decision by Council.
(Ord. 23-12. Passed 3-26-12.)