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No member of the Architectural Review Board shall participate in the review of, or give advice upon, any work in which the member or his or her partners or professional associate or associates has any direct or indirect interest. If such an occasion shall arise, the Mayor shall appoint another qualified person to serve on the Board only for the purpose of acting on the application in question.
(Ord. 66-1979. Passed 3-5-79.)
The Architectural Review Board shall have and is hereby vested with the authority to exercise the powers and perform the duties herein provided and shall have the power to make its own rules of procedure, with the following limitations:
(a) One member of the Board shall be elected Chairperson of the Board by the members thereof and shall be responsible for proper administration of its duties.
(b) One member of the Board shall act as Secretary and shall keep a complete record of all meetings of the Board and all transactions of the Board.
(c) A quorum of the Board shall consist of two or more members.
(d) Any official action of the Board shall require the affirmative vote of two or more members.
(e) The Board shall maintain a detailed report of its proceedings and shall submit a copy of its recommendations to the Commissioner of Buildings and to the Secretary of Council. Upon receipt of a recommendation of approval, or approval with revisions, the Commissioner of Buildings shall issue the building permit, provided that the application complies with all other applicable regulations.
(Ord. 66-1979. Passed 3-5-79.)
It has been found that the quality of the design of buildings, the relation of buildings to each other and the open space interact and affect environmental and neighborhood values in diverse ways. Moreover, the value and usefulness of each parcel of land is vitally affected by the use made of adjoining land, not only to the owner but to the entire community. Each new development should be beneficial and enhance the enjoyment of use of each property in the neighborhood. New developments may, however, impair the appearance and value of both improved and unimproved real property, may prevent the most appropriate development of land or may cause attendant depreciation of values.
A certain degree of conformity of use and appearance stabilizes and assures the value of land and the welfare of the entire community. Regulations and criteria are therefore established to be applied by the Architectural Review Board to encourage the benefits of good community appearance and to alleviate the occurrence of adverse conditions.
(Ord. 66-1979. Passed 3-5-79.)
An underlying architectural character should prevail throughout each neighborhood and area. There should be some repetition of basic elements through harmony of color, materials and a common scale. Each individual building should express its function. Moreover, it should have an identity and individual character created through functional variety in the overall design.
The Architectural Review Board may find that the proposed building design does not have individual character because of excessive uniformity with other buildings existing or for which a permit has been applied for or issued. It may be found too similar in respect to aspects such as apparent identical bulk, height and mass of the building, including direct reverse arrangement; and identical size and arrangement of the entrance, windows, breaks in the facade and other significant features, such as materials and color.
On the other hand, it may be found that the proposed design is incompatible and inappropriate in relation to other buildings existing or for which a permit has been applied for or issued in respect to significant design features such as disharmonious color or texture of exterior wall and roof materials or quality of architectural design. This criteria shall not discourage creative variety in the placement, size or bulk of neighboring buildings. There shall, however, be an underlying unity of design.
(Ord. 66-1979. Passed 3-5-79.)
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