(A) Any application to change the status of a property or district under § 157.004 or to alter or demolish a designated property under § 157.006 shall be made to the Commission, in the form (if any) which that Commission requires, and shall include such information and materials as that Commission requires. The Commission may itself initiate a change in status of a property or district. Any such Commission-initiated change in status under § 157.004(C) shall have the written consent of the property owner(s). Commission-initiated status changes to districts shall follow the same procedures as required by § 157.004(D). The Commission shall encourage the applicant to salvage building materials should demolition or alteration be granted.
(B) The Commission shall hold at least one public hearing on each complete application which is received pursuant to division (A) of this section, and on each change in status of a property or district initiated by the Commission. Notice of the hearing shall be given pursuant to § 155.408.080.
(C) The owner of any affected property or any other person may appeal the decision of the Commission concerning the designation of a property or district, and decisions concerning demolitions and alterations, to the City Council upon the same terms and conditions as would apply for appeal of a use permit pursuant to § 155.416. Notice of such City Council hearings shall be given and the hearings shall be conducted and decisions rendered pursuant to the rules contained in §§ 155.404 through 155.432.
(D) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the immediate demolition of a structure that is deemed to be an imminent threat to life or property as the result of an emergency as defined in this chapter.
(Ord. 607-C.S., passed 3-19-96; Am. Ord. 715-C.S., passed 11-27-07; Ord. 727-C.S., passed 6-17-08; Am. Ord. 791-C.S., passed 12-4-12; Am. Ord. 834-C.S., passed 6-7-16; Am. Ord. 885-C.S., passed 5-21-19)