Application for a building permit for new construction, addition, alteration, demolition, reconstruction, rehabilitation, repair, restoration, or moving of any district resource in a historic district, shall be made to the Building Official of the City Building and Safety Inspection Division. It will be the responsibility of the Building Official in reviewing all applications for building permits to scrutinize for district resources in historic districts and so advise the applicant of the requirements.
Fees charged by the City Building and Safety Inspections Division for building permit applications within a historic district shall be comparable to fees charged for building permit applications for nonhistoric areas. A heightened fee will be authorized, however, if, after processing a representative number of building permits from within historic districts, the Building Official can document a heightened processing cost.
When an application is determined to be for a district resource, then the Building Official shall require that plans, and elevation as deemed necessary, be submitted showing the extent of the proposed change in the district resource in question and also showing its relation to adjacent district resources and properties outside the district boundaries. The Building Official shall transmit the application and accompanying plans, elevations, and other information to the City of Flint planning staff for review. The staff will review the plans and elevations for compliance with the general guidelines and the applicable preservation standards. Where plans or elevations are not in conformance with the general guidelines and preservation standards, the City planning staff will consult with the district resource owner in order that proper modifications to the plans or elevations may be made. The City planning staff will make a recommendation to the Historic District Commission.
The Commission shall meet within thirty (30) days of the application to approve or disapprove such plans and elevations and, if approved, shall issue a certificate of appropriateness, which is to be signed by the Chairperson, attached to the application for a building permit, and immediately referred back to the Building Official for issuance of the building permit.
If the Commission disapproves of such plans and elevations, it shall state its reasons for doing so and shall transmit a record of such action and reasons therefore in writing to the building official and to the applicant by mail. The Commission may advise what it thinks proper if it disapproves of the plans or elevations submitted. The applicant, if desired, may make modifications to the plans and elevations and shall have the right to resubmit the application at any time after doing so. The failure of the Historic District Commission to approve or disapprove of such plans and elevations within sixty (60) days from the date of application for the building permit, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the applicant and Commission, shall be deemed to constitute approval and the Building Official shall proceed to process the application without regard to a certificate of appropriateness.
(Ord. 2707, passed 4-23-1979)