Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to prevent ordinary maintenance or repair of any district resource within a historic district; nor shall anything in this ordinance be construed to prevent the new construction, addition, alteration, demolition, reconstruction, rehabilitation, repair, restoration, or moving of a district resource under a permit issued by the Building Official prior to the passage of the ordinance.
Historic districts, designated by this ordinance, may be exempted from enforcement procedures only by the specific action of the City Council upon the recommendation of the Historic District Commission. This exception applies only in the case where recognition is an honorary designation as defined in § 2-142(k).
(Ord. 2707, passed 4-23-1979)