A. Review Of Preliminary Applications: Following the proper filing of a complete preliminary application, the village administrator shall cause such application to be placed on the agenda of the next regular commission meeting after the date of its having been filed with the village clerk. The commission shall, not later than the first regular commission meeting after the preliminary application has been referred to it, commence and conclude its review of the preliminary application.
The purpose of such review shall be to broadly acquaint the commission with the applicant's proposal and to provide the applicant with any preliminary views or concerns that members of the commission may have at the time in the process when positions are still flexible and adjustment is still possible and prior to the time when the applicant is required to expend the funds necessary to prepare the complete documentation required for a formal application.
At the meeting at which the preliminary application is considered, any member of the commission may make any comments, suggestions or recommendations regarding the preliminary application deemed necessary or appropriate by that member; provided, however, that no recommendation shall be made, and no final or binding action shall be taken, with respect to any preliminary application by the commission. Any views expressed in the course of the commission's review of any preliminary application shall be deemed to be only preliminary and advisory and only the individual views of the member expressing them. Nothing said or done in the course of such review shall be deemed to create, or to prejudice, any rights of the applicant or to obligate the commission, or any member of it, to approve or deny any formal application following full consideration thereof as required by this title. Applications by the village shall not be subject to the provisions of this subsection.
B. Review Of Formal Application:
1. Public Meeting If No Demolition: After the filing of a properly completed formal application for a certificate of appropriateness that does not include any request for demolition, the commission shall conduct a public hearing on the application. Notice of the hearing shall be given in accordance with section 12-1-4 of this title. The hearing shall be conducted within one hundred twenty (120) days after the filing of a properly completed formal application, at a regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the commission. The commission shall not be required to hear any application filed within twenty one (21) days of a scheduled meeting, but may hear the application at any subsequent meeting within one hundred twenty (120) days of application.
2. Public Hearing If Demolition, Relocation, Or Removal: After the filing of a properly completed formal application for a certificate of appropriateness that includes a request for demolition, relocation, or removal, the commission shall conduct a public hearing on the application. Notice of the hearing shall be given in accordance with section 12-1-4 of this title, and the hearing shall be conducted in accordance with section 12-1-5 of this title. The hearing shall be commenced within one hundred twenty (120) days after the filing of a properly completed formal application. (Ord. O-1-06, 1-9-2006)