(a) Fee for Historic Review Upon Request of Property Owner.
(1) If a property owner in the Village of Franklin reasonably believes his or her property to be of historic value and significance, then upon request the Village of Franklin Historic District Commission shall evaluate the proposed resource as provided for in this chapter.
(2) Said evaluation shall not commence until the property owner has paid in full a fee in an amount not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400.00), which may be amended by the Village Council from time to time.
(b) Fee for Demolition Applications.
(1) If a structure proposed for demolition is a proposed historic resource, the demolition permit applicant shall pay a fee not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400.00), or a fee in such amount as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the Village Council. Said fee is to be used by the Village of Franklin Historic District Commission to make an historical study and review of the resource. In addition, the applicant shall be required to allow 60 days from the date the Franklin Historic District Commission receives the permit application for its response to the application.
(2) A. For all structures proposed for demolition, except designated historic resources, resources in designated Historic Districts and proposed historic resources, the Village of Franklin Building Official or the Village Council shall make a tentative determination as to whether or not said structures comport with the definition of an historic resource set forth in Section 1230.01(b)(10).
B. If it is tentatively determined by the Village of Franklin Building Official or Council that the structure to be demolished may be an historic resource, then the demolition permit applicant shall pay a fee not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400.00), or such amount as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Village Council. Said fee is to be used by the Village of Franklin Historic District Commission to make an historical study and review of the resource. In addition, the applicant shall be required to allow 60 days from the date the Franklin Historic District Commission receives the permit application for its response to the application with regard to tentatively designating the structure to be demolished as historic.
(Ord. 99-53. Passed 5-10-99.)