No building or other permit, otherwise required under ordinances of the Village for the erection, construction, alteration or repair of any building or structure shall be issued except upon the granting of a certificate of appropriateness by the Village Architect. This requirement shall not preclude the issuance of a building permit without such certificate if the enforcing officer, who is authorized to deny or issue such permit, shall determine that no "external architectural feature" as hereinafter defined is involved in the work for which the building permit is sought.
The term "external architectural feature" as used in this Chapter shall mean the architectural style and general arrangement of such portion of a building or structure as is designed to be open to view from a public street, place, or way, including the kind, color and texture of the building material and the types of windows, doors, lights, attached or ground signs, and other fixtures appurtenant to such building or structure. (1983 Code)