(a) Applications for the approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness or Design Plan:
(1) Shall be filed with the City on forms provided by the City;
(2) Shall include all required supplemental information, including such plans, drawings, specifications and other materials as may be needed by staff or the Design Review Board to make a determination;
(3) Shall be submitted by the application deadline as established by the City;
(4) Shall be signed by the applicant and owner attesting to the truth and exactness of all information supplied on the application.
(b) Design Plan Materials for Submission. The materials that may be required for submission as part of the Design Plan include but are not limited to:
(1) A dimensioned site plan showing existing conditions including all structures, pavement, curb-cut locations, natural features such as tree masses and riparian corridors, and rights-of-way.
(2) A dimensioned site plan showing the proposed site change including structures, pavement, revised curb-cut locations and landscaping.
(3) Illustration of all existing building elevations to scale.
(4) Illustrations of all proposed building elevations to scale.
(5) Samples of proposed building materials.
(6) Color samples for proposed roof, siding, etc.
(7) Illustrations of all existing site signage including wall and ground.
(8) Illustrations of proposed signage to scale.
(9) A dimensioned site plan showing location of existing ground mounted signs.
(10) A dimensioned site plan showing the proposed location of ground mounted signs.
(11) Samples of proposed sign materials.
(12) Color samples of proposed sign(s).
(13) Proposed lighting plan for sign(s).
(14) The applicant shall post one sign per public street frontage of the subject property within fifteen (15) feet of the curb indicating the subject, date, and time for a public hearing. The sign(s) shall be posted at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled hearing. The sign(s) should be purchased at the Johnstown City Offices and will measure no less than two (2) feet by three (3) feet.
(c) Staff, including the City Engineer and the City Planner, shall review the submitted materials for completeness and shall:
(1) If it is found to be complete, place the Certificate of Appropriateness or Design Plan application on the next appropriate Design Review Board agenda; or
(2) If it is found to be incomplete, reject the application and return, the application and fee to the applicant with an itemization of deficiencies.
(d) Any minor environmental change requires a Certificate of Appropriateness issued by the Village Manager.
(e) Any major or minor environmental change which requires a variance to the requirements of this chapter requires a Certificate of Appropriateness to be issued by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(f) Design Plan Approval and Issuance of Certificate of Appropriateness. The Design Review Board shall after receipt of reports from the City Planner or City Engineer - determine whether the Certificate of Appropriateness or Design Plan shall be approved, conditionally approved, or disapproved. The application shall not be approved unless the Design Review Board finds that all of the applicable provisions in the Planning and Zoning Ordinance and the Design Review Districts and Standards have been satisfied and that the site plan meets the purpose and intent of this chapter, including the location and configuration of the building(s), landscaping, off-street parking, driveways and site amenities are visually harmonious within the site and its surroundings.
(1) If the Design Plan is disapproved, the reasons for a disapproving vote shall be stated by those members and it shall be captured in the minutes of the meeting.
(2) Design Plans must be approved, conditionally approved or disapproved within thirty (30) working days from the date of receipt. This thirty (30) day period may be extended by the mutual agreement of the Design Review Board and the applicant.
(3) Design Plan approval shall be for a period not to exceed eighteen (18) months from the approval date of the Design Plan.
(4) If no construction has begun within two (2) years after approval is granted, the approved Exterior Plan shall become null and void.
(5) Design Plans approved prior to the adoption of this section, in which work has not commended, shall become null and void one (1) year after the adoption of this section.
(Ord. 35-2021. Passed 8-17-21.)