(A) Subject to division (B) below, the Building Review Commission finds that the properties identified as having special importance in the Downtown Intensive-Level Survey prepared by Benjamin Historic Certifications and dated June 12, 2023, as amended (“Historic Survey”), have special importance, and, as a result, no further Building Review Commission determination of special importance is necessary for these properties. To provide adequate time for consideration of alternatives to demolition of the existing building or buildings located on any property the Historic Survey designates as having special importance, upon receipt of a demolition permit application, the code official shall order a stay of issuance of the permit for a period ending not later than one year, or a lesser period as the Building Review Commission shall deem appropriate, after the later of the dates below, and the provisions of § 150.056 shall, without limitation, apply to the property:
(1) The date the code official determines the demolition permit application to be complete in accordance with § 150.028; or
(B) The owner of a property the Historic Survey identifies as having special importance may, as an alternative to the procedure set forth in division (A) above, file an application asking the Building Review Commission to review and determine whether the owner’s property is of special importance, all in accordance with the standards and procedures identified in § 150.030.
(C) The Building Review Commission finds that any property located in the Business District as of the Historic Survey’s date that the Historic Survey does not designate as having special importance is not a property of special importance, and, as a result, (1) no further Building Review Commission determination of special importance is necessary for these properties; and (2) payment of a demolition escrow in accordance with § 150.029 is not required. The applicant for any such property may apply for a demolition permit in accordance with the procedures applicable to properties that do not have special importance, all as set forth in §§ 150.020 through 150.030.
(D) The village will exercise reasonable efforts to update the Historic Survey every ten years or when practicable.
(Ord. 1350, passed 12-11-2023)