(A) The Board shall be concerned with those elements of development, redevelopment, rehabilitation, and preservation that affect visual quality in a Historic District. The Board may not consider details of design, interior arrangements, or building features, if those details, arrangements, or features, are not subject to public view. It is intended that the Board not make any requirement except for the purpose of preventing development, alteration, or demolition in the Historic District obviously incongruous with the Historic District.
(B) The Board shall conduct a survey to identify historic buildings, structures, and places located within the city. However, neither the survey nor any other action of the Board shall affect any property not located within the city limits.
(C) Based on its survey, at the request of, or with the consent of, the individual property owners affected, from time to time, the Board shall submit to the Common Council a map describing the boundaries of a historic district or historic districts. A district may be limited to the boundaries of a property containing a single building, structure, or site.
(D) The Board of Review shall also classify and designate on the map all buildings and structures within each Historic District described on the map. Such buildings and structures shall be divided into two classes:
(1) Historic. Those buildings classified as historic must possess identified historic or architectural merit of a degree warranting their preservation.
(a) They may be further classified as:
1. Exceptional.
2. Excellent.
3. Notable.
4. Of value as part of the scene.
(b) In lieu of the further classifications set forth in divisions (a) (l) through (a) (4), the Board may devise its own system of further classification of historic buildings.
(2) Nonhistoric. Those buildings and structures not classified on the map as historic.
(E) (1) Any individual who wishes to apply for historic district designation for an individual building or site owned by the individual shall apply to the Historic Review Board for the designation and the Board shall investigate such requests, applying the criteria set out in this chapter.
(2) Based on such a review the Board will periodically submit to the Common Council a list of those individual properties that have been approved for historic district designation, together with the signed application of the individual property owner requesting historic district designation. (See application form for statement of intent in Appendix).
(3) It is the intent of this section that historic districts be limited to the boundaries of individual properties whose owners have requested or consented to historic designation.
(F) (l) On application of any individual requesting historic district designation, the Board shall explain to him all aspects of purpose, control, and intent of the Board. The Board shall supply applicant with a copy of applicable development standards, guide-lines, and other regulations that affect him for his study.
(2) After studying the above, the applicant shall sign a form, (See Appendix), that he understands his election of designation.
(3) The Board on the same form shall confirm that they have supplied the applicant with all current information that is applicable to him.
(Ord. 4924, passed 3-10-80; Am. Ord. 5154, passed l-25-82)