A certificate of appropriateness issued by the Historic Review Board for the city shall be required before a permit is issued for, or alterations begin, on any of the following:
(A) Within all areas of the Historic District:
(1) Demolition of a historic building;
(2) Moving a historic building;
(3) Conspicuous change in the exterior appearance of existing buildings classified as historic by additions, reconstruc- tion, alteration, or maintenance involving exterior color change;
(4) Any new construction of a principal building or accessory building or structure subject to view from a public street; and
(B) Within a primary area:
(1) Change existing walls and fences for construction of new walls and fences, if along public streets rights-of-way; or
(2) Conspicuous change in the exterior appearance of existing nonhistoric buildings by additions, reconstruction, alteration, or maintenance involving exterior color change, if subject to view from a public street.
(C) Guidelines.
(1) Guidelines shall be established to assure that development standards and certificates of appropriateness are applied equitably to all historical districts.
(2) Initial guidelines, and any future major change to them shall be approved by the Common Council.
(Ord. 4924, passed 3-10-80; Am. Ord. 5154, passed l-25-82)