(A) Generally. The Heritage Preservation Commission shall review and advise the City Council upon the issuance of city permits. Every application for a building permit in relation to property in the city which has been designated as a heritage preservation site shall be accompanied by detailed plans for the proposed work to be done, immediately referred by the Building Official's office to the Commission.
(B) Type of building activity to be reviewed.
(1) Remodel or repair in any manner that will change the exterior appearance of the building or site;
(2) Construction;
(3) Moving a building;
(4) Demolition in whole or part; or
(5) Repair, removal, replacement or erection of exterior signs.
(C) City activity. The Heritage Preservation Commission shall review and make recommendations concerning all activity in the city to change the nature or appearance of any building, structure or sign within any designated heritage preservation site.
(D) Standards.
(1) No building or structure, including signs shall be erected, reconstructed, substantially altered, or restored, which have been designated a heritage preservation site or a part thereof, unless the same is reviewed by the City Council acting upon the advice of the Commission established in this subchapter as being architecturally compatible with historical or architectural aspects of the site. In reviewing any proposed erection, reconstruction, alteration or restoration, the general purpose shall be to maintain the integrity of the designated sites.
(2) The Secretary of the Interior's standards shall be utilized in developing and implementing these standards of review.
(3) In reviewing any proposed erection, reconstruction, alteration or restoration, the general purposes shall be to maintain the integrity of designated properties as follows, as long as the general purposes are consistent with the Secretary of Interior's standards:
(a) Every reasonable effort shall be made to provide a compatible use for a property which requires minimal alteration of the building, structure or site and its environment, or to use a property for its originally intended purpose.
(b) The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure or site and its environment shall not be destroyed. The removal or alteration of any historic material or distinctive architectural features shall be avoided when possible.
(c) All buildings, structures and sites shall be recognized as products of their own time. Alterations that have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier appearance shall be discouraged.
(d) Changes which may have taken place in the course of time are evidence of the history and development of a building, structure or site and its environment. These changes may have acquired significant in their own right, and this significance shall be recognized and respected.
(e) Distinctive stylistic features or examples of skilled craftsmanship which characterize a building, structure or site shall be treated with sensitivity.
(f) Deteriorated architectural features shall be repaired rather than replaced, wherever possible. In the event replacement is necessary, the new material should match the material being replaced in composition, design, color, texture and other visual qualities.
(Ord. 275, passed 7-16-90) Penalty, see § 10.99