(A) A permit shall be obtained before any work affecting the exterior appearance of a resource is performed within an historic district. The person, individual, partnership, firm, corporation, organization, institution, or agency of government proposing to do that work shall file an application for a permit with the inspector of buildings. Upon receipt of a complete application, the inspector of buildings shall immediately refer the application, along with all required supporting materials that make the application complete to the Commission. A permit shall not be issued and proposed work shall not proceed until the Commission has acted on the application by issuing a certificate of appropriateness or a notice to proceed as prescribed in this subchapter. A commission shall not issue a certificate of appropriateness unless the applicant certifies in the application that the property where work will be undertaken has, or will have before the proposed project completion date, a fire alarm system or a smoke alarm complying with the requirements of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale Single State Construction Code Act, 1972 PA 230, M.C.L.A. §§ 125.1501 to 125.1531.
(B) The Commission shall file certificates of appropriateness, notices to proceed, and denials of applications for permits with the inspector of buildings. A permit shall not be issued until the Commission has acted as prescribed by this subchapter.
(C) If an application is for work that will adversely affect the exterior of a resource the Commission considers valuable to the City of Marine City, the State of Michigan, or the nation, and the Commission determines that the alteration or loss of that resource will adversely affect the public purpose of the city, state, or nation, the Commission shall attempt to establish with the owner of the resource an economically feasible plan for the preservation of the resource.
(D) The failure of the Commission to act on an application within 60 calendar days after the date a complete application is filed with the Commission, unless an extension is agreed upon in writing by the applicant and the Commission, shall be considered to constitute approval.
(E) The local unit may charge a reasonable fee to process a permit application.
(Ord. 14-4, passed 9-18-2014)