(a) Application for Building Permit: Application for a Building Permit to construct, alter, repair, design, move, or demolish any structure in a historic preservation district shall be made to the Building Inspector. Plans shall be submitted showing the structure in question and also showing its relation to adjacent structures. The Historic Preservation Review Commission may prepare forms for use of the Building Inspector that will include provisions for the information needed by the Commission.
Upon the filing of such application, the Building Inspector shall immediately notify the Historic Preservation Review Commission of the receipt of such application and shall transmit it, together with accompanying plans and other information to the Commission. In the event the application is for demolition of a structure or erection of a new structure, the Building Inspector shall establish a public hearing date to be held by the Review Commission and conduct said hearing according to procedures as outlined in Article 1321
of this Ordinance.
(b) Review: The Historic Preservation Review Commission shall consider the application.
(1) Within not more than forty-five (45) days after the filing of an application, the Commission shall pass upon it, and shall give written notice of its decision to the applicant. If the application is approved, the Commission shall issue a Certificate of Appropriateness to the applicant for a Building Permit. The certificate should be signed by the Chairman, and transmitted to the Building Inspector. The Commission shall keep a record of all Certificate of Appropriateness that have been issued.
(2) No Building Permit shall be issued by the Building Inspector for work in a historic preservation district without a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Preservation Review Commission.
(3) If the Commission disapproves of the application, it shall state its reasons for doing so and shall transmit a record of such action and reasons therefore in writing to the Building Inspector and to the applicant. The Commission may advise what it considers is proper if it disapproves of the plans submitted. The applicant, if he so desires, may make modifications to his plans and shall have the right to resubmit his application at any time after so doing.
(4) The Failure of the Historic Review Commission to approve or disapprove an application within forty-five (45) days from the date of application for the Building Permit, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the applicant and Commission, shall be deemed to constitute approval and the Building Inspector shall proceed to process the application without regard to a Certificate of Appropriateness.
(5) After the Certificate of Appropriateness has been issued and the Building Permit granted to the applicant, the Building Inspector shall from time to time inspect the construction, alteration, or repair approved by such certificate and shall take such action as is necessary to ensure compliance with the approved plans. (Ord. Passed 4-8-82.)