(a) When the owner of a property within a Preservation District desires to make any changes other than ordinary maintenance when no color changes are involved, including the construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of any property, structure, tree, sign, area or object within a Preservation District, such owner or his agent shall first secure a certificate of appropriateness from the Design Review Board, unless such property is exempted in accord with the exclusions permitted in Section 159.13. Such exemption shall be determined by the Planning Commission and Council.
(b) Applications for certificates of appropriateness shall be filed with the Review Board Secretary who shall, prior to the issuance of any permits, refer the application to the Review Board for approval or denial.
(c) If a proposed change is in accordance with the guidelines and criteria for the Design Review Board including the designation criteria provided in Section 159.06, then the Review Board shall issue a certificate of appropriateness.,
(Ord. 1270-92. Passed 2-1-93.)