(A) No person shall cause, permit or suffer on a landmark, landmark site or in an historic district, any construction, alteration or demolition without a permit issued by the County Code Enforcement. All requests to the County Code Enforcement for a permit involving landmarks or landmark sites or properties within an historic district, shall be forwarded immediately to the Commission for the issuance of a certificate of appropriateness. A certificate of appropriateness issued by the Commission shall be required before a permit is issued for demolition or alteration of a landmark, landmark site or in an historic district.
(B) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALTERATION. Any act defined as an ALTERATION by the Kentucky Building Code.
CONSTRUCTION. Any act defined as CONSTRUCTION by the Kentucky Building Code.
DEMOLITION. Any act defined as DEMOLITION by the Kentucky Building Code.
(C) The Commission shall promulgate and publish those standards as are a necessary supplement to the provisions of this subchapter to inform residents and property owners and the general public of those criteria by which the applications for a certificate of appropriateness are to be measured.
(D) Before the commencement of any work in the erection of any new building, or in the alteration or in the demolition of any existing building, any portion of which is within an historic district or designated as a landmark or landmark site, an application by the owner for a certificate of appropriateness therefor shall be made to the Commission accompanied by the full plans and specifications thereof so far as they relate to the proposed alteration, construction or demolition. This application for a certificate of appropriateness shall be considered at the next regular meeting of the Commission provided the application is filed at least four days before the meeting.
(E) All findings of the Commission on an application either granting or refusing a certificate of appropriateness shall be in writing, a copy thereof shall be sent to the applicant by certified mail with return receipt requested and a copy filed with the City Clerk.
(F) If no action on an application for a certificate submitted to the Commission has been taken at the expiration of 45 days from the date of application and the submission of plans, the application shall be deemed to have been approved and, if all other requirements of the city have been met, the County Code Enforcement office may issue a permit for the proposed building.
(G) All work performed pursuant to the issuance of a certificate of appropriateness shall conform to the requirements of the certificate. In the event work is performed not in accordance with the certificate, the city or county government through its designated representative shall issue a stop work order and all work shall cease. No person, firm or corporation shall undertake any work on the project as long as the stop work order shall continue in effect.
(Ord. 21, Series 1984, passed 1-3-1985; Ord. 94-06, passed 9-1-1994) Penalty, see § 33.999