(A) A permit shall be obtained before any work affecting the exterior appearance of a resource is performed within a 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 Building Official. 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 Historic District Commission. A permit shall not be issued and proposed work shall not proceed until the Historic District Commission has acted on the application by issuing a Certificate of Appropriateness or a Notice to Proceed as prescribed in this chapter.
(B) The Historic District Commission shall file Certificates of Appropriateness, Notices to Proceed, and denials of applications for permits with the Building Official. A permit shall not be issued until the Historic District Commission has acted as prescribed by this chapter.
(C) If an application is for work that will adversely affect the exterior of a resource the Historic District Commission considers valuable to the city, the state, or the nation, and the Historic District 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 Historic District Commission to act on an application within 60 calendar days after the date a complete application is filed with the Historic District Commission, unless an extension is agreed upon in writing by the applicant and the Historic District Commission, shall be considered to constitute approval.
(E) The Historic District Commission may charge a reasonable fee to process a permit application as set by resolution of the City Commission.
(Ord. 1030, passed 10-23-17)