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The commission may from time to time promulgate, amend and rescind such regulations as it may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, regulations:
(a) for the protection, preservation, enhancement, and perpetuation and use of landmarks, interior landmarks, scenic landmarks and historic districts, subject to the provisions of section 25-304 of this chapter. Such regulations may apply to one or more historic districts or to one or more portions of an historic district and may vary from area to area in their provisions;
(b) relating to the determination of the earning capacity of improvement parcels by the commission pursuant to section 25-309 of this chapter;
(c) relating to the procedures of the commission in carrying out its functions, powers and duties under this chapter, including procedures for the giving of notice by the commission by mail or otherwise, where notice is required by this chapter; and
(d) relating to forms to be used in proceedings before the commission.
The commission may make such investigations and studies of matters relating to the protection, enhancement, perpetuation or use of landmarks, interior landmarks, scenic landmarks and historic districts, and to the restoration of landmarks, interior landmarks, scenic landmarks and buildings in historic districts as the commission may, from time to time, deem necessary or appropriate for the effectuation of the purposes of this chapter, and may submit reports and recommendations as to such matters to the mayor and other agencies of the city. In making such investigations and studies, the commission may hold such public hearings as it may deem necessary or appropriate.
The provisions of this chapter shall be inapplicable to the construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of any improvement on a landmark site or in a historic district or containing an interior landmark, or of any landscape feature of a scenic landmark, where a permit for the performance of such work was issued by the department of buildings, or, in the case of a landscape feature of a scenic landmark, where plans for such work have been approved, prior to the effective date of the designation, or amended or modified designation, pursuant to the provisions of section 25-303 of this chapter, first making the provisions of this chapter applicable to such improvement or landscape feature or to the improvement parcel or property in which such improvement or landscape feature is or is to be located.
a. Upon designation by the commission of any improvement or property as a landmark and of any landmark site, interior landmark or historic district, or any amendment of such designation, the owner of such improvement or property shall be notified in writing of such designation by the commission. Such notice shall be sent to the owner or owners at his or her or their last known address or addresses, as the same appear in the records of the office of the commissioner of finance or if there is no name in such records, such notice may be sent to the street address of the improvement parcel or property in question, addressed to "Owner". The failure by the commission to give notice of designation as required by this subdivision shall not invalidate or affect any actions or proceedings pursuant to this chapter relating to such improvement parcel or property, except that no action or proceeding pursuant to subparagraph d of this section shall be commenced until thirty days after such notice has been given.
b. It shall be the duty of the owner or person in charge of an improvement or property that is a landmark, interior landmark or is located on a landmark site or within an historic district to ensure that every lease or sublease, or renewal thereof, between the owner or such other person in charge as lessor and a nonresidential tenant as lessee and concerning such improvement or property shall contain a notice, conspicuously set forth therein, stating that in accordance with sections 25-305, 25-306, 25-309 or 25-310 of this chapter the lessee must obtain a permit from the commission before commencing any exterior or interior work on the improvement or property, except for ordinary repair and maintenance as that term is defined in subdivision r of section 25-302 of this chapter. When an improvement or property is designated a landmark, interior landmark or as part of an historic district during the term of a lease or sublease of all or a portion of such improvement or property, the lessor of such lease or sublease shall, within thirty days after being notified in writing of such designation by the commission or a person in charge, send a written notice as described above to all nonresidential lessees of such lessor. Such notice shall be sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested to all nonresidential lessees on the first two floors of the improvement or property, and shall be sent to all other nonresidential lessees by any means reasonably designed to ensure that notice is given.
c. The commission shall promulgate such regulations as it deems necessary to comply with the provisions of this section, with respect to notice requirements in all nonresidential leases for buildings under its jurisdiction.
d. Any person who violates subdivision b of this section, or the regulations promulgated hereunder, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per violation which shall be returnable to the environmental control board.