(a) No person, corporation, partnership, association or society shall cause the exterior portion of any building or structure owned or leased by them including walls, fences, light fixtures, steps, pavement, path, trees or any other appurtenant features, or above ground utility structure or any type of outdoor advertising sign to be erected, altered, restored or moved within the Residential Historic District until after an application as to exterior architectural features has been submitted to and approved by the Architectural Review Board. In no event shall a building permit be issued until the application has been approved or approved conditionally as provided in Section 1348.07 or after written order of the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(b) After a building permit has been issued no person, corporation, partnership, association or society shall cause the exterior portion of any building or structure owned or leased by them, including walls, fences, light fixtures, steps, pavement, path, trees, or any other appurtenant features, or above ground utility structure or any type of outdoor advertising sign to be erected, altered, restored, or moved within the District except in accordance with plans submitted with and approved as a part of the building permit application.
(c) No person, corporation, partnership, association or society shall cause or allow to be demolished any building or structure within the District until the owner thereof shall have given the Code Administration Division of the Department of Public Works ninety days written notice of the proposed action. During this ninety day period, if the Code Administration Division and Architectural Review Board finds that the building involved has no particular historic significance or value toward maintaining the character of the District, it may waive all or part of such ninety day period and authorize either demolition or removal.
(d) Other provisions of this article notwithstanding, nothing herein shall prohibit:
(1) The ordinary maintenance or repair of any exterior or architectural features in the District which does not involve a change in design, material, color or outer appearance thereof.
(2) The construction, reconstruction, alteration, restoration or demolition of any feature which the Code Administration Division or the Building Enforcement Agency shall certify is required by the public safety because of an unsafe or dangerous condition.
(3) The ordinary maintenance or repair of streets, sidewalks, pavement markings, utility service lines, street signs, traffic signs and/or replacement of street lights.
(4) The reconstruction, alteration or restoration of any structure or building in the architectural style of such structure or buildings if such structure or buildings existed on the date of the adoption of this article even though the architectural styles are not included in the architectural style encompassed in the Architectural Review Guidelines.
(5) The planting of trees and shrubs when in conformity with sign distance standards at intersections.
(e) No person, corporation, partnership, association, government agency or society shall cause the destruction, elimination or alteration of the decorative street lighting system on Washington Avenue.
(Ord. 0-1635. Passed 9-24-19.)