(A) An application for a Certificate of Appropriateness and any supplemental materials shall be submitted using the Village’s Online Permit Center. shall be obtained from and, when completed, filed with the Village Planner. Applications for Certificate of Appropriateness for major work shall be considered by the Historic Preservation Commission at its next regular meeting, provided they have been filed, complete in form and content.
(B) The Commission shall, by uniform rule in its Rules of Procedure, require data as are reasonably necessary to determine the nature of the application. An application for a Certificate of Appropriateness shall not be considered complete until all required data has been submitted. Nothing shall prevent the applicant from filing, along with the application, additional relevant information bearing on the application;
(C) Applications that are categorized or fall within the category description of normal maintenance or minor work within the Local Historic District Standards, will be approved or denied on a staff level. If staff does not approve the application or if the work is questionable as to whether it is consistent with the Standards, then the application will be heard at the next PHPC meeting as a regular agenda item.
(D) Prior to issuance or denial of a Certificate of Appropriateness for a major work project, the Commission shall conduct a public hearing in accordance with this Ordinance. The Village Planner shall be responsible for notifying the affected parties in accordance with Section 4.1 of this Ordinance;
(E) The Commission shall take action on the application and in doing so, shall apply the Review Criteria contained in this section and within the Local Historic District Standards;
(F) The Commission's action on the application shall be approval, approval with modifications and/or conditions, delay of demolition, or denial;
(G) Prior to the final action on an application, the Commission, using the Review Criteria, shall make findings of fact indicating the extent to which the application is or is not congruous with the historic aspects of the district;
(H) The Commission shall cause to be entered into the minutes of its meeting the reasons for its action, whether it be approval, approval with modifications and/or conditions, delay of demolition, or denial;
(I) If the Commission fails to take final action upon any application within one hundred eighty (180) days after the complete application is submitted to the Village Planner for historic approval, the application shall be deemed to be approved unless the applicant consents to extend this period of time;
(J) If the Commission determines that a Certificate of Appropriateness should not be issued, a new application affecting the same property may be submitted only if substantial change is made in the plans for the proposed construction, reconstruction, alteration, restoration or moving.
(Ord. 21-12, passed 07-27-2021; Ord. 21-14, passed 10-26-2021; Ord. 23-13, passed 5-23-2023)