(A) The Board of Trustees may at any time, upon recommendation of the Commission, establish by ordinance a historic district, including a proposed district previously considered and rejected, may modify boundaries of an existing historic district, or may eliminate an existing historic district. Before establishing, modifying or eliminating a historic district, the Commission shall act as a Historic District Study Committee and shall follow the procedures as provided in this chapter.
(B) In considering elimination of a historic district, the Commission shall follow the procedures set forth in § 399.203(1) through (3) of Public Act 169 of 1970, as amended, for the issuance of a preliminary report, holding a public hearing, and issuing a final report but with the intent of showing one or more of the following.
(1) The historic district has lost those physical characteristics that enabled the establishment of the district.
(2) The historic district was not significant in the way previously defined.
(3) The historic district was established pursuant to defective procedures.
(Ord. 1016, Amendment 23, passed 4-23-2019)