(A) It shall be unlawful and a criminal offense for any person to carry out new construction within a historic district without first obtaining a certificate of appropriateness, as prohibited in § 159.35(A) herein.
(B) It shall be unlawful and a criminal offense for any person to carry out construction, reconstruction, alteration, restoration, rehabilitation, relocation or demolition of any historic landmark or property within a historic district without first obtaining a certificate of appropriateness or waiver thereof, as prohibited in § 159.35(B) herein.
(C) It shall be unlawful and a criminal offense for any person to make a material change in the light fixtures, signs, sidewalks, fence, steps, paving or other exterior elements visible from a public right-of-way of any historic landmark or property within a historic district without first obtaining a certificate of appropriateness or waiver thereof, as prohibited in § 159.35(C) herein.
(D) It shall be unlawful and a criminal offense for any person to fail to obey a stop work order, as provided in § 159.50 herein.
(E) It shall be unlawful and a criminal offense for any person to allow demolition by neglect, as prohibited in § 159.52 herein.
(F) These offenses are strict liability offenses for which no mens rea is required for prosecution.
(Ord. 618, passed 8-28-2001) Penalty, see § 159.99