(a) Prior to the issuance or denial of a certificate of appropriateness, the Historic Preservation Commission shall take such action as may reasonably be required to inform the owner or person in charge of the property likely to be materially affected by the application and shall give the applicant and such owner an opportunity to be heard.
(b) In cases where the Commission deems it necessary, it may hold a public hearing concerning the application.
(c) If the Commission determines that the proposed construction, reconstruction, alteration, moving or demolition is appropriate, it shall forthwith approve such application and shall issue to the applicant a certificate of appropriateness.
(d) If the Commission determines that a certificate of appropriateness should not be issued, it shall place upon its records the reasons for such determination and shall forthwith notify the applicant of such determination, furnishing him or her with an attested copy of its reasons therefor and its recommendations, if any, as appearing in the records of the Commission.
(e) The Commission may approve such application in any case where the owner would suffer extreme hardship, not including loss of profit, if the certificate of appropriateness is not issued forthwith.
(f) Nothing in this section shall prevent any person aggrieved by a determination of the Commission from appealing such determination to the Court of Common Pleas of the County.
(Ord. 15-84. Passed 8-21-84.)