The purpose of this H-1 Zone is to give protection to certain areas or individual structures and premises designated as having substantial historic or architectural significance and to encourage uses that will lead to their continuance, conservation, and improvement in a manner appropriate to the preservation of the area’s historic heritage.
(A) Application of H-1 District. The H-1 District regulations shall be established in addition to the zoning district classification and regulations which this District overlays. The permitted and conditional uses, dimensional information, and other requirements of the underlying zone as provided in this chapter shall apply. Where there are conflicts which may arise between the procedures and requirements set forth in this chapter, it is intended that the provisions set forth in the Historic District shall apply.
(B) Procedure for development.
(1) No building or structure within the H-1 District shall be razed, altered, or reconstructed, and no building lot in the District shall be altered or improved, and no new construction shall occur within the District, unless and until a certificate of appropriateness shall first have been issued by the Architectural Review Board (ARB). No building permit demolition, permit and/or other permit required by other provisions may be issued unless and until the ARB provides the Zoning Enforcement Officer with a signed approved certificate of appropriateness.
(2) Evidence of approval shall be a certificate of appropriateness signed by the Chairperson of the ARB stating that the exterior architectural features of the proposed construction, reconstruction, alteration, restoration, or use for which application has been made are approved by the Architectural Review Board, or the building proposed to be razed is structurally unsound beyond economic repair or of insufficient historical or architectural significance. See §§ 152.300 through 152.308 for details regarding the formation of the H-1 District, and the duties, responsibilities, and procedures required of the Architectural Review Board.
(Prior Code, § 152.106) (Ord. 920.27, passed 10-7-1993) Penalty, see § 152.999