No contractor, owner or other person may make any environmental changes to any landmark property or property within a designated historic district unless a valid written Certificate of Appropriateness has been issued by the respective Historic District Commission. See the Certificate of Appropriateness procedures of Section 1111.1100.
A. Standards for Rehabilitation. The U.S. Secretary of the Interior's "Standards for Rehabilitation" ("Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation & Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings;" W. Brown Morton et al.; U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural Resources Preservation Assistance Division; Washington D.C., reprinted 1997) have been adopted pursuant to this section. Compliance with these standards is required for all historic landmarks and districts.
1. The "Standards for Rehabilitation" are available from the office of the Plan Commission and the U.S. Government Printing Office.
2. Information about the "Standards for Rehabilitation" may be viewed on the Internet at http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/ standards/rehabilitation.pdf.
B. Decisions. Decisions reached by each Historic District Commission will be based on the Commission's interpretation of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's "Standards for Rehabilitation", the testimony of the applicant and other interested parties, and most importantly, the effect of the Commission's decision upon the applicant.
(Ord. 170-04. Passed 3-23-04; Ord. 314-12. Passed 6-19-12; Ord. 614-22. Passed 11-22-22.)