The purposes of the Architectural Board of Review are the following:
(a) To promote and protect the public health, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare by regulating the exterior design and location of buildings and structures to assure orderly and reasonable harmonious developments in the municipality and in each neighborhood thereof;
(b) To ensure that proposed developments protect and preserve the value, appearance and use of neighboring property on which buildings are constructed or altered, maintain safety, convenience and welfare and protect real estate within the municipality from impairment or destruction of value;
(c) To regulate, according to accepted and recognized architectural principles, the design, use of materials, finished grade lines, dimensions, orientation and location of all main and accessory buildings to be created, moved, altered, remodeled or repaired, subject to the provisions of Zoning Codes and other applicable ordinances of the municipality. In considering building proposals the Architectural Board of Review shall consider and take cognizance of the development of adjacent, contiguous and neighboring buildings and properties for the purpose of achieving safe, harmonious and integrated development of related properties;
(d) To prevent the harmful effects of excessively similar, dissimilar, or inappropriate exterior design and/or location of buildings or structures in relation to the exterior design of buildings prevailing in the municipality. Harmful or adverse effects, immediate or in the future, to be prevented are:
(1) Impairing the benefits of occupancy or causing deterioration of existing residential property; or
(2) Discouraging the most appropriate use of undeveloped land throughout the municipality; or
(3) Lessening the desirability of neighboring areas of the municipality for residential purposes; or
(4) Reducing the stability and values of both improved or unimproved real property in the municipality including the effects of capricious, faddish architecture of transitory public appeal; or
(5) Impairing a proper relationship between the taxable value of real property and the costs of municipal services.
(Ord. 2016-9. Passed 3-13-17.)