No permit shall be issued for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, or demolition of any structure, work of art, object, or area within a preservation district, or for any listed property, except in cases coming under the section on exclusions in this subchapter, unless the application for such permit is approved by the Board through the issuance of a certificate of appropriateness in the manner prescribed in this subchapter. No sign permit shall be issued for any sign or display to be erected or placed within a preservation district, or for any sign or display to be attached to, or erected upon, any listed property unless a certificate of appropriateness has been issued for that sign or display in the manner prescribed herein.
(Ord. 96-152, passed 10-7-1996)