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1731.05 BOARD POWERS, DUTIES AND PROCEDURE.
   (a)   The Board shall be charged with the responsibility of review of the historic district limits as outlined in Section 1731.02. The Board is further charged with the responsibility of developing and continuing an effective program of landmark recognition and preservation. Within such district the Board shall survey and designate in a suitable manner: areas, places, buildings, structures, monuments, works of art and objects having special historical, architectural, community or aesthetic interest and value, and worth of preservation.
   (b)   The Board shall give counsel to the City Council regarding the advisability of issuing any certificates required to be issued pursuant to the Act of June 13, 1961, and this article. Such counsel shall at all times be consistent with the provisions of all ordinances of the City. For this purpose, the Board may make and alter rules and regulations for their own organization and procedure, consistent with the ordinances of the City and the laws of the Commonwealth. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum and action taken at any meeting shall require the affirmative vote of four members of the Board. The members of the Board shall serve without compensation, and shall make an annual report of the transactions to Council. The Board may, pursuant to appropriations by Council, employ secretarial assistance.
(Ord. 18-2014. Passed 9-2-14.)
1731.06 DUTIES OF BUILDING OFFICIAL.
   Upon receipt of an application for a building permit for work to be done in the historic district, or application for work to be done in the historic district that may not require a building permit but does require a Certificate of Appropriateness (see 1731.07(a)), the Building Official shall act in accordance with the procedures presently being followed in that office except as those procedures are necessarily modified by the following requirements:
   (a)   He shall forward to the office of the Board of Historic Architectural Review a copy of the application for a building permit and/or Certificate of Appropriateness for any work which is regulated by the provisions of this article together with a copy of the plot plan for the building plans and specifications filed by the applicant.
   (b)   He shall maintain in his office a record of all such applications and of his handling and final disposition of the same, which shall be in addition to an appropriate cross reference to his other records.
   (c)   He shall require applicants to submit a sufficient number of additional copies of material required to be attached to an application for a building permit or Certificate of Appropriateness to permit compliance with the foregoing.
      (Res. 81-2014. Passed 9-2-14.)
1731.07 PRIOR COUNCIL APPROVAL OF PERMIT ISSUANCE.
   The Building Official shall not issue a permit for any erection, reconstruction, alteration, restoration, demolition or razing of a building in this historic district which will affect the exterior historic or architectural features or nature of the building, until Council has issued a certificate of appropriateness.
   (a)   Any exterior work that can be seen from the public way must be approved by HARB prior to the start of work whether a building permit is required or not.
      (1)   The following projects, but not limited to the list below, shall require a Certificate of Appropriateness:
         A.   All new construction and additions.
         B.   Siding.
         C.   Replacement windows or modifications.
         D.   More than 32 sq. ft. of exterior cumulative patching.
         E.   All exterior work done by a contractor not specifically exempted.
         F.   Any and all roofing that is more than an ordinary repair with like materials.
         G.   Door replacement or modifications.
         H.   Removal of any facade fixtures or trim that is not an in-kind repair/replacement.
         I.   Fences.
         J.   Detached accessory structures.
         K.   Water tanks supported directly upon grade if the capacity exceeds 100 gallons.
         L.   Window awnings.
         M.   Replacement of existing gutters/gutter system.
         N.   Painting.
            (Ord. 18-2014. Passed 9-2-14.)
1731.08 BOARD MEETING.
   The Board of Historical Architectural Review shall meet regularly and publicly at least twice each month at regularly scheduled intervals (unless there are zero applications for review five days prior to the time of the scheduled meeting), and may hold special meetings for cause at the call of the Chairman of the Board or upon request of any four members. Attendance at regularly scheduled meetings shall be mandatory and any member failing to attend six consecutive regularly scheduled meetings shall be deemed to no longer be a member of the Board. Any application for a building permit regulated by this article shall be considered by the Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting, or at any special meeting of the Board called for such purpose. The person applying for the permit shall be advised of the time and place of such meeting and invited to appear to explain their reasons therefor.
(Ord. 18-2014. Passed 9-2-14.)
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