§ 84-160. Landmark powers.

The commission shall exercise the following landmark powers:

(a)

Name or designate a building together with its accessory buildings and its lot of record or any part thereof, or name or designate vacant sites not in excess of five acres as historic and worthy of preservation as a landmark within the jurisdiction of the commission. Buildings and sites not encompassed by this subsection may be designated as a landmark by the commission, but such determination shall be ratified by a majority vote of the city council.

(b)

Recommend appropriate legislation for the preservation of any building, structure, site, monument, area, or other landmark which it has so named or designated.

(c)

Make application for public and private funds when appropriate and available.

(d)

Review applications proposing the erection, alteration, restoration, or moving of any building, structure, site, monument, area, or other landmark which it has so named or designated, and issue or deny certificates of appropriateness accordingly.

(e)

Review all applications for demolition permits proposing demolition of all or part of any building, structure, monument or other landmark which it has so named and designated, and to issue certificates of appropriateness or to deny them for one year.

(f)

Work with the owner of landmark property throughout the year following a refusal to issue a certificate of appropriateness pursuant to an application for a demolition permit, and seek alternative economic uses for the landmark property.

(g)

Renew its denial of a certificate of appropriateness for demolition of landmark property for additional one-year periods indefinitely thereafter, following a public hearing each time at which the owner of the affected property shall be afforded an opportunity to appear with counsel and present testimony.

(h)

Prohibit the issuance of demolition permits affecting any property under consideration for landmark designation, such prohibition to remain in effect for the length of time required by the commission for final action on the proposed landmark.

(i)

Prohibit the issuance of building and exterior remodeling permits affecting any property under consideration for landmark designation unless the commission's staff has determined that the application is for ordinary maintenance and the remodeling is determined to be more appropriate to the style and period of the building by means of documenting the original appearance of parallel structures or the commission has determined that the application conforms with the criteria set forth in division 3 of this article, such prohibition to remain in effect for the length of time required by the commission for final action on the proposed designation. In all instances the commission shall regulate the exterior of a landmark.

(M.C.S., Ord. No. 27924, § 1, 11-1-18)