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PROCEDURES FOR IMPLII MTATION AND REVISION `A t OF HISTORIC DISTRICT PRESERVATION STANDARDS."t These procedures are intended to govern the initial creation and implementation of preservation standards in local historic districts so designated by the South.Bend Common Council under Ordinance No. 8002-89, and they apply to any historic district which has not adopted preservation standards prior to the effective date of these procedures. These procedures also apply to the revision of existing preservation standards by any local historic district. The effective date of these procedures shall be the date on which they are adopted by the Hi.storic.Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County as a whole. 1. The HPC Historic District Committee (HDC), HPC staff, Neighborhood Steering Committee (NSC), or Liaison Committee (for revisions), will draft or revise standards based on neighborhood recommendations, HDC findings, and one of three models found in the HPC Historic Districts Model Preservation Guidelines. 2. The NSC will provide all property owners within proposed district boundaries with a preliminary draft of the standards. 3. The NSC and HDC will schedule a public meeting to allow a final opportunity for neighborhood discussion of the proposed standards. 4. The HDC, HPC staff, and.NSC will write final standards based on the outcome of the public meeting. 5. Final standards will be presentedto the HDC and NSC .for approval. 6. The NSC will be responsible for distributing the final standards, and a ballot prepared by the.HPC with which to cast a vote on the standards, to all property owners within the district. 7. The standards.wi.l.l.be voted -upon by owners of property within the boundaries of the district. Each owner (or co-owners) shall have one vote regardless of the number of parcels owned. 8. Ballots will be opened in the presence of at.least two HPC members, HPC staff and at least two representatives of the NSC. 9. The ballots must be returned (mai.led or hand -delivered) to the HPC office within ten (10) business days frau the date the ballot is distributed to the owner. 10. The standards will be considered by the HPC at a Public Hearing and voted upon. The HPC will weigh and consider the vote of the neighborhood, but because the HPC is legally responsible for.the administration of the district, the HPC retains the right to approve or disapprove the final standards. If approved and adopted, a final standards booklet will be compiled by the staff. 11. The NSC will be responsible for distributing the final standards booklet to all current owners within the district. 12. The HPC will explain to the neighborhood the procedure for electing a Liaison CommitteeandLiaison Committee responsibilities. 13. A. The process of drafting district standards (step #1) shall not exceed nine (9) months. B. The process of revising standards (step #1) shall not.exceed six (6) months. C. The process of drafting -and approving final standards (steps #2 to #10) shall not exceed ninety (90) days.