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APPROVED BY HPC April 1993 PROCEDURES FOR. IMPLEMENTATION AND REVISION OF HISTORIC DISTRICT PRESERVATION STANDARDS 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 theeffective 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 Historic. Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Jos a whole. eph County as 1. The HPC Historic District Canni.ttee (HDC), HPC staff, Neighborhood Steering CcnTdttee (NSC), or Liaison Committee (for revisions), will draft or revise standards based on neighborhood reccnmendatiens, 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 willschedule a public meeting: to allow a final opportunity for neighborhood discussion of the proposed standards. 4. The HDCV -HPCstaff, and..NSC .will write final standards based on the outcome of the. public meeting. 5. Final. standards will.be presented to the HDC and NSC -for approval.. 106. The NSC; wi°ll be - responsible - for :distributing the final standards, and a ballot prepared.byr- the .:HPC ;with.which to cast a vote-.oai. the standards, to all property owners within�the:district. 7. The standards., -will .be .voted..upon ,by. owners. of property within. the :boundari district.: .:-Each owner (or co-owners). shall es .of the parcels owned.. have one vote regardless of the number of 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 bal lots must.:be returned. (mailed •or .hand -delivered) :to the HPC office within. ten... (10) business days fran.-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 distri:ct., the HPC retains the right to approve or disapprove the final standards. If approved and adopted, a final standards booklet will be canpiled by the staff. 11. - The lino 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 0- Cam ttee--and- Liaison Committee responsibilities. 713. A. The -process of drafting district standards (step #1) shall not months. exceed nine (9) B. The process of revising standards (step. #1) shal1.not- exceed six (6) months. C. The process of drafting and approving final standards (steps #2 to #10) shall not exceed ninety (90) days.