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• Section 7. CHAPTER 21, ZONING, ARTICLE 6.5 HISTORIC PRESERVATION <br />COMMISSION, Section 21-117.2.(d), Powers and duties, be deleted <br />in its entirety and replaced by the following section: <br />(d) Survev, identifv, plan for and advise the Common <br />Council and the Area Plan Commission concerninq the establishment <br />of Historic Preservation Districts. Survev, identifvt plan for <br />and advise the Common Council concerning the designation of <br />historic landmarks. <br />The Historic Preservation Commission shall recommend <br />the desianation of historic landmarks and the establishment of <br />Historic Preservation Districts on the basis of historical and <br />cultural sianificance. educational value and suitabilitv for <br />preservation. <br />Historic landmarks shall be desianated and Historic <br />Preservation Districts shall be established by the Common Council <br />throuah the passaae of an ordinance. Said ordinance shall be <br />initiated in the usual manner: By the Common Council; by a <br />petition of the owners of fiftv (50) percent or more of the <br />subject area: or by the Area Plan Commission. <br />If anv proposed ordinance is introduced to the Common <br />Council for the nuroose of creatina a new Historic Preservation <br />District. or renealina, alterina. or modifvina an established <br />Historic Preservation District, then prior to referral to the <br />Area Plan Commission, the proposed ordinance shall be referred bv_ <br />the Common Council to the Historic Preservation Commission which <br />shall hold a public hearina within ninetv (90) days of the <br />referral, unless such public hearing was conducted by the <br />Historic Preservation Commission prior to introduction of the <br />• proposed ordinance which shall satisfv this reauirement of a <br />public hearina. The public hearing before the Historic <br />Preservation Commission shall be for the purpose of hearing <br />comments on the proposed ordinance and for the purpose of <br />delivering either a favorable or unfavorable recommendation to <br />the Common Council. Notice of such hearina shall be aiven to all <br />owners of property in the affected Historic Preservation <br />District. Failure of the Historic Preservation Commission to <br />deliver a recommendation within ninetv (90) days followina <br />referral by the Common Council shall be considered a favorable <br />recommendation. <br />If anv proposed ordinance is introduced to the Common <br />Council for the purnose of creatina a new historic landmark. or <br />renealina. alterina. or modifvina an established historic <br />landmark, then prior to the Common Council's public hearing, the <br />proposed ordinance shall be referred by the Common Council to the <br />Historic Preservation Commission which shall hold a public <br />hearina within ninetv (90) days of the referral, unless such <br />public hearina was conducted by the Historic Preservation <br />Commission prior to introduction of the proposed ordinance which <br />shall satisfv this requirement of a public hearing. The public <br />hearina before the Historic Preservation Commission shall be for <br />the purpose of hearina comments on the proposed ordinance and for <br />the purpose of deliverina either a favorable or unfavorable <br />recommendation to the Common Council. Notice of such hearing <br />shall be aiven to all owners of the affected historic landmark. <br />Failure of the Historic Preservation Commission to deliver a <br />recommendation within ninetv (90) days followina referral by the <br />40 <br />Page 3 <br />