HomeMy WebLinkAboutUntitled (2)CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS PROCEDURES
I. Certificates of Appropriateness are required generally for
the construction, reconstruction, alteration, demolition or moving of
any exterior feature of any building, structure or use in a historic
district or for a historic landmark, and particularly as follows:
A. Material change in the exterior appearance
existing buildings classified as historical by
additions, reconstruction, alteration or
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B. Any new construction of a principal or
accessory building or structure.
C. Material change in or new construction of
walls, fences, steps, light fixtures or paving.
D. Material change in exterior appearance of
existing contemporary buildings by addition,
reconstruction, alteration, or maintenance
involving exterior color change.
E. Material changes in landscaping or lawn.
F. Erection or removal of any sign.
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II. Statement of purpose for granting or denying certificates
of appropriateness.
A. To preserve the integrity, character and
cohesiveness of historic buildings in historic
districts.
B. To insure compatibility between existing
historical buildings and proposed contemporary
structures and materials.
III. Guidelines for determining appropriateness.
A. Commission to consider:
1. Purpose of historic preservation.
2. Historical, architectural and cultural
significance and value of buildings or
districts.
3. Materials, color, texture of buildings in
question including signs, relationship of
similar features among buildings in district.
B. Commission to weigh the following:
1. Significance of preservation and
appropriateness of proposed construction.
2. Hardship to owner.
3. Value to public/detriment to public
welfare if proposed work is permitted but not
deemed appropriate.
a. Educational
b. Recreational
c. Aesthetic
C. Commission to determine strictness of
application of standards among various districts,
with all districts to be treated uniformly and
equally.
IV. Prior to commencement of ANY work on landmarks or buildings
in a historic district, owner must:
A. Apply for certificate of appropriateness on
the Commission's prescribed form and include:
1. Materials to be used with samples (if
available).
2. Detailed written description of project,
including scale, dimensions, construction
method, finishes, manufacturers brochures,
specs, if available.
3. Site photograph.
4. Permit fee of three dollars.
B. File further information if:
1. Project is "in kind" replacement - a list
of replaced and new materials is required.
2. Landscape alterations are to be made - a
site plan showing dimensions and relationship
of the landscape alteration to the main
structure.
3. other projects including reconstruction,
new construction and replacement which is not
identical to the existing structure or does
not currently exist but is known to have
existed in the past, require all items listed
above as well as architectural drawings in
plan and elevation to scale with dimensions
specified as appropriate.
V. The Commission will consider applications when:
1. an application is complete, i.e. when all
pertinent information as required in Section
IV above has been received by the Commission
office, then
2. the application will be placed on the
agenda of the next certificate of
appropriateness committee meeting or full
Commission meeting whichever comes first,
then
3. the Commission will act within thirty days
after receipt of a completed application,
i.e., when all information required by the
Commission is submitted.
4. Completed applications received before
4:00 p.m. the first Friday of the month will
be placed on the agenda for that month. All
applications received after that time will be
placed on the agenda of the next committee or
Commission meeting.
VI. Procedure of Commission upon receipt of completed
certificate of appropriateness application.
A. The Commission may approve, deny, or approve
in modified form any application.
B. If an applicant chooses not to accept a
proposed modification of his application, that
application will be considered denied.
C. The Commission will hold public hearings on
applications for certificates of appropriateness
to allow an opportunity for proponents and
opponents of individual proposals to present their
views to the Commission.
D. Commission notice requirements for holding a
public hearing:
(the Commission needs to determine these
notice procedures).
E. Where necessary, the Commission will seek
outside technical advice in order to determine the
appropriateness of the project.
VII. Hardship.
Only an unusual, unreasonable and substantial financial
hardship particular to an applicant and not common to
property owners generally in
sufficient grounds to excuse
of historic preservation.
VIII. Decisions of the Commission.
a historic district will be
compliance with the standards
A. The Commission will inform an owner within 15
number of days of its decision.
B. Applicants will be notified of the
Commission's decision in written form. The notice
will contain the date of the application, identity
of the property, and a brief explanation of the
reasons if the application is denied.
A41; "` C. Failure of the Commission to act within 45
days after receipt of a completed application
shall constitute approval of the application.
IX. APPEALS
A. Applicants may appeal denial of a
certification of appropriateness to the Common
Council.
B. An appeal must be made in writing within 30
days of the date the denial was issued, and the
applicant must submit a copy of the appeal to the
Historic Preservation Commission at its business
office within 3 days of the appeal.
C. An appeal to the Common Council must state
with specificity why the Historic Preservation
Commission's denial Qf the certificate, of
appropriateness was erroneous or II—ega,l,
X.., Any work performed on a historical landmark or in a
historic district which does not conform with the certificate of
appropriateness issued on the project, will be halted before its
completion.
XI. A certificate of appropriateness concerns historic integrity
only and shall not be construed as any.warranty of the structure's
engineering soundness or safety.
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