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October 14, 2002 <br />Page 27 of 35 <br />required: A person shall not alter a property designated a historical property within <br />a historic district or any portion thereof or designated effective right of way or place, <br />construct or maintain, expand or remove any structure on that site without that <br />person obtaining that certificate of appropriateness." That is to be obtained prior to <br />the issuance of any building permit. Now the permitting process for building permits <br />can be going on, or ongoing, simultaneously with this process. You come down if <br />you are a property owner and you want to do something to your property and it is a <br />historic district, you can apply for your certificate of appropriateness and apply for <br />your building permit at the same time. The building permit cannot be issued until <br />such time as the certificate of appropriateness is issued. It says again in (d): <br />"Application for certificate. Prior to the commencement of anywork, the owner shall <br />file an application for a certificate of appropriateness with the director of community <br />development," and it sets out the material ar information that is required. <br />Page ten, (e), at the top: "Approval of certificate. The commission shall deny, <br />approve, or approve with conditions within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the <br />application." So again this may also touch on your timing for your meetings. That <br />is why it is so important that you have a meeting at least once a month as you begin <br />to look at the timing on these. This stuff can miss a meeting if you have an <br />application pending in front of you because it requires action within thirty (30) days. <br />You have a concept which is called minor exterior alterations which leaves to the <br />Director of Community Development the authorization, the authority to authorize <br />what is called minor exterior alterations and those are to a certain extent defined in <br />subsection (c), subparagraph (c) of 7-158, minor exterior alterations: "installation <br />of, or alteration to awnings, fences, gutters and downspouts; incandescent lighting <br />fixtures; landscaping and hardscaping, comprising less than 25% of the front or side <br />yard; restoration of original architectural features that constitute a change from <br />existing conditions; painting of wood or appropriate elements that constitute a <br />change in color," etc. I would submit to you that Mr. Haynes, if he has any doubt, <br />he will punt and promptly send it to you. <br />Mr. Malone: That was my very words. <br />Mr. Schenk: I have the feeling that will probably be the rule of thumb. Unless it clearly meets one <br />of these criteria in the definition then it will be treated as a matter for the commission <br />to consider. <br />7-159 is important because that describes the process of an application, a certificate, <br />in the sense if you have an application for a demolition permit. And so, a demolition <br />permit cannot be, or any structure within a historic district, or designated landmark, <br />cannot be issued until the issuance of a certificate of appropriateness as well. And <br />that process is set out in these provisions under section 7-159. So you have the <br />instance of someone wanting to modify, change or do something with an existing <br />property and needing a certificate of appropriateness if it is in a historical district and <br />