ORD-2010-087 Ordinance Creating The Historic Preservation Commission of Orange County

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Section 5.5 Consideration of Application by Commission Amended 2/22/2006 10/5/2010 (a) The Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) shall submit the application for a Certificate of Appropriateness to the Commission at the first regular meeting after the expiration of the 30 -day period specified in Section 5.4 or any extension thereof. (b) Prior to the meeting of the Commission at which the application will be considered, written notice shall be sent by certified mail to the affected property owner and all adjacent owners not less than fifteen (15) days before the meeting date. Adjacent property owners are those whose names and addresses are currently listed in the Orange County tax records and whose property lies within 500 feet of the affected property. (c) Prior to the issuance or denial of a Certificate of Appropriateness, the applicant and other property owners likely to be materially affected by the application shall be given an opportunity to be heard. When deemed advisable, the Commission may hold a public hearing on any application. (d) The Commission shall endeavor to act upon applications for Certificates of Appropriateness at the meeting at which the DEAPR's report is submitted. The action on an application shall be approval, approval with conditions, or denial. The Commission may delay its decision up to ninety (90) days in order to request additional information from the applicant or to seek advice as provided in Section 5.6 (b) below. An extension of time may be granted by mutual consent of the Commission and the applicant, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days from the time that the application was deemed complete and filed the DEAPR. Section 5.6 Review Standards (a) No Certificate of Appropriateness shall be granted unless the Commission finds that the application complies with the principles and guidelines adopted by the Commission for review of such changes. It is the intent of these principles and guidelines to insure insofar as possible that the exterior portion of buildings, structures, and their appurtenant features within historic districts or on buildings, structures, sites, areas or objects designated as landmarks, shall be congruous with the historic aspects of the district or landmark. (b) As part of the review procedures, the Commission may view the premises and seek the advice of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources or other such expert advice as it may deem necessary under the circumstances. (c) The Secretary of the Interior's "Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings "shall be the sole principles and guidelines used in reviewing applications of the State of North Carolina for Certificates of Appropriateness. Section 5.7 Appeals of Commission Actions Amended IWit