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

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(c) The Board of Commissioners may enact an ordinance to prevent the demolition by - neglect of any designated landmark or any structure or building within the established historic district. Such ordinance shall provide appropriate safeguards to protect property owners from undue hardship. (d) An application for a Certificate of Appropriateness authorizing the demolition of a building, structure or site determined by the N.C. State Historic Preservation Office as having statewide significance as defined in the criteria of the National Register of Historic Places may be denied except where the Commission finds that the owner would suffer extreme hardship or be permanently deprived of all beneficial use or return by virtue of the denial. Article 6. Remedies and Legal Status Provisions Amended 8/8/1994 Section 6.1 Remedies In case any building, structure, site, area or object designated as a landmark or within a historic district is about to be demolished, whether as a result of deliberate neglect or otherwise, materially altered, remodeled, removed or destroyed, except in compliance with this Ordinance, the Board of Commissioners or the Commission, with the approval of the Board of Commissioners, may institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful demolition, destruction, material alteration, remodeling or removal; to restrain, correct or abate such violation; or to prevent any illegal act or conduct with respect to such a building, structure, site, area or object. Such remedies shall be in addition to any others authorized by Article 6, Chapter 153A of the North Carolina General Statutes, G.S. § 153A -123 for violation of a county ordinance. Section 6.2 Conflict with other Laws Whenever this Ordinance or any ordinance adopted pursuant to Part 3C of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes requires a longer waiting period or imposes other higher standards with respect to a designated historic landmark or district than are established under any other statute, charter provision or regulation, the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply. Whenever the provisions of any other statute, charter provisions, ordinance or regulation require a longer waiting period or impose other higher standards than are established in this Ordinance, such statute, charter provision, ordinance or regulation shall govern. Adopted this 1st day of April, 1991. Amended February 22, 2006 Amended October 5, 2010