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2r ti 160A-400.14. Delay in demolition of landmarks and buildings within historic district. (ai An application for a certificate of appropria:eness authorizing the relocation., demolition car destruction of a tir.sigrated iandlnark or a building, structure or site within the di,, tnct may not he aenied except as provided in subsection (c'r. however, the effective date of such a certificate may be delayed for a period of up to 365 days from the date of approval. The. maximum period of delay authorized by this section shall he reduced by the commission where it finds that the owner would suffer extreme hardship or he permanently de- prived of all b<mcnciai use of or return from such property by virtue of the. delay'. During such period the preservation commission shall ne`ntiate with the owner a:id" with any other nartie: in aIi effort to find a means of;:rr_er�ing the huiidirg or site. If the preservation commission ants that a building or site within a district has no special significance or value toward maintaining the character of a alstric'., it shall waive all or part of such period and authorize ear• her demolition, or removal, If the. commission or planning agency has voted to recommend deli�nation of a property a� a landmark or desiz i CQ � *•13tion of Rr. area as a district, and final designation has not been made by the local 1 governing hoard, the. demoiit'ion or destruction of any building, site, or structure. located on the property of the proposed landmark or in • the proposed district may be delayed by the commission or planning I118 1 , • IL 1 RECEIVED FROM 9157327957 P. FEB-19-1093 10:33 FROM COLEMAN GLEDHILL HARGRAVE TO PLANNING P.E3 §160A-402 CITIES AND TOWNS §I6OA-411 agency for a period of up to 180 days or until the local governing • board takes final action on the designation.. whichever occurs first, Co) The governing board of ar:). municipality may enact an ordi• nance to prevent the demolition by neglect of any designated land- mark or any building or structure within an established historic • district. Such ordinance shall provide appropriate safeguards to protect property owners from undue economic hardship. , (c) An application for a certificate of appropriateness authorizing i the demolition or destruction of a building, site, or structure dctcr- mined by the State Historic Preservation Officer as havin state• • wide 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 oy virtue of the denial. • (19e9, c. 706, s. 2; 1991, c. 51.1. s. 1.) • • Effect of Amendments.--The 1991 the first Reateuce and subxtituted"365" • amendment, effective July 2; 1991, in for "1K" in tine second sentence:. subsection cat inserted "relocation" -in ' t