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4 f' <br /> Section 4.8 Time Limitations on Certificates of <br /> Appropriateness <br /> A Certificate of Appropriateness shall expire six (6) <br /> months after the date of issuance or, in the case of <br /> demolition, six (6) months after the effective date of the <br /> Certificate, if the work authorized by the Certificate has <br /> not been commenced. If, after commencement, the work is <br /> discontinued for a period of six (6) months, the Certificate <br /> shall expire immediately. No work authorized by a <br /> Certificate that has expired shall thereafter be performed <br /> until a new Certificate has been secured. <br /> There are no provisions in the General Statutes <br /> governing time limits on Certificates of Appropriateness. The <br /> time limits proposed are similar to those applicable to <br /> building permits and insure that work is accomplished in an <br /> expedient manner. <br /> Section 4.9 Delay in Demolition of Landmarks and Buildings <br /> within Historic Districts <br /> 1. An application for a Certificate of Appropriateness <br /> authorizing the demolition or destruction of a <br /> designated landmark or a building, structure or site <br /> within a historic district may not be denied except as <br /> provided in Subsection 3 below. However, the effective <br /> date of such a Certificate may be delayed for up to 180 <br /> days from the date of approval. The period of delay <br /> shall be reduced by the Commission if it finds that the <br /> owner would suffer extreme hardship or be permanently <br /> deprived of all beneficial use or return from such <br /> property by virtue of the delay. During the delay <br /> period, the Commission shall negotiate with the owner in <br /> an effort to find a means of preserving the building, <br /> structure or site. If the Commission finds that a <br /> building, structure or site has no special significance <br /> or value toward maintaining the character of a district, <br /> it shall waive all or part of such period of delay and <br /> authorize earlier demolition or removal. <br /> If the Commission or Planning Board has voted to <br /> recommend the designation of a landmark or the <br /> designation of an area as a historic district, and final <br /> designation has not been made by the County <br /> Commissioners, the demolition or destruction of any <br /> building, structure or site in the proposed district or <br /> on the property of the designated landmark may be <br /> delayed by the Commission or the Planning Board for up <br /> to 180 days or until the County Commissioners take final <br /> action on the designation, which ever occurs first. <br />