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30 <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 />G.S.160A- 400.14 permits a delay of up to 180 days where <br />a historic site or structure is threatened with demolition. A <br />delay is permissible even in those situations where a <br />landmark or district has been recommended for designation, <br />but the Board of Commissioners has not yet acted. The delay <br />period may be reduced in hardship cases. The delay period is <br />to be used to see if there is any ways of saving a site or <br />structure. <br />2. . The Board of Commissioners may enact an ordinance <br />to prevent the demolition by neglect of any designated <br />landmark or any structure or building within the <br />established historic district. Such ordinance shall <br />provide appropriate safeguards to protect property <br />owners from undue hardship. <br />G.S.160A- 400.14 permits the Board of Commissioners to <br />take preventive action, via an, ordinance, to keep property <br />owners from deliberately allowing a site or structure to <br />deteriorate to the point that he /she achieves its removal <br />through the natural forces of aging. <br />3. An application for a Certificate of Appropriateness <br />authorizing the demolition of a building, structure or <br />site determined by the N.C. State Historic Preservation <br />Office as having statewide significance as defined in <br />the criteria of the National Register of Historic Places <br />may be denied except where the Commission finds that the <br />owner would suffer extreme hardship or be permanently <br />deprived of all beneficial use or return by virtue of <br />the denial. <br />If a site or structure of statewide significance is <br />proposed for demolition, the Commission may deny the <br />application for a Certificate of Appropriateness, provided <br />the owner would not suffer extreme hardship (G.S.16OA- <br />400.14). <br />