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31 owner would suffer extreme hardship or be permanently deprived of all beneficial use or return from such property by virtue of the delay . During the delay period, the Commission shall negotiate with the owner in an effort to find a means of preserving the building , structure or site . If the Commission finds that a building, structure or site has no special significance or value toward maintaining the character of a district, it shall waive all or part of such period of delay and authorize earlier demolition or removal . If the Commission or Planning Board has voted to recommend the designation of a landmark or the designation of an area as a historic district, and final designation has not been made by the County Commissioners , the demolition or destruction of any building, structure or site in the proposed district or on the property of the designated landmark may be delayed by the Commission or the Planning Board for up to 180 days or until the County Commissioners take final action on the designation, which ever occurs first . 2 . 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 . 3 . An application for a Certificate of Appropriateness pp pp priateness authorizing the demolition of a building Y, structure or site determined b 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 /94 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 Chapter 153A of the North Carolina General Statutes for violation of a county ordinance . Section 6 .2 Conflict with other Laws Whenever this ordinance or any ordinance adopted pursuant to Part 3 C of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes requires a longer waiting period or imposes B47