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has recommended that the property be designated as an historic landmark as outlined in Article IV <br /> of the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the State Historic Preservation Office , an agency of the Office of Archives <br /> and History of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources , has reviewed <br /> and commented on the findings of the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission for the <br /> designation of the Davis Cotton Gin and Press as a historic landmark, as required by Chapter <br /> 160D , Article 9 , as amended, of the General Statutes of North Carolina and the Orange County <br /> Historic Preservation Ordinance ; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of <br /> Orange County, North Carolina that : <br /> Section 1 . The property known as the Davis Cotton Gin and Press , located in Chapel Hill <br /> Township , Orange County, North Carolina jurisdictional area (including the barn, gin and press <br /> machinery) and approximately 1 . 5 acres of the larger parcel of land listed under PIN number <br /> 9862611999 and more particularly described in Attachments A and B is hereby designated a <br /> historic landmark . <br /> Section 2 . This landmark shall be subject to Chapter 160D , Article 9 of the General <br /> Statutes of North Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance, and any <br /> amendments as may be made to either set of regulations . <br /> Section 3 . The owner(s) and occupant(s) of the property known as the Davis Cotton Gin <br /> and Press be given notice of this ordinance as required by applicable law, and that copies of this <br /> ordinance be filed and indexed in the office of the County Clerk, Orange County Register of <br /> Deeds , Orange County Tax Supervisor and Orange County Department of Environment, <br /> Agriculture , Parks and Recreation, as required by the applicable law. <br /> Section 4 . In accordance with Chapter 160D , Article 9 of the General Statutes of North <br /> Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance, the exterior and site features <br /> of all historic landmarks are always under the purview of the Historic Preservation <br /> Commission ' s Certificate of Appropriateness provisions . In the case of Davis Cotton Gin and <br /> Press , this designation includes the historic gin and press and associated machinery and <br /> components . The site features include the historic landscape surrounding the barn that houses the <br /> gin . The HPC shall determine Certificates of Appropriateness for the Davis Cotton Gin and Press <br /> based on the HPC ' s approved design standards , with reference to the designation ordinance , the <br /> application materials and the designation report . <br /> Section 5 : In accordance with Section 44 - 75 of the Orange County Historic Preservation <br /> Ordinance, there shall be certain delays in demolition . Consistent with that requirement, nothing <br /> in this ordinance shall be construed to prevent or delay ordinary maintenance or repair of any <br /> architectural feature in or on said landmark that does not involve a change in design, material or <br /> outer appearance thereof, nor to prevent or delay the construction, reconstruction, alteration, <br /> restoration, demolition or removal of any feature when a building inspector or similar official <br /> certifies to the Commission that such action is required for the public safety because of an unsafe <br />