§ 6-3004. Procedures for designation or amendment of a historic district.

A.

Application for the creation or amendment of a historic district, for the designation of landmarks and landmark sites or for the withdrawal of such designation, may be made by the historic architectural review committee, the planning commission, the board of supervisors, the property owner, or the owners of sixty percent (60%) of the lots within a proposed historic district. The application shall be filed with the zoning administrator and shall contain such information as the zoning administrator shall prescribe.

B.

Upon receipt of an application, the zoning administrator shall refer such application to the historic architectural review committee and the planning commission.

C.

The planning commission and the historic architectural review committee shall hold a public hearing, which may be held jointly, to review such application. Within one hundred (100) days after the public hearing, the planning commission and the historic architectural review committee shall forward their independent reports to the board of supervisors.

D.

The reports shall address the effect of the designation of the proposed district on future development of the county, and may address such other matters as they shall deem appropriate. The commission and the committee shall recommend to the board of supervisors that the proposed district either be designated, be designated with altered boundaries, or not be designated.

E.

An application to withdraw the designation of an exiting historic district may be made when the original reason for the designation no longer exist.

F.

After receiving the reports and recommendations of the historic architectural review committee and the planning commission, the board of supervisors shall conduct a public hearing to consider the request for designation or amendment of a historic district. (7-7-05; 7-17-14; 7-19-18.)