§ 125-96. Conservation districts.

(a)

In an ordinance approving the establishment of an historic district, the city may provide that the establishment occur in two phases. Under the first phase, which lasts three years from the date the ordinance is adopted, a certificate of appropriateness is required only for the activities described in section 125-56(1)a, (1)b, and (1)d. At the end of the first phase, the district becomes fully established, and, subject to subsection (b) of this section, a certificate of appropriateness must be issued by the commission before a permit may be issued for or work may begin on an activity described in section 125-56.

(b)

The first phase described in subsection (a) of this section continues and the second phase does not become effective if a majority of the property owners in the district object to the commission in writing to the requirement that certificates of appropriateness be issued for the activities described in section 125-56(1)c, (2)a and b. The objections must be received by the commission not earlier than 180 days or later than 60 days before the third anniversary of the adoption of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived.

(Code 1985, § 160.17; Ord. No. 3793, 12-6-1993; Ord. No. 4343, 11-16-1998)