2010-03 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTERS 7, 11, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, 35, 41, 41.1, 44, 49, 49.1, 57, 63, 67, 67.1, 67.2, 68, 69, 70, 70.1, AND 74

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CHAPTER 31, SECTION 20) "Historic Preservation Administrator" means the person appointed by the City Manager, from the Planning and Building Services Department, to undertake the responsibilities assigned by this Chapter and to assist the Commission in the implementation of this Chapter. SECTION 5. APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATION AS A LANDMARK OR HISTORIC DISTRICT. Any person, group of persons, corporation or association may apply to the Commission for the designation of a Landmark or Historic District. Application for such shall be filed with the Historic Preservation Administrator on forms provided by said officer, which forms shall require such information as is deemed necessary by said officer to effect the provisions of this Chapter. The Historic Preservation Administrator shall forward all completed application forms to the Commission and to the Assistant City Manager for Development Services Planning and Building Services Department Direetef of theEeenefnie and Ur- Development T,. n SECTION 6. RECOMMENDATION OF ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. After receipt of a completed application form seeking the designation of a property or area as a Landmark or Historic District, the Assistant City Manager for Development Services Planning and Building Services Department Dire,for of the E,,,,.,,,f,. i and T fban Development r epai4fne„. shall file with the Historic Preservation Administrator a written opinion as to the effect of the proposed designation on the surrounding neighborhood, the relationship of said proposal to the Official Comprehensive Plan of the City, and any other planning considerations relevant to said proposal. The written opinion shall also include a recommendation as to whether said proposal should be approved, rejected or approved with modifications. No action may be taken by the Commission on such proposal until it has received the written opinion of said Director as required herein. SECTION 7. PUBLIC HEARING ON DESIGNATION OF LANDMARK OR HISTORIC DISTRICT. A. The Commission shall schedule a public hearing on the proposed designation of a property or area as a Landmark or Historic District, said hearing to be held before the Commission within forty-five (45) days following the receipt by the Commission of the written opinion of the Assistant City Manager for Development Services Planning and Building Services Department Direeter- of e Eeenefnie and Ur-ban Development Dep ens regarding such designation. Notice of the date, time, place and purpose of the public hearing shall be sent by certified mail to the owners of record of the property proposed for designation as herein provided. Such notice to owners must be given not less than fifteen (15) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to said hearing, and notice shall be considered given for the purposes hereof on the date of mailing. Notice of said hearing shall also be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the City of Decatur, Illinois, said notice to be published not less than five (5) days nor more than ten (10) days prior to the hearing. Notice published as required herein shall state the street address and legal description of a proposed Landmark and the boundaries of a proposed Historic District. SECTION 10. INTERIM CONTROL. No building or demolition permit shall be issued by the Building Inspections Manager Supe,-into den* of Building inspeet for any area or property proposed for designation as a Landmark or Historic District from the date of the filing with the Historic Preservation Administrator of the written opinion of the Assistant City Manager for Development Services Planning and Building Services Department DifeEtef of the Ecenomie and Urban Development r,o„,,Ament, as required by Section 6 hereof, until the final disposition by the Council. Such prohibition shall only extend to those areas or properties which the Assistant City Manager for Development Services Planning and Building Services Department