2017-07 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapters 7, 11, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, 35, 41, 44, 48, 49, 49.1, 63, 67, 68, 70, 70.1

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application forms to the Commission and to the Director of the Economic and Community Development Department. 6. RECOMMENDATION OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. After receipt of a completed application form seeking the designation of a property or area as a Landmark or Historic District, the Director of the Economic and Community Development Department 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. 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 Director of the Economic and Community Development Department 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. 10. INTERIM CONTROL. No building or demolition permit shall be issued by the Building Inspections Manager 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 Director of the Economic and Community Development Department, 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 Director of the Economic and Community Development Department recommends for approval in said opinion. In no event shall the prohibition required hereby extend for more than four(4)months. Section 7. That Chapter 32 of the City Code of the City of Decatur be, and the same is hereby, repealed in its entirety. Section 8. That Section 2 of Chapter 34 of the City Code of the City of Decatur be, and the same is hereby, amended and modified so that said Section 2 of Chapter 34 shall provide as follows: