§ 599.1040 — Administrative preservation application

599.1040. - Administrative preservation application.

(a) Purpose. Administrative preservation applications are administrative applications established to evaluate compliance with applicable historic design guidelines and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation for alterations that affect historic materials and will have a visual impact on designated properties or properties under interim protection. This application may review partial demolitions of non-historic buildings or structures and substantial rehabilitation projects that have an approved part 2 historic rehabilitation tax credit application by the State Historic Preservation Office and the National Park Service. (b) Procedure and decision-making body. An administrative preservation application shall be filed by any person having a legal or equitable interest in a property on a form approved by the planning director and shall be accompanied by all required supporting information as determined by the planning director. The planning director shall make decisions on administrative preservation applications, subject to appeal to the heritage preservation commission as specified in section 599.400. (c) Required findings or criteria. The planning director shall approve the administrative preservation application upon making each of the following findings: (1) The alteration is consistent with the applicable design guidelines. (2) The alteration is consistent with the applicable recommendations within the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. (3) The alteration is consistent with the spirit and intent of the preservation ordinance and the applicable policies of the comprehensive plan.

(Ord. No. 2025-053, § 1, 11-20-2025)