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File #: 100110    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Placed On File
File created: 5/4/2010 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 2/27/2013
Effective date:    
Title: A substitute ordinance relating to the authority of the historic preservation commission to designate persons to administratively approve applications for certificates of appropriateness.
Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN
Indexes: HISTORIC PRESERVATION, HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Attachments: 1. Fiscal Note, 2. Letter from the City Attorney Saying Unable to Sign, 3. Hearing Notice List
Number
100110
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the authority of the historic preservation commission to designate persons to administratively approve applications for certificates of appropriateness.
Sections
320-21-11-b rc
Analysis
This ordinance provides that the historic preservation commission may designate one or more persons to administratively approve applications for certificates of appropriateness without commission approval, provided that the commission shall first adopt a written policy on the types of work which may be administratively approved. In reviewing an application for a certificate of appropriateness, a designated person shall consider the same factors the commission is required to consider when it reviews a certificate application. Any applicant aggrieved by the decision of a designated person may appeal the decision to the commission, which shall set a public hearing date within 30 days of the designated person’s decision.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 320-21-11-b of the code is repealed and recreated to read:

320-21. Historic Preservation Commission.

11. REGULATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION AND DEMOLITION.

b. Review. b-1. Upon receipt of an application from the city clerk’s office, the commission shall review the project at its next regular meeting. The commission may find the project appropriate and direct a certificate to be issued or it shall set a public hearing date within 30 days of its original review.

b-2. The commission may designate one or more persons to administratively approve applications for certificates of appropriateness without commission approval, provided that the commission shall first adopt a written policy on the types of work which may be administratively approved. In reviewing an application for a certificate of appropriateness, a design...

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