Legal Documents of Sweetwater

No ordinance designating a historic district or a historic landmark may be adopted until the following procedural steps have been taken:

1. The Sweetwater Historical Zoning Commission shall prepare and adopt rules of procedure and prepare and adopt design guidelines not inconsistent with Tennessee Code Annotated 13-7-401 et. seq., or this chapter for altering, restoring, moving, or demolishing properties designated as historic districts or landmarks.

   Before said design guidelines are adopted, the proposed design guidelines shall be forwarded to the mayor and board of commissioners for their review and approval. The Sweetwater Historical Zoning Commission shall then hold a public hearing on the proposed guidelines with a minimum 15 days notice of the time and place of said public bearing prior to their adoption of the design guidelines.

2. The Sweetwater Historical Zoning Commission shall prepare and submit to the Sweetwater Planning Commission a designation report, as described in § 14-906, of the historic, architectural, educational, or cultural significance of each building, structure, site, area, or object proposed for designation. The Sweetwater Planning Commission shall then forward its recommendation, along with the report from the Sweetwater Historical Zoning Commission, to the mayor and board of commissioners for their review and consideration.
3. The mayor and board of commissioners shall hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance of designation with a minimum 15 days public notice of the time and place of said public hearing. Following the public hearing, the mayor and board of commissioners may adopt the ordinance of designation with any amendments it deems necessary, or reject the proposed ordinance. (as added by Ord. #781, April 2006)