Legal Documents of Sweetwater

No exterior features of any structure designated as an historic landmark or within a designated historic district shall be altered, added to, remodeled, new construction, or demolished until after an application for a certificate of appropriateness of such work has been approved by the Sweetwater Historic Zoning Commission. Therefore;

1. The Sweetwater Historic Zoning Commission shall serve as a review body with the powers to approve or deny applications for certificates of appropriateness.
2. In approving or denying applications for certificates of appropriateness, the commission shall accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
3. The commission shall use its adopted design guidelines for the specific district and or landmark when reviewing an application.
4. All decisions of the commission shall be in writing and shall state the findings of the commission, its recommendations and the reasons therefore.
5. A certificate of appropriateness shall expire 6 months after its issuance if work as approved has not begun. If a certificate expires, an applicant may seek a new certificate.
6. Six months after denial of an application for certificate, the application may be resubmitted without change. A changed application may be resubmitted at any time. (as added by Ord. #781, April 2006)