1229.06 PROCEDURE FOR ESTABLISHING FUTURE LANDMARKS AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICTS.
To consider the establishment of a Historic Preservation District or Landmark, the following procedure shall be followed:
(a) The initiation of a proposal for a Historic Preservation District may be made only by one or more citizens of Springboro, or a City board, commission, or committee. The initiation of a proposal for a Landmark may be made only by the property owner or by a majority of the membership of the City Council.
(b) The proposal shall be submitted to the ARB.
(c) All known legal or equitable owners of the designated property and abutting property owners shall be notified by mail of the proposal, and their written comments requested.
(d) After review, the ARB shall forward the proposal with its recommendation and the owners’ written comments to the Planning Commission.
(e) The Planning Commission shall review the proposal, the recommendations of the ARB and the owners’ written comments and shall forward them to the City Council with a recommendation.
(f) Upon receipt of the Planning Commission’s recommendation, the City Council shall cause an appropriate ordinance to be prepared, shall schedule a public hearing on the proposed legislation, setting forth a date, time and place, and shall cause written notice to be given to the owner or any person having a legal or equitable interest in the property being proposed for designation.
(g) The City Council shall give due consideration to the findings and recommendations of the ARB and Planning Commission, to the owners’ written comments, and to the public hearing comments, in making its determination.
(h) After a decision by the City Council, the Clerk of Council shall notify all persons known to have a legal or equitable interest in said property. The Planning Commission and the ARB shall also be notified.
(i) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the City Council may at any time, after conducting a public hearing with reasonable advance written notice being mailed to the affected property owners, rescind by ordinance the designation of any area, place, building, or structure as a Landmark, Historic Preservation District or contributing structure within a Historic Preservation District.
(j) The Clerk of Council shall notify any appropriate county and/or state offices after a designation is approved or rescinded.
(k) No legislation under this section shall be rendered invalid by any failure or alleged failure of the Clerk of Council to provide a prescribed notice, by mail or otherwise, to any person. (Ord. 05-5. Passed 3-3-05.)