Implement and administer Chapter 72, Article 2, Administration, § 72-23.1, Design Review - Historic District certificates of appropriateness, and Chapter 72, Article 3, § 72-34.1, Old and Historic Fredericksburg District, which pertains to the Old and Historic Fredericksburg District. Based upon the criteria established in such ordinances, it shall be the function of the Architectural Review Board to pass upon the appropriateness of any exterior construction, reconstruction, exterior addition or alteration, exterior restoration, razing, relocation, or demolition of any building or structure within the Old and Historic Fredericksburg District, wherever the exterior features of such building or structure are visible from the public right-of-way;
Provide advisory review regarding the appropriateness of any exterior construction, reconstruction, exterior addition or alteration, exterior restoration, razing, relocation, or demolition of any building or structure located in the City on property owned or occupied by the City or other governmental entity outside of the Old and Historic Fredericksburg District, whenever the exterior features of such building or structure are visible from any public street or right-of-way or from any City-owned property. The City Manager shall submit plans and specifications for all such exterior improvements to the Architectural Review Board for advisory review. The Architectural Review Board may establish written guidelines for applications, public hearings, standards of appropriateness, and other necessary standards and procedures to implement the terms of this Subsection A(3). The Architectural Review Board shall promptly forward the results of such review, including all relevant supporting documentation, to the City Manager and the City Council for their consideration; and
Administer the restrictive covenants granted to the City which govern
substantial changes and new additions to the exterior appearance of
the brick structure located at 2800 Princess Anne Street, approved
by City Council by adoption of Ordinance 15-27 on November 24, 2015.
The landowner or the City Manager may appeal decisions of the ARB
under this subsection to City Council, in writing, within 30 days
of the decision.
Make comments and recommendations to the Planning Commission and
the City Council regarding the Comprehensive Plan, zoning, subdivision,
and other land use issues;
At least one other member shall have professional training or equivalent
experience in architecture, history, architectural history, archaeology,
or planning.
There shall be regular monthly meetings of the Architectural Review
Board, except that at the discretion of the chair a regular meeting
may be cancelled if there is no business pending before the Board
and after inquiry of the other members there is no known new business
to be presented.
Special meetings of the Board may be called by the chair or by two
members upon written request of the secretary. The secretary shall
mail to all members of the Board, at least five days in advance of
a special meeting, a written notice fixing the time and place of the
meeting and the purpose thereof. Written notice of a special meeting
is not required if the time of the special meeting has been fixed
at a regular meeting or if all members are present at the special
meeting or file a written waiver of notice.