Any person, group of persons, or association, including, but not
limited to, the CHPC, may present to the City Council a petition requesting
that a defined geographic area be designated as an historic district.
The City Clerk shall supply, upon request, the application forms.
Completed forms shall be submitted to the City Council, which shall
forward them to the Commission for its consideration and recommendations.
(1)
The petition shall contain the names of no less than 51% of
the property owners; or, if leaseholders, with a five-year or longer
leasehold interest, are signatories to the petition, then the petition
shall contain no less than 51% of the property owners and leaseholders.
(2)
Upon receipt of the application, the Secretary of the Commission
shall schedule a public hearing to be held within 30 days after preliminary
approval of the application.
(3)
Notice of date, time, place, and purpose of the public hearing shall be sent by mail to owners of record and to the nominators as well as to the adjoining property owners, not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. A public notice also shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the City. The notice shall state the location of the property and include a statement summarizing how the proposed district meets the criteria set forth in §
187-4.1 of this chapter.
(4)
During the public hearing, the Commission shall review and evaluate
the application according to the criteria established by this chapter.
(5)
If the Commission finds at the time that the application merits
further consideration, then the Commission may table the request until
its next regularly scheduled meeting.