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acteristics such as height, setbacks and side yards as well as their distinctive
<br />exterior fagade design elements including, but not limited to, porches and
<br />steps, masonry, stoops, cornices and trims, doors and windows and other ar-
<br />chitectural styles and features, which over the years created a neighborhood
<br />environment and streetscape that brought neighbors together.
<br />In a correspondence from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office dated May
<br />5, 1992, their opinion is that the entire City constitutes a single historic dis-
<br />trict, eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. As stat-
<br />ed in their letter, "The City is significant as a late nineteenth and early twen-
<br />tieth century streetcar suburb. The City is also unique in that for a commu-
<br />nity of its size and density it retains remarkable integrity to convey both its
<br />historic and architectural significance."
<br />As a result of the Ohio Historic Preservation findings, the Qi, encourages
<br />conservation, preservation, redevelopment, and revitalization of residential
<br />neighborhoods to preserve their unique environments and for the public
<br />welfare of the Qj,. The City acknowledges as a matter of public policy that
<br />the preservation and protection of residential neighborhoods is required for
<br />the health, safety and welfare of the people.
<br />(b) Requirements Before Demolition or Removal of Principal Structures on
<br />Residential Properties. No demolition or removal of a principal structure,
<br />built in 1945 or earlier, in an RIH Single- Family, high density, RIM Sin-
<br />gle- Family, medium density, RIL Single - Family, low density, R2 Single -
<br />and Two - Family, L Lagoon, MH Multiple - Family, high density and ML
<br />Multiple - Family, low density, Residential Districts shall be permitted unless
<br />and until one (1) of the following conditions is satisfied:
<br />(1) The Safety Director of the City authorizes the Commissioner to grant a
<br />demolition or removal permit, based on causes such as fire or other
<br />source of property damage or toss, in order to remedy conditions im-
<br />mediately dangerous to life, health or property, or to remedy a nui-
<br />sance, as jointly determined and recommended by the Commissioner,
<br />the Fire Chief, the Cily Engineer and the Director of the Division of
<br />Health; or
<br />(2) The passage of 180 days following application to the Commissioner for
<br />a demolition permit or permit to move a principal structure, during
<br />which time the applicant has further made good faith application to all
<br />required boards and commissions of the Q1, for approval of a new
<br />principal structure at the location of such property; or
<br />(3) The proposed principal structure at the location of such property con-
<br />forms to the design requirements set forth in Chapter 1325 of the Build-
<br />ing Code and has been approved by the Architectural Board of Review,
<br />and by any other required boards and commissions of the City, in order
<br />to proceed with the new principal structure. In addition, notwithstand-
<br />ing any other requirements, all approvals for such proposed principal
<br />structure shall be based on the following factors:
<br />A. The proposed principal structure is consistent with the Code, the
<br />Vision and the "Standards for Rehabilitation" adopted by the U.S.
<br />Secretary of the Interior, as stated in Title 36 of the Code of Feder-
<br />al Regulations, Part 1208 (Formerly of Part 67); and
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