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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2000-161 BY: COUNCII.MAN GAREAU AN ORDINANCE CREATING NEW SECTION 165.16 OF CHAPTER 165 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, ENTITLED "PROCEDURE FOR MINOR CHANGES," IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH AN EXPEDITE,D APPROVAL PROCEDURE FOR MINOR CHANGES TO HISTORICAL STRUCTURES AND OTHER STRUCTURES LOCATED IN HISTORICAL DISTRICTS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, on May 5, 1999, tius Council adopted Ordinance No. 99-40, which created a comprehensive process for reviewing building and demolition permits involving historical structures and non-historical structures located in lustorical districts of the City; and WHE.REAS, during the past several year, in the course of administering the process established by Ordinance No. 9940, the Landmarks Commission has been required to hold hearings on building permit applications which ha.ve involved minor matters which did not lave any significarn impact on the historical structures or historical districts involved; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council, in order to improve and streamline the administrative process created by Ordinance No. 99-40, to create and provide for a minor change procedure wlpch would authorize the Landmarks Commission to dispense with review of applications for building pernut applications which only involve minor changes to historical structures, or to non- historical structures located in historical districts; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH 4LMSTED, COIINTY OF CiIYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That there be and is hereby crea.ted new Section 165.16 of Chapter 165 of the North Olmsted Codified Ordinances, entitled "Procedure for Muior Changes," which, as created, sha11 read in its entirety as follows: 165.16 PROCEDURE FOR "MINOR CHANGES." (a) Definition. "Muior change" sha11 mean and refer to any proposed alteration, rehabilitation, restoration, construction or other improvement of any designated Landmark or any other building loca.ted within the Landmarks District which would, but for the Minor Change procedure herein, be subject to full and formal hearing requirements to obtain a Certificate of Appropriateness, and which proposal may be expedited for review by the Landmarks Commission due to its consistency with the overall public purpose of this Chapter and, upon the opinion of the Building Official, that the proposal is limited in scope and in scale relative to the design criteria and guidelines herein, or in the opinion of the Building Official, the proposal is of sufficient urgency to be considered for expedited review herein. Minor changes sha11 include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) The installation of driveways, sidewalks, walkways or other similar land surface improvements, so long as the original configurations is not changed; (2) Patios and decks located in the rear yard and do not involve any changes to the landmark structure itself, or to the main building on property located in a landmark district; ? ..?«ur