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(A) From and after the adoption by City Council of a supplemental zoning map designating property with the Historic Preservation HP suffix, any removal or demolition of structures or construction, alteration or remodeling of structures or signs or any landscaping on such property or development of archaeological sites are subject to the provisions of this article.

(B) The owners of HP property shall maintain and preserve buildings, structures and sites at such a level that they are not a safety hazard to the occupants thereof or to the public.

(C) The HP Commission shall adopt design guidelines which shall apply to the exterior features of structures in all HP Districts. The guidelines are intended to offer assistance to property owners when building or modifying structures in the district, as well as to establish a set of standards to be used in reviewing proposals for certificates of appropriateness. The guidelines shall be a set of principles that give direction on how the parts and details of a building’s scheme or plan should be assembled involving the following categories of work in historic districts or on historic structures:

(1) Rehabilitation of historic structures;

(2) Additions or alterations to historic structures;

(3) New construction on vacant land located in historic districts or adjacent to historic structures.

(D) Design guidelines may contain provisions which modify the standards for signs contained in the Goodyear Zoning Ordinance. Such modifications may not change the safety or permit provisions of that article, but may specify size, height, placement, numbers, materials and lighting of signs. Further, these guidelines may specify the location of off street parking areas, driveways, screening or landscaping or parking areas and the required number of off street parking or loading spaces as contained in the Goodyear Zoning Ordinance. If any of these provisions are to be contained in design guidelines, the guidelines shall be approved according to the procedures contained in § 23-1-7.

(E) No building, permanent sign or other structure within an HP District may be erected, demolished, moved, restored, rehabilitated, reconstructed, altered or changed in exterior appearance until plans for such activities have been submitted to and approved by the Historic Preservation Officer or the HP Commission and a Certificate of No Effect, a Certificate of Appropriateness or a demolition approval is issued. Failure to comply with a stipulation, guideline or plan made a part of any of these approvals shall constitute a violation of this article. An approved plan shall be binding upon the applicant, the owner and their successors and assignees. No building permit shall be issued for any building or structure not in accord with the plan except that temporary facilities may be permitted in conjunction with construction. No structure or other element specified on the plan shall be eliminated or altered or provided in another manner, unless an amendment is approved in conjunction with the procedures for original approval.

(F) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent ordinary maintenance or repair of any structure in the HP District which does not alter or modify the historic character of the structure. Demolition of a structured without obtaining a demolition approval shall constitute a violation of this article. (Ord. 2001-748, passed 6-25-2001)