1. (a) A person may not construct on Meridian Street property a structure or feature or reconstruct, alter, or demolish Meridian Street property unless the following conditions have been met:

   1. (1) The person has previously filed with the commission an application for a certificate of appropriateness in the form and with the plans, specifications, and other materials that the commission prescribes.
   2. (2) A certificate of appropriateness has been issued by the commission as provided in this section.

2. (b) After the filing of an application for a certificate of appropriateness, the commission shall determine whether the proposed construction, reconstruction, or alteration of the structure in question:

   1. (1) will be appropriate to the preservation of the area comprised of Meridian Street and bordering property; and
   2. (2) complies with the architectural and construction standards then existing in the area.
3. (c) In determining appropriateness, the commission shall consider, in addition to other factors that the commission considers pertinent, the historical and architectural style, general design, arrangement, size, texture, and materials of the proposed work and the relation of the proposed work to the architectural factor of other structures in the area. The department of metropolitan development may not issue a permit for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, or demolition of a structure in the area unless the application for the permit is accompanied by a certificate of appropriateness.

4. (d) The issuance of or refusal to issue a permit is a final determination appealable under section 64 of this chapter. With respect to a certificate of appropriateness, the commission may, by rule or regulation, provide for:

   1. (1) the public hearings;
   2. (2) notice of the hearings; or

   3. (3) the filing of the application for the certificate;

      that the commission considers necessary.

5. (e) Notwithstanding this section, the commission may, by rule or regulation:

   1. (1) define; and

   2. (2) exempt from the application of this section;

      specific types and categories of construction, reconstruction, alterations, and demolition for which the commission determines commission action and review are not necessary or desirable to effect the purposes of this chapter.

      [Pre-1995 Title 14 Recodification Citation: 14-3-3.2-17(a) part, (b), (c), (d).]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.83.