(1) An owner of property listed on the local register who proposes any physical alteration or rehabilitation of the exterior of a register property, or of interior features that are listed as contributing to the significance of the property, excluding ordinary repair, maintenance and emergency repairs, must request and receive a certificate of appropriateness from the historic preservation commission for the proposed work. If a building permit is required pursuant to subtitle 30.5 SCC for the work, issuance of a certificate of appropriateness will be a precondition to issuance of a building permit.

(2) An owner who proposes to partially or completely demolish a register property must request and receive from the historic preservation commission a waiver of a certificate of appropriateness as a precondition to issuance of a permit for demolition. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003).