(1) An applicant must include within a request for a waiver of a certificate of appropriateness any information required by the historic preservation commission as set out by administrative rule.

(2) The commission shall review the request for a waiver in accordance with the commission’s administrative rules. The commission shall consider whether there is any feasible alternative to the demolition proposed.

(3) Following review of the request, the commission shall issue a waiver of a certificate of appropriateness, which shall be transmitted to the building official by the applicant.

(4) As a part of the issuance of the waiver, the commission may recommend to the building official that the applicant mitigate the demolition of register property. The commission shall support any recommended requirement of mitigation with findings of fact and conclusions. Mitigation may include, but is not limited to, an identification plaque, use of an architectural element of an historic building in new construction, and/or buffering or protection of remaining elements of an historic resource. The building official shall adopt a commission recommendation for mitigation as a condition of approval of any permit granted for partial or complete demolition of the property.

(5) After the property is partially or completely demolished, the commission shall remove the property from the local register. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003).