Buena Vista, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 615.00, 615.07, 615.09

Extracted standards

4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

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  • Certificate of appropriateness required

    No architectural features of any buildings or structures within the district which are subject to public view from a public street shall be altered, nor shall any building or structure, including signs, hereafter be erected, reconstructed, altered, relocated or restored within such district, unless and until an application for a certificate of appropriateness shall have been approved by the historic district review committee, or, on appeal, by the city council.

  • Certificate validity

    A certificate of appropriateness shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance.

  • Demolition certificate required

    No building or structure may be demolished in whole or in part, or moved from one location to another, unless and until an application for a certificate of appropriateness shall have been approved by the historic district review committee, or, on appeal, by the city council.

  • Minor construction exclusion

    Minor construction or reconstruction projects shall be excluded from the provisions of this part. Projects shall be deemed minor unless they result in: new construction greater than 25 percent of the square footage of the existing structure or 250 square feet, whichever is less; addition of one or more stories or height increase of ten or more feet; construction of a new principal structure; or demolition of an existing principal structure.

From the ordinance

No architectural features of any buildings or structures within the district which are subject to public view from a public street shall be altered, nor shall any building or structure, including signs, hereafter be erected, reconstructed, altered, relocated or restored within such district, unless and until an application for a certificate of appropriateness shall have been approved by the historic district review committee.
Sec. 615.00, 615.07, 615.09