Sec. 307.303. - General Mothballing Procedures.

(a) Application and Required Documents. A certificate of appropriateness application for mothballing shall be completed and submitted with the required documents to the Historic Preservation Section of the Planning and Development Department, pursuant to Section 307.106 . The application shall be reviewed for completeness and forwarded to the Commission for review. Such a review will not negate the ability of staff to process related certificate of appropriateness applications not pertaining to mothballing that meet the Design Regulations and can be processed administratively or be separately sent to the Commission. As part of the required information to process a mothball application, the property owner shall submit the current telephone numbers and addresses of all persons who will be responsible for any maintenance of the structure and property and shall provide authorization and consent from the property owner to allow unannounced periodic exterior inspections of the property by Planning and Development Department and/or Municipal Code Compliance Division inspectors during the mothball period. (b) Notification Requirements. In addition to the notice requirements as outlined in Chapter 307.106 , the Chief of the Municipal Code Compliance Division shall also be notified of the public hearing. (c) Completion Period. The owner or his designee shall have 90 days from the effective date of the Final Order to complete the required mothballing specifications approved and conditioned under the application, unless the nature of the work is so extensive to make this time period unworkable. In such instance, the Commission may grant a longer period, however, in no instance shall this time period exceed six months. (d) Inspection for Mothball Compliance. The owner shall contact the historic preservation code inspector and Municipal Code Compliance inspector, if the mothball certificate of appropriateness contains conditions related to correction of structural stabilization issues, to jointly conduct an inspection to ensure all the requirements of the mothballing certificate of appropriateness have been fulfilled. (e) Compliance. If the work is complete and in compliance with the mothball certificate of appropriateness, the historic preservation inspector shall issue a written notification of compliance to the property owner with copies for the Planning and Development Department to place in the certificate of appropriateness file and for the Municipal Code Compliance Division to place in their files. (f) Non-compliance. If the owner has not complied with the requirement of the certificate of appropriateness, the Planning and Development Department shall issue a letter of non-compliance to the owner outlining the deficient area(s). The building owner will have 30 days from the date of the letter within which to take corrective action(s) and request another compliance inspection. The owner may be subject to other enforcement proceedings if either the Planning and Development Department or Municipal Code Compliance Division finds the structure is in non-compliance during the follow-up compliance inspection. (g) Yearly Report. The owner of a mothballed property shall provide a yearly report to the Planning and Development Department including a log of the required building monitoring, describing any changes to the condition of the building, documenting all repairs and maintenance performed, documenting any additional rehabilitation measures completed, stating any progress in securing funding for the overall rehabilitation of the building, and outlining all efforts to market the property during the mothballing period. (h) Effective period of certificates of appropriateness and extensions. The certificate of appropriateness is effective for three years or until such time as the property owner begins renovation activities. Additional three-year extensions of the mothballing status can be requested through the filing and approval of a new certificate of appropriateness application for mothballing pursuant to Section 307.106 (v). (i) These procedures are supplemental to any necessary certificates of appropriateness or building permits otherwise required by the City, based on the nature of work being performed. (Ord. 2011-408-E, § 2)