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158.05 Interim Protection
158.05 Interim Protection
 
(a)  When submitting a map to the Common Council under this chapter, the Commission may declare one (1) or more buildings or structures that are classified and designated as historic on the map to be under interim protection.
 
(b)  Not more than two (2) working days after declaring a building, structure, or site to be under interim protection under this section, the Commission shall, by personal delivery or certified mail, provide the owner and occupant of the building, structure or site with a written notice of the declaration. For purposes of this subsection, only owners of record in the Office of the Wayne County Assessor need be notified at their addresses of record according to said office. The written notice must:
 
(1) Cite the authority of the Commission to put the building, structure, or site under interim protection under this section;
(2) Explain the effect of putting the building, structure, or site under interim protection; and,
(3) Indicate that the interim protection is temporary.
 
(c)  A building or structure put under interim protection under this section remains under interim protection until the map is approved or rejected in an ordinance by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana. If Common Council has not approved or rejected such an ordinance within 90 days after a building or structure is placed under interim protection, the Commission must reaffirm such interim protection status or it shall automatically cease. Interim protection may then continue up to an additional 90 days or until Common Council takes action on said ordinance as herein provided. Interim protection may only be reaffirmed one time, so that a building or structure may be under continuous interim protection for a maximum of 180 days. Once a building or structure ceases to be under interim protection, a one-year period must pass before it can again be placed under interim protection.
 
(d) While a building, structure, or site is under interim protection under this section:
(1) The building, structure, or site may not be demolished or moved; and,
(2) The exterior appearance of the building, structure, or site may not be conspicuously changed.
 
(e) The Commission may approve a Certificate of Appropriateness at any time during the Interim Protection, provided the proposed change meets the criteria for considering effect of actions on historic buildings in Section 158.06(e) of this chapter and any proposed preservation guidelines prepared for the building, structure, or site.


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