Section 175-85 CREATION OF HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND LANDMARKS.
A.
The Board of Architectural Review shall prepare and recommend for
adoption
as part of this Article a district boundary map and an inventory map
covering
the area or areas to be considered for inclusion in an historic
district
overlay area. These maps, when adopted in accordance with the
provisions
of the Code of Virginia Section 15.2-2285, shall be as much a part of
this
Article as if fully described herein and shall be filed as a part of
this
Article by the Clerk of the Town of Front Royal. The inventory
map shall
delineate local historic landmarks, contributing properties
and noncontributing properties. The inventory and district
boundary
maps may be amended, from time to time, in the same manner as the
Zoning
District Map.
(Ord. No. Z-10-00 Amended Virginia Code
Reference 9-25-00-Effective Upon Passage)
B.
The Board of Architectural Review may propose to the Planning
Commission and
the Town Council such amendments as deemed appropriate, including the
establishment of historic districts or revision to existing historic
districts.
Upon receipt of said proposal, the Council may initiate
such amendment pursuant to Section 175-146. The Board of
Architectural
Review shall prepare and submit simultaneously with said proposal a
report to
substantiate establishment of a historic district or a proposed
amendment.
Such report shall establish and define the historic district
boundaries, as delineated upon an appropriate map, as well as describe
the
historic and/or architectural significance of the buildings, structures
or
sites to be protected, and the special characteristic, qualities and/or
fabric
to be preserved, and shall describe present trends and conditions,
current and
long-range planning and desirable public objectives for preservation.
The
report may also include plans for public action in or adjoining a
district that
is likely to affect its character or development.
C.
Applications for the creation or expansion of an historic
district or for
the designation of landmarks or landmark sites may also be filed by the
Planning Commission, the Town Council, the owner, the contract
purchaser
with the owner's written consent or the owner's agent or sixty
percent
(60%) of the owners of all buildings within a proposed
historic
district. All requests shall be made in the same manner
as other zoning amendments, as provided for in Section 175-146.
D.
Any historic district and any historic district map which have
been
created and adopted by the Front Royal Town Council prior to the
amendment of this Article shall not be repealed but shall remain
intact
and in effect, subject now to the provisions of this amended
Article.
E.
Any historic district created and adopted by the Front Royal Town
Council after
February 1, 1993, shall remain in effect, except as amended or modified
pursuant to the regulations herein, for an initial maximum period
of ten
(10) years from the date of its adoption. Subsequent action by
the
Front Royal Town Council shall be made to continue the
district beyond the initial ten-year period.
F.
Upon the presentation of a request to withdraw from an adopted subarea
within
the historic district overlay area, with such request having been duly
executed
by at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the owners of taxable parcels
(with a
vote for each separate tax parcel) within the designated historic
subarea, the
Town Council, at its next meeting, shall take appropriate action to
remove the
historic district designation. This provision shall be applicable
only
where the historic resource overlay area shall have been in place for a
period
of not less than two (2) years.
(Ord. No. Z-5-92 Amended Entire Section 4-13-92-Effective Upon Passage)