HomeMy Public PortalAbout037-2018 - General - Adding a new Chapter 158 to City Code - Historic PreservationCOMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA
ORDINANCE NO.37-2018
A GENERAL ORDINANCE AMENDING
SUBSECTION 158.04 OF RICHMOND CITY CODE
WHEREAS, Section 04 of Chapter 158 of the Richmond city code regulates the Establishment
and Organization of the City of Richmond Historic Preservation Commission of the
City of Richmond, Indiana ("City"); and
WHEREAS, It is desirable to make changes to certain provisions in connection with the
guidelines of said Commission: and
WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the City to update Chapter 158 Section 04 of the
Richmond City Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana,
that the following section 158.04 of Richmond Code shall be amended to read as follows (with
insertions in bold font and language to be stricken in strikethrough font):
158.04 Historic Districts, Conservation Districts and Guidelines
(a) Initiation of District: All recommendations for the establishment of an Historic District or
Conservation District shall be in the form of a written report and must be based on the criteria
outlined in this section. A recommendation for establishing an Historic District or Conservation
District may be initiated from either of the following two (2) sources:
(1) Based on its survey, the Commission may draw maps and reports for Common
Council approval, as described above.
(2) Owners of property wishing to establish an Historic District or Conservation
District which includes their property may petition the Commission to consider
drawing and submitting a map or maps of said property to the Common Council for its
approval. The Commission may establish in its rules criteria to be met before it
considers a petition.
(b) Commission Preparation of Maps: In order to establish an Historic District or Conservation
District, the Commission shall first prepare (or cause to be prepared) a map describing the district
in accordance with the following:
(1) The map shall be based on a survey conducted or adopted by the Commission which
identifies historic buildings, structures, and sites located within the City of Richmond,
Indiana.
(2) A Historic or Conservation District may be limited to the boundaries of a property
containing a single building, structure, or site, or may contain multiple contiguous
buildings structures, or sites.
(c) Classification of Buildings: The Commission shall classify and designate on the map all
buildings, structures, and sites within each Historic or Conservation District described on the map
as follows:
(1) Outstanding;
(2) Notable;
(3) Contributing; or
(4) Non-Contributing/Non-Historic
(d) Notice and Approval of Owners: Before Common Council may adopt any ordinance
establishing an Historic District or a Conservation District, all owners of property within
the proposed district must be notified by Certified mail, return receipt requested, at least
thirty days before any public hearing is held with respect to such ordinance. For purposes
of this subsection, only owners of record in the office of the Wayne County Auditor need
be notified at their addresses of record according to said office. In addition, at least fifty
percent (50%) of the parcel owners (based upon individual number of parcels and not size
of parcels) in a proposed Historic District or Conservation District must agree to the
designation of being in such a District which agreement must be evidenced by a written
petition signed by such owners prior to submission to Council. Such petition may be one
and the same as a petition filed by residents to establish an Historic District or Conservation
District.
(e) Historic District: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary within this Chapter
Common Council may adopt an ordinance establishing a Local Historic District which
will require the notice and approval set forth within Section 158.04 (d). Once
established, a Local Historic District shall continue unless removed by ordinance.
(e f) Conservation District: The Commission may recommend, and the Common Council may
provide that the establishment of a Local Historic District shall occur in two (2) phases. During
the first phase, which continues for a period of three (3) years from the date the ordinance is
adopted, a certificate of appropriateness is required for the following activities: the demolition
of any building; the moving of any building; and any new construction of a principal building
or accessory building or structure subject to view from a public way. N twiths+.,.,ding .,...q, ing
to the eentfafy within this Chapter-, befefe Gemmen Getineil may adept any er-dina-fiee
establishing a 14ister-ie Pistr-iet, the afea must first hm,e been established as a Geasefvatk -
l ick-€er-at 1 eafs. At theend of the The Commission may review the
area and recommend elevating the District to a Local Historic District status (Whieh will-ree}.
the same notice and approval set forth within Section , c4 04(d)). ^ontinuing the status of a
Conservation District; or removing all relevant status herein. Once established, a Conservation
District o- Hist^"i^ Dist iet shall continue unless removed by ordinance.
(€ g) Common Council Approval of Maps of Historic Districts and Conservation Districts:
Before an Historic District or Conservation District is established and the building
classifications take effect, the map setting forth the district's boundaries and building
classifications must be submitted to, and approved in an ordinance by the Common Council,
which may be in the same ordinance creating the District.
(g h) Recording the Fact of Designation: The boundaries of any Historic District or
Conservation District shall be recorded in the Office of the Wayne County Recorder.
(h i) Additional Regulations: Each ordinance approved by Common Council
establishing an Historic District or a Conservation District shall include any additional
regulations or guidelines not contained in this chapter that will be applicable in said district to
determine whether a Certificate of Appropriateness shall be issued. Each such ordinance shall
be codified and placed in City Code as recommended by the City Law Department.
(Ord. 26-2000; Ord. 37-2018)
NOW, THEREFORE, be it also ordained by the Common Council of the city of Richmond,
Indiana, that this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and adoption
by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana.
Passed and adopted this 9*'o day of� _, 2018, by the Common council of the City of
Richmond, Indiana.
President
(J opeman)
ATTEST: �J% , City Clerk
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this Z�± day of 2018,
at 9:00 a.m.
,City Clerk
APPROVED by me, David M. Snow, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this day
of 5 C f r c3(--J& , 2018, at� ( d 36,4,.,
ATTEST ,City Clerk
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