§ 9.25-36. Design guidelines.

(a)

Identification of design guidelines: Concurrent with, or immediately following, the designation of any historic district, site, object, building, structure, or work of art, the historic preservation commission shall recommend to the city council a set of "design guidelines." The guidelines are intended to identify the characteristic features of the designation that will be used in determining the compatibility of new construction or alteration of size, location, materials, style, rhythm, and any other quality deemed by the historic preservation commission to contribute to the character of the historic property.

(b)

Procedure for adoption of design guidelines: The historic preservation commission must draft and recommend the proposed design guidelines to the city council at a public hearing. Adoption of the guidelines by the city council may only be considered after the historic preservation commission's recommendation and following a public hearing as follows: The city council shall hold a public hearing on the adoption of the design guidelines. Notice of the hearing shall be published in at least three (3) consecutive issues in the legal organ newspaper within Cartersville, Georgia. All such notices shall be published not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty (20) days prior to the date set for the public hearing.

(c)

Concurrent action: The historic preservation commission may recommend, and the city council may consider and adopt, the design guidelines at the same public hearing and/or meeting as the designation of the corresponding historic district or historic property. The legal notices for the guidelines and designated area(s) may be combined into one notice if the hearings are to be combined.

(Ord. No. 19-01, § VI, 5-17-01)