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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN <br />§§31-127.1, 31-127.2, 31-128, 31-129, 31-130, 31-131, 31-136, <br />31-137, 31-138, 31-139.1, 31-140.1, 31-140.2, 31-141, <br />31-142, 31-143, 31-144, 31-145, 31-146, 31-147.1, <br />AND 31-179, AS SEVERALLY AMENDED, OF THE <br />CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, AND <br />FURTHER TO AMEND ARTICLE XVI OF CHAPTER 31 OF SUCH CODE BY <br />ADDING SECTIONS NUMBERED 31-139.5 THROUGH 31-139.13, IN ORDER <br />TO CREATE A DOWNTOWN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONTROL DISTRICT, <br />TO PROVIDE RESTRICTIONS ON THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, <br />ALTERATION OR REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, SPACES, SITES, <br />LANDMARKS AND SIGNS WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT AND TO CREATE A <br />DOWNTOWN BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW TO ADMINISTER <br />SUCH RESTRICTIONS. <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, <br />Virginia, that §§31-127.1, 31-127.2, 31-128, 31-129, 31-130, 31-131, <br />31-136, 31-137, 31-138, 31-139.1, 31-140.1, 31-140.2, 31-141, 31-142, <br />31-143, 31-144, 31-145, 31-146, 31-147.1 and 31-179, as severally <br />amended, of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, are amended and <br />reordained and that Article XVI of Chapter 31 of such Code is further <br />amended by adding Sections 31-139.5 through 31-139.13, as follows: <br />Section 31-127.1. Primary functions of boards and <br />• commissions dealing with historic <br />preservation. <br />In carrying out the purposes of this chapter the following bodies <br />shall exercise the respective functions hereinafter set forth: <br />(a) The city council: <br />(1) Create and make appointments to the historic land- <br />marks commission, the board of architectural review and the <br />downtown board of architectural review. <br />(2) Adopt ordinances dealing with historic preservation. <br />(3) Designate Arehiteeturai-Besign-eentrel district <br />boundaries. <br />(4) Designate historic landmarks and sites. <br />(5) Designate other historically, architecturally or <br />culturally significant structures and sites. <br />(b) The planning commission: <br />(1) Propose and recommend changes or modifications <br />to this ordinance. <br />(2) Propose and recommend historic district boundaries. <br />(3) Review site plans for historic structures, sites <br />and landmarks and structures within the historic district. <br />