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7. • Section 31-140.1. Restrictions on erection of new buildings or alteration of existing historically and/or architecturally significant buildings or sites. (a) No erection of new buildings or alteration of the exterior appearance of existing landmarks, buildings or other structures or sites which are subject to this article shall begin until the owner or agent of such structure or site has first submitted an application in accordance with division 3 of this article to the appropriate board ef-arehsteetural-review and the that board has approved a certificate of appropriateness for such activity. (b) No structure within the architectural design control district shall exceed a height of forty feet from grade to cornice line unless the owner or developer thereof shall first have obtained a special permit for residential higher density and for such additional height from city council. Such special permit may be granted by city council in that portion of the architectural design control district lying south of High Street, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article XX, provided that: • (1) No such permit shall allow a building height in excess of seventy-five feet from grade to the cornice line; and (2) City council finds that such additional height is appropriate to the particular location in question, does not have an adverse impact on the scale and architectural harmony of the architectural design control district, and permits adequate sunlight and open air on the adjacent streets; and (3) The height of the street facade in one plane of any building constructed under such permit shall not be higher than forty feet from the grade, and any portion of the facade higher than forty feet shall have a setback of at least twenty feet from the front and rear property lines; and (4) The special permit for seventy-five feet height from grade to cornice line shall only be considered when the proposed request encompasses an entire block of the city as designated on the official U. S. census map; and (5) In any building constructed under such permit, the total area of any floor constructed more than forty feet above grade shall not exceed fifty percent of the total site area of the proposed development; and (6) The board of architectural review shall have an . opportunity to review and comment on the concept of a pro- posed development and site plan, before review by the planning commission at a scheduled public hearing at which