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• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REORDAINING SECTION 34-573 AND 34-681 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE, 1990, AS AMENDED, RELATED TO IMPROVEMENTS TO PROTECTED (HISTORIC) PROPERTIES BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that Sections 34-573 and 34-681 of Chapter 34 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1990, as amended, are hereby amended and reordained, as follows: CHAPTER 34. ZONING. Sec. 34-573. Certificate of appropriateness. (a) Required No changes in the exterior features or appearance of protected properties in design control districts shall be made until the owner has first sought and obtained a certificate of appropriateness from the BAR or, where applicable, from the director of planning neighborhood development services. This requirement applies to: (1) Any and all proposed demolitions on a protected property; and, (2) Any and all proposed changes in the exterior features of protected properties • visible from a public street or right-of-way including but not limited to,—_ construction, reconstruction, alteration, restoration, encapsulation and relocation of a protected building, structure, site or area: replacement of roof coverings and installation or replacement of siding on any buildings or structures, and replacement of windows and doors on any buildings or structures, regardless of whether any such changes require a building permit (b) Exclusions. The BAR shall not consider interior arrangements or features or structural details which are not subject to public view from any public street or right-of-way. Nothing in this article or section shall be construed to prevent: (1) The ordinary maintenance or repair of any exterior elements of any building or structure; or (2) The construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of any such elements which the authorized city officers shall certify as required for public safety. Sec. 34-681. Design review. All development requiring a building permit in the ECH Districts, and, regardless of whether a building permit is required, any installations or replacements of roof coverings, windows, doors, or siding on any buildings or structures, where such roof coverings, • windows, doors or siding is or are visible from the arterial streets or.highways referenced in city code section 34-671, shall be subject to administrative design review by the