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BILL TAYLOR COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE City of Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
(REVISED 8/22/03)
certified letter has been received by the city shall relieve the city of any responsibility for awaiting such analysis, and the City Council may at any time thereafter take any necessary action to adopt, amend, or reject the recommendation.
G.	If a proposed ordinance is to designate a landmark or landmark site, it may be presented to the City Council with a recommendation that it be adopted without submission to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
H.	The City Council shall conduct a public hearing, after notice, to discuss the proposed designation and boundaries thereof. A notice of the hearing shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in at least one (1) newspaper published in the city. If a newspaper is not published in the city, then the notice shall be published in a paper published in the county. The first publication of such resolution shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date fixed in the resolution for the public hearing and the last publication shall be made not more than seven (7) days prior to such date.
I.	Within sixty (60) calendar days after the public hearing held in connection herewith, the City Council shall adopt the ordinance as proposed, reject it entirely, or adopt the ordinance with modifications.
J. Furthermore, the Commission shall notify, as soon as reasonably possible, the appropriate state, county, and municipal agencies of the official designation of all landmarks, landmark sites, and preservation districts. An updated list and map shall be maintained by such agencies and made available to the public.
SECTION VII CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS
No exterior feature of any landmark or landmark site shall be altered, relocated, or demolished until after an application for a certificate of appropriateness of such work has been approved by the Commission. Likewise, no construction which affects a preservation district, landmark or landmark site shall be undertaken without a certificate of appropriateness. Therefore,
A.	The Commission shall serve as a review body with the power to approve or deny applications for certificates of appropriateness.
B.	In approving or denying applications for certificates of appropriateness, the Commission shall seek to accomplish the purposes of this ordinance.
C.	A certification of appropriateness shall not be required for work deemed by the Commission to be ordinary maintenance or repair of any landmark or landmark site.
D.	All decisions of the Commission shall be in writing and shall state the findings of the Commission, its recommendations, and the reasons therefore.
E.	For appeals of Commission decision, please see section XI.
SECTION VIII
CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS
The following criteria shall be used in granting or denying certificates of appropriateness:
A.	General factors:
1.	Architectural design of existing building, structure, or appurtenance and proposed alteration;
2. Historical significance of the landmark or landmark site.
3. General appearance of the landmark or landmark site.
4.	Condition of the landmark or landmark site.
5.	Materials composing the landmark or landmark site.
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