§ 224-3. Historic Properties Commission; certificate of appropriateness., Chapter 224. Historic Preservation, Part II. General Legislation, Code of Ordinances, Hebron

Establishment. An Historic Properties Commission is hereby established which shall have such powers and limitations and perform such functions as shall be prescribed under the General Statutes and as provided in this chapter.

Composition. The Commission shall consist of five regular members and three alternate members, all of whom shall be electors of the Town. All shall serve without compensation.

Terms. The terms of the original members of the Commission shall be such that the term of at least one regular member and one alternate member shall expire each year. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of four years for both regular and alternate members, except that an appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the duration of the unexpired term.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

Officers. Within 30 days after appointment of the original members of the Commission, and annually thereafter, the regular members shall meet and elect a Chairman and a Secretary.

Appointment. Members shall be appointed within 30 days of the passage of this chapter. Appointments shall be made by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Hebron.

Quorums. Three members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum of the transaction of its business or the performance of its functions, and the concurring vote of a majority of those constituting a quorum shall be necessary for the adoption of any recommendation, motions, or other acts of the Commission, except that the affirmative vote of at least three members shall be necessary for the approval of a certificate of appropriateness.

Designation of alternates. When a member of the Commission is unavailable to act at a particular time due to absence, sickness, conflict of interest or other good reason, the Chairman shall designate an alternate member to act in place of such member, choosing alternates in rotation so that they shall act as nearly equal a number of times as possible.

Certificate of appropriateness; procedures. No building or structure located within the boundaries of an historic property shall be erected or altered until after an application for a certificate of appropriateness as to exterior architectural features has been submitted to and approved by the Historic Properties Commission. Application for such certificates shall be processed in accordance with the requirements of General Statutes §§ 7-147s through 7-147v, as the same may from time to time be amended. The Commission shall keep a permanent record of its resolutions, transactions and determinations and of the votes of each member participating thereon.

Adoption of rules. The Commission shall adopt rules of procedure which it deems necessary to carry out the intent of General Statutes §§ 7-147p through 7-147y and the intent expressed in § 224-1 above. The Commission shall adopt guidelines not inconsistent with the provisions of General Statutes §§ 7-147p through 7-147y, inclusive, to provide guidance to property owners as to factors to be considered in preparing an application for a certificate of appropriateness. Such guidelines shall not be such as to bind the Historic Properties Commission to any uniform or necessarily traditional styles throughout the properties but shall look both to the protection of the old and to the interest and distinctiveness of this community.