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Home My WebLink AboutBisic Information for AR County Data 07-15-2013Fellow Arkansas CLG Staff, I have a question to ask all of you. My commission was asking in the last meeting about time limits on approved COA's. Our attorney's opinion is that there is no time limit on execution of a COA. Please share your thoughts on how long your COA's are valid. Also, can a COA get an extension? Can staff administratively approve the extension? I have received comments from a lot of out-of-state folks, but they do not operate under our state law. Thanks in advance. Comment from Patricia Blick, CLG Coordinator It all depends on your code, if you have an expiration date specifically, or if there is something generic in your city code that states, that board approvals are good for # of days. I'll put this on the listserve and see what other folks say. In Annapolis, Maryland, we had a 6- month limit, and we could extend it one time administratively then folks had to come back for another hearing. Don't forget that with home rule now, local jurisdictions have more flexibility in adopting ordinances that they need! Eureka Springs issues COA for one year for any level of review. it can be extended for six months by staff, then the process starts all over again. North Little Rock's COAs are valid for one year. If there is no change in the scope of the project, we will re -issue. Van Buren - On our COA it states it is effective immediately upon issuance. Work must be completed in 12 months of approval, and you may apply for a 6-month extension. Any work performed outside of the scope of the COA renders it null and void. BTW, that extension has to go to the commission for approval. In Conway, we do not specify a time limit within our true locally recognized historic district, the Robinson Historic District. In our Old Conway Historic Overlay District, we specify a 1-year time limit. However, the overlay's time limit has proven to be impractical. I plan to amend our ordinance to allow at least 2 years, if not more in the overlay area. City of Fort Smith Our ordinance says the following: (h) A certificate of appropriateness issued by the historic district commission shall become void unless work pursuant to the certificate of appropriateness is commenced within one (1) year of the date of issuance of the certificate of appropriateness, unless the historic district commission grants an extension to the certificate based on abnormal weather conditions or other circumstances beyond the control of the applicant which have been shown to delay the approved work. Further, staff cannot administratively approve the extension. Nationwide responses Original Question: All, One of our HDC's asked the following: My commission was asking in the last meeting about time limits attorney's opinion is that there is no time limit on execution of a COA. other commissions concerning this? on approved COA's. Our Will you poll/research the Please share your thoughts on how long your COA's are valid. Also, can a COA get an extension? Can staff administratively approve the extension? Thank you, Patricia Kalamazoo, Michigan Our COA's are good for 6 months by ordinance. They can be renewed for an additional 6 months as long as there are no changes in the proposed work. Staff can administratively approve any extensions. Wilmington, Delaware is the same as Kalamazoo. Pueblo, Colorado Our commission wonders the same thing. One approach is that it's unlimited; another idea is that if it's tied to a building permit it could expire when a building permit expires (180 days here), but that's difficult since our code is completely silent on when they expire. If the work conforms to the code and they plan to do the exact same project I wouldn't see why there would be too much worry about it taking some time or going invalid. Manitou Springs, Colorado, Our COA's (which we call MCAC's — Material Change of Appearance Certifications) are valid for one year. This is consistent with the expiration of zoning approvals. The reason for expiration is that circumstances and regulations change and you don't necessarily want someone resurrecting a 10 year old approval when you might have adopted new guidelines, changed the ordinance, or the property went from a noncontributing to a contributing status by virtue of reaching that 50 year mark (or whatever standard exists in your jurisdiction). We don't have extensions at this time, although we have talked about maybe a 6 month administrative action. City of Kenosha, Wisconsin COA's are valid for a period of 5 years from the date of issuance. We have that language incorporated into our ordinance. If it's over 5 years, the applicant would have to apply for a new COA and have the Historic Preservation Commission approve it. Staff is unable to administratively extend it. 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