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Historic Preservation Commission Meetings The Wake Forest Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) meets monthly in Town Hall at 301 S. Brooks Street. Please check the Town’s website for meeting time, dates and location. The meetings are open to the public. In order for a case to be heard at a meeting or to present a COA application, a property owner must submit an application to the Preservation Planner a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to the meeting. The HPC will review the COA and make a decision based on the information submitted and presented at the meeting. For direction and to verify the type of information that will be required, property owners are encouraged to consult with the Preservation Planner prior to submitting a COA application. Required information to submit with the application includes current photographs of the property and adjacent properties to illustrate relationship between the properties, historic photographs (if available), a site plan, and architectural drawings if applicable. In rendering their decision, the HPC may approve the COA, approve the COA with conditions, deny the COA, or table the request until the next meeting if additional information is necessary to render a decision. Appeals An aggrieved party may appeal the HPC’s decision to the Wake Forest Board of Adjustment within 30 days after the date of the HPC’s decision. The responsibility of the Board of Adjustment is to hear and decide appeals from any order, decision, requirement, or interpretation made by the preservation planner or the HPC. Once an appeal is filed it is the responsibility of the preservation planner to forward all papers constituting the record relating to the action to the Board of Adjustment. The Board of Adjustment may only review the record of decision and the procedure used for making that decision. No new evidence can be introduced to the Board of Adjustment. The Board of Adjustment, based on the record, can affirm (wholly or partly) the decision made by the HPC, or remand it back to the HPC. The decision of the Board of Adjustment may be appealed to the Superior Court of Wake County. Enforcement/Fines Failure to apply for a COA, or failure to meet conditions of an approved COA constitutes a zoning violation. Unauthorized work or a violation of the Wake Forest Historic Preservation Ordinance, Design Standards, or approved COA may be reported by any citizen to the Preservation Planner for review and action. Under Chapter 16 of the Wake Forest Unified Development Ordinance unauthorized work may result in a “stop work order.” The owner and/or the contractor will be given an opportunity to apply for the COA and any necessary permits. The COA application for the proposed work will be reviewed as though work had not begun. Escalating daily fines may be levied upon the owner if the COA application is not submitted in the pre-scribed time or until such time as reconstruction of elements removed without authorization are replaced. Any work completed without a COA is at the owner’s own risk and may be required to be removed through the COA process.
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