§ 6-51. When required.

(a)

The following applications to the City shall require referral to the Board for Review and Recommendations:

(1)

All applications to the Planning Commission, as required by the Danbury Zoning Regulations, for special exception approval of new buildings, regardless of size, and for the expansion of such previously approved buildings whenever such expansion includes the addition or extension of building facades visible from a public way;

(2)

All other applications to the department of planning and zoning, as required by the Danbury Zoning Regulations, for site plan approval of new buildings, regardless of size, and for the expansion of such previously approved buildings whenever such expansion includes the addition or extension of building facades visible from a public way; and,

(3)

In addition to subsections (a)(1) and (2) of this section, for lots in the Main Street Historic District, as specified in the Danbury Plan of Conservation and Development, Comprehensive Planning Program, as amended, and in other historic or village districts or properties as may be so designated by the City, for:

a.

All building facade alterations visible from a public way; and

b.

All new or revised wall signs, freestanding signs, hanging or projecting signs, and signs on canopies and awnings.

(b)

Notwithstanding the previous provisions, any project which is subject to the review of the Architectural Advisory Committee of the Downtown Special Services District shall be exempt from review by the Design Review Board.

(Code 1961, § 2-44(e); Ord. No. 668, 7-3-2007)