1. No structure may be erected, reconstructed, altered, restored, moved or demolished within the historic district until after an application for a certificate of appropriateness as to exterior architectural features has been submitted to and approved by the Commission, or by its staff pursuant to NRS 384.115. The application for a certificate of appropriateness must be in such form and accompanied by such plans, specifications and other material as the Commission may from time to time prescribe.

2. In its deliberations under the provisions of NRS 384.010 to 384.210, inclusive, the Commission and its staff shall not consider interior arrangement or use and shall take no action under NRS 384.010 to 384.210, inclusive, except for the purpose of preventing the erection, reconstruction, restoration, alteration, moving or razing of buildings in the district obviously incongruous with the historic aspects of the district.

3. The provisions of NRS 384.010 to 384.210, inclusive, do not prevent:

(a) The ordinary maintenance or repair of any exterior architectural feature in the historic district which does not involve a change of design or material or the outward appearance thereof;

(b) The construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of any such feature which the building inspector or similar authority certifies is required by the public safety because of an unsafe or dangerous condition; or

(c) The construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of any such feature under a permit issued by a building inspector or similar authority prior to the effective date of the establishment of such district.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1637; A 1973, 673; 1979, 640; 2001, 1249; 2005, 893)