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A.  All applications for certificates of appropriateness shall be in writing and shall be directed to the office.  

B.  The office shall issue certificates of appropriateness for all applications which the office determines do not require substantive changes and which comply with the standards adopted and promulgated by the office.  

C.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the office shall hold a public hearing on each application.  Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given to each applicant and shall be published in the official journal of the state.  The hearing shall be held not less than seven days after the notice has been published and transmitted to the applicant.  The hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act governing rule making hearings.  

D.  The office shall render a decision on each application not later than fourteen days after the public hearing.  Each applicant shall be given written notice of the decision and the notice shall set forth therein the reasons therefor.  The office may approve an application by issuing a certificate of appropriateness, may deny an application, or may make such recommendations for changes and modification of the application as the office deems necessary to enable the applicant to comply with the standards adopted and promulgated by the office.  

Added by Acts 1979, No. 650, §1.