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upon would become void and of no further force or effect. Mr. Kelland will be meeting with Mr. Batt and Garry Rhodes, Building Commissioner, in January to further discuss this issue but wanted the sense of the Commission as to what would constitute an appropriate time period. Ms. Zimmerman pointed out that because our process is tied to the Building Department process, one year should be sufficient time for an owner to act on a demolition permit. Mr. Kalsow suggested that three to six months would be ample time for an owner to act, because any application presented to the Building Commissioner must be approved within 30 days, and building permits (and presumably demolition permits) must be acted on within a year of issuance. Mr. Kalsow outlined three scenarios: -the Commission approves an applicant’s request, but the applicant does not apply for the actual demolition permit within six months; -the Commission approves an applicant’s request, the applicant applies and receives a demolition permit from the Building Department, but does not demolish the property within a year of the permit date; or -the Commission denies the applicant’s request, causing the one-year delay period to take effect, and after the year has elapsed, the applicant does not apply for a demolition permit and demolish the property within six months. In all cases, the Commission’s permission would no longer be effective and the applicant would have to return to the Commission for a subsequent determination. The Commission members agreed that these time periods seemed reasonable. It was noted, however, that it would be difficult to track subsequent actions or inactions by the applicant and that some sort of monitoring system would have to be established to ensure compliance with the time periods. * * * There being no other business before the Commission, it was moved and seconded that the meeting be adjourned. The meeting was accordingly adjourned at 8:20 p.m. 2