At a Public Meeting , items that were not decided on at the Public Hearing are brought back for more discussion or for a decision. The hearing is also an opportunity for public testimony and discussion about the application. The panel of eleven LPC Commissioners discusses the application immediately after the hearing, and either makes a decision at that time or at a later public meeting. The LPC receives over eight thousand applications each year from people who wish to make changes to their landmarked properties. Over 90 percent of these are handled by the agency's professional staff, which uses rules and standards developed by the Commission to determine whether the proposed work is appropriate.
Many applicants modify their applications so that their work qualifies for a staff-level permit.
These permits have a shorter turnaround time and do not require a public hearing. Discuss this option with your staff person. Once the LPC receives your application, and the staff member assigned to your project verifies that it is complete and that a hearing is necessary, your application will be scheduled for a hearing. Your staff person will call you and tell you the time and date of the hearing. You should be prepared to wait one to two months before your application is reviewed at a public hearing.