ARTICLE III. PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS

74-63 Purpose and intent.

Historic preservation is hereby declared to be a public purpose and the Historic District Commission of the City of Pontiac may hereby regulate the construction, addition, alteration, repair, moving, excavation, and demolition of resources in historic districts within the City limits. The purpose of this article is to:

(1)    Safeguard the heritage of the City of Pontiac by preserving districts which reflect elements of its history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture.

(2)    Stabilize and improve property values in each district and surrounding areas.

(3)    Foster civic beauty.

(4)    Strengthen the local economy.

(5)    Promote the use of historic districts for the education, pleasure, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Pontiac and of the State of Michigan.

The City of Pontiac may by ordinance establish one or more historic districts. The historic district(s) shall be administered by the Historic District Commission and pursuant to this article.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-64 Definitions.

(a)    Alteration means work that changes the detail of a resource but does not change its basic size or shape.

(b)    Certificate of appropriateness means the written approval of a permit application for work that is appropriate and does not adversely affect a resource.

(c)    Commission means the Historic District Commission of the City of Pontiac.

(d)    Demolition means the razing or destruction, whether entirely or in part, of a resource and includes, but is not limited to, demolition by neglect.

(e)    Demolition by neglect means neglect in maintaining, repairing, or securing a resource that results in deterioration of an exterior feature of the resource or the loss of structural integrity of the resource.

(f)    Denial means the written rejection of a permit application for work that is inappropriate and that adversely affects a resource.

(g)    Fire alarm system means a system designed to detect and annunciate the presence of fire or by-products of fire. Fire alarm system includes smoke alarms.

(h)    Historic district means an area, or group of areas, not necessarily having contiguous boundaries, that contains one resource or a group of resources that are related by history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture.

(i)    Historic preservation means the identification, evaluation, establishment, and protection of resources significant in history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture.

(j)    Historic resource means a publicly or privately owned building, structure, site, object, feature or open space that is significant in the history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture of the City of Pontiac, State of Michigan, or the United States.

(k)    Notice to proceed means the written permission to issue a permit for work that is inappropriate and that adversely affects a resource, pursuant to a finding under Section 399.205(6) of Public Act 169 of 1970, as amended.

(l)    Open space means undeveloped land, a naturally landscaped area, or a formal or manmade landscaped area that provides a connective link or buffer between other resources.

(m)    Ordinary maintenance means keeping a resource unimpaired and in good condition through ongoing minor intervention, undertaken from time to time, in its exterior condition. Ordinary maintenance does not change the external appearance of the resource except through the elimination of the usual and expected effects of weathering. Ordinary maintenance does not constitute work for the purposes of this article.

(n)    Proposed historic district means an area, or group of areas not necessarily having contiguous boundaries, that has delineated boundaries and that is under review by a committee or a standing committee for the purpose of making a recommendation as to whether it should be established as a historic district or added to an established historic district.

(o)    Repair means to restore a decayed or damaged resource to good or sound condition by any process. A repair that changes the external appearance of a resource constitutes work for the purposes of this article.

(p)    Resource means one or more publicly or privately owned historic or nonhistoric buildings, structures, sites, objects, features, or open spaces located within a historic district.

(q)    Smoke alarm means a single-station or multiple-station alarm responsive to smoke and not connected to a system. As used in this subdivision, single-station alarm means an assembly incorporating a detector, the control equipment, and the alarm sounding device into a single unit, operated from a power supply either in the unit or obtained at the point of installation. Multiple-station alarm means two or more single-station alarms that are capable of interconnection such that actuation of one alarm causes all integrated separate audible alarms to operate.

(r)    Work means construction, addition, alteration, repair, moving, excavation, or demolition.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

Cross reference—Definitions generally, § 1-2.

74-65 The Historic District Commission

(a)    City Council may establish by ordinance a commission to be called a Historic District Commission. The Commission may be established at any time, but not later than the time the first historic district is established. Each member of the Commission shall reside within the city limits. The Commission shall consist of seven members. Members shall be appointed by the Mayor. A majority of the members shall have a clearly demonstrated interest in or knowledge of historic preservation. Members shall be appointed for a term of three years, except the initial appointments of three members for a term of two years and two members for a term of one year. Subsequent appointments shall be for three-year terms. Members shall be eligible for reappointment. In the event of a vacancy on the Commission, interim appointments shall be made by the City Council within 60 calendar days to complete the unexpired term of such position. Two members shall be appointed from a list submitted by duly organized local historic preservation organizations. If such a person is available for appointment, one member shall be an architect who has two years of architectural experience or who is duly registered in the State of Michigan. The Commission shall have no less than three members who are property owners within the historic districts. Any member who has three unexcused absences during the course of one year will be considered to have resigned from the Commission and the Mayor may make an interim appointment to complete the unexpired term of such position. A member may be removed from the Commission by the Mayor for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in the office after having the opportunity to be heard before the City Council, and upon an affirmative vote of majority of the seated Council.

(b)    The Mayor may prescribe powers and duties of the Commission, in addition to those prescribed in this article, that foster historic preservation activities, projects, and programs in the local unit.

(c)    Coordination between the County Historic Commission and the City Historic Commission shall be maintained. The overall historical preservation plan of the City shall be submitted to the County Historic Commission for review, and County plans submitted to the City’s Historic District Commission. Day-to-day activities of legal commissions concerning alteration and restoration decisions need not be submitted to the County but only those plans which have other than strictly local significance.

(d)    To the extent any Historic District Commission(s) were created under prior legislation authorizing such creation, they shall remain in full force and effect and be governed and have the authorities established herein.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-66 Acceptance of gifts or grants.

The City Council may accept State or Federal grants for historic preservation purposes; may participate in State and Federal programs that benefit historic preservation, and may accept public or private gifts for historic preservation purposes. The City Council may appoint the Historic District Commission to accept and administer grants, gifts, and program responsibilities.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-67 Establishing additional, modifying, or eliminating historic districts.

(a)    The City Council may at any time establish by ordinance additional historic districts, including proposed districts previously considered and rejected, may modify boundaries of an existing historic district, or may eliminate an existing historic district. Before establishing, modifying, or eliminating a historic district, a Historic District Study Committee appointed by the City Council shall follow the procedures as stated in Sections 399.203(1) through (3) of Public Act 169 of 1970, as amended. To conduct these activities, the City Council may retain the initial committee, establish a standing committee, or establish a committee to consider only specific proposed districts and then be dissolved. The committee shall consider any previously written committee reports pertinent to the proposed action.

(b)    In considering elimination of a historic district, a committee shall follow the procedures set forth in Sections 399.203(1) through (3) of Public Act 169 of 1970, as amended, for the issuance of a preliminary report, holding a public hearing, and issuing a final report but with the intent of showing one or more of the following:

(1)    The historic district has lost those physical characteristics that enabled the establishment of the district.

(2)    The historic district was not significant in the way previously defined.

(3)    The historic district was established pursuant to defective procedures.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-68 Historic District Study Committee and the Study Committee report.

Before establishing a historic district(s), the Mayor shall appoint a Historic District Study Committee. A majority of the persons appointed to the Study Committee shall have a clearly demonstrated interest in or knowledge of historic preservation. The Study Committee shall contain representation of at least one member appointed from one or more duly organized local historic preservation organizations. The Study Committee shall do all of the following:

(1)    Conduct a photographic inventory of resources within each proposed historic district following procedures established by the State Historic Preservation Office of the Michigan Historical Center.

(2)    Conduct basic research of each proposed historic district and historic resources located within that district.

(3)    Determine the total number of historic and nonhistoric resources within a proposed historic district and the percentage of historic resources of that total. In evaluating the significance of historic resources, the Committee shall be guided by the selection criteria for evaluation issued by the United States Secretary of the Interior for inclusion of resources in the National Register of Historic Places, as set forth in 36 CFR Part 60, and criteria established or approved by the State Historic Preservation Office of the Michigan Historical Center.

(4)    Prepare a preliminary Historic District Study Committee report that addresses at a minimum all of the following:

a.    The charge of the Committee.

b.    The composition of Committee membership.

c.    The historic district(s) studied.

d.    The boundaries of each proposed historic district in writing and on maps.

e.    The history of each proposed historic district.

f.    The significance of each district as a whole, as well as a sufficient number of its individual resources to fully represent the variety of resources found within the district, relative to the evaluation criteria.

g.    Transmit copies of the preliminary report for review and recommendations to the local planning body, the State Historic Preservation Office of the Michigan Historical Center, the Michigan Historical Commission, and the State Historic Preservation Review Board.

h.    Make copies of the preliminary report available to the public pursuant to Section 399.203(4) of Public Act 169 of 1970, as amended.

(5)    Not less than 60 calendar days after the transmittal of the preliminary report, the Historic District Study Committee shall hold a public hearing in compliance with Public Act 267 of 1976, as amended. Public notice of the time, date and place of the hearing shall be given in the manner required by Public Act 267. Written notice shall be mailed by first class mail not less than 14 calendar days prior to the hearing to the owners of properties within the proposed historic district, as listed on the most current tax rolls. The report shall be made available to the public in compliance with Public Act 442 of 1976, as amended.

(6)    After the date of the public hearing, the Committee and the City Council have not more than one year, unless otherwise authorized by the City Council, to take the following actions:

a.    The Committee shall prepare and submit a final report with its recommendations and the recommendations, if any, of the local planning body to the City Council as to the establishment of a historic district(s). If the recommendation is to establish a historic district(s), the final report shall include a draft of the proposed ordinance(s).

b.    After receiving a final report that recommends the establishment of a historic district(s), the City Council, at its discretion, may introduce and pass or reject an ordinance(s). If the City Council passes an ordinance(s) establishing one or more historic districts, the City shall file a copy of the ordinance(s), including a legal description of the property or properties located within the historic district(s) with the Register of Deeds. The City Council shall not pass an ordinance establishing a contiguous historic district less than 60 days after a majority of the property owners within the proposed historic district, as listed on the tax rolls of the local unit, have approved the establishment of the historic district pursuant to a written petition.

(7)    A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by a committee in the performance of an official function of the Historic District Commission should be made available to the public in compliance with Public Act 442 of 1976, as amended.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-69 Historic District Commission meetings, recordkeeping and rules of procedure.

(a)    The Historic District Commission shall meet monthly or more frequently at the call of the Commission.

(b)    The business that the Commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting held in compliance with the Open Meetings Act, Public Act 267 of 1976, as amended. Public notice of the date, time, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Public Act 267. A meeting agenda shall be part of the notice and shall include a listing of each permit application to be reviewed or considered by the Commission.

(c)    At least four members of the Historic District Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The passage of any resolution, motion, or other action by the Commission shall be a majority vote.

(d)    The Commission shall keep a record of its resolutions, proceedings and actions. A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the Commission in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with the Freedom of Information, Public Act 442 of 1976, as amended.

(e)    The Commission shall adopt its own rules of procedure and shall adopt design review standards and guidelines to carry out its duties under this article.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-70 Delegation of minor classes of work.

The Commission may delegate the issuance of certificates of appropriateness for specified minor classes of work to its staff, or to another delegated authority. The Commission shall provide to its delegated authority specific written standards for issuing certificates of appropriateness under this section. The Commission shall review the certificates of appropriateness issued by the delegate on at least a quarterly basis to determine whether or not the delegated responsibilities should be continued.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-71 Ordinary maintenance.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent ordinary maintenance or repair of a resource within a historic district or to prevent work on any resource under a permit issued by the inspector of buildings or other duly delegated authority before this article was enacted.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-72 Review by the Commission.

The Commission shall review and act upon only exterior features of a resource and shall not review and act upon interior arrangements unless specifically authorized to do so by the City Council or unless interior work will cause visible change to the exterior of the resource. The Commission shall not disapprove an application due to considerations not prescribed in subsection 399.205(3) of Public Act 169 of 1970, as amended.

(1)    The Historic District Commission shall approve or disapprove the plans submitted under this article and, if approved, shall issue a certificate of approval which is to be signed by the chairman and the relevant plans, if any, shall be stamped by the Commission signifying its approval thereof, and such certificate and plans shall be transmitted to the Building and Safety Engineering Division and/or the Planning Commission if applicable.

(2)    No work shall begin until the certificate of approval is filed, but in the case of rejection, the certificate is binding on the Building and Safety Engineering Division or other duly delegated authority and no permit shall be issued in such case. If the Historic District Commission disapproves the application, it shall state its reasons for doing so and shall transmit a record of such action, together with the reasons therefor, in writing to the Building and Safety Engineering Division and the applicant. The Commission may advise the applicant in a transmittal of the changes in the proposed plans which are necessary to obtain Commission approval. The applicant may make modifications to any plans disapproved and shall have the right to resubmit his application thereafter for Commission approval.

(3)    After the certificate of approval has been issued and the building permit, if any, granted to the applicant, the designated building inspector shall from time to time inspect the construction, alteration, repair, moving or demolition approved by such certificate and shall take action as is necessary to force compliance with the plans as approved.

(4)    The failure of the Historic District Commission to act within 30 days after the date a properly completed application has been filed with the Planning and Community Renewal Division, unless an extension is agreed upon mutually by the applicant and the Commission, shall be deemed to constitute approval.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-73 Design review standards and guidelines.

(a)    In reviewing plans, the Commission shall follow the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s standards for rehabilitation and guidelines for rehabilitating historic buildings as set forth in 36 CFR Part 67. Design review standards and guidelines that address special design characteristics of historic districts administered by the Commission may be followed if they are equivalent in guidance to the Secretary of the Interior’s standards and guidelines and are established or approved by the State Historic Preservation Office of the Michigan Historical Center.

(b)    In reviewing plans, the Commission shall also consider all of the following:

(1)    The historic or architectural value and significance of the resource and its relationship to the historic value of the surrounding area.

(2)    The relationship of any architectural features of the resource to the rest of the resource and to the surrounding area.

(3)    The general compatibility of the design, arrangement, texture, and materials proposed to be used.

(4)    Other factors, such as aesthetic value, that the Commission finds relevant.

(5)    Whether the applicant has certified in the application that the property where the work will be undertaken has, or will have before the proposed project completion date, a fire alarm system or a smoke alarm complying with the requirements of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale Single State Construction Code Act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-74 Permit applications for construction, repair, moving, demolition affecting exterior appearance of historic sites, structures, or objects located within historic districts.

(a)    A permit shall be obtained before any work affecting the exterior appearance of a resource is performed within a historic district. The person, individual, partnership, firm, corporation, organization, institution, or agency of government proposing to do that work shall file an application for a permit with the Inspector of Buildings. Upon receipt of a complete application, the Inspector of Buildings shall immediately refer the application, along with all required supporting materials that make the application complete to the Commission. A permit shall not be issued and proposed work shall not proceed until the Commission has acted on the application by issuing a certificate of appropriateness or a notice to proceed as prescribed in this article. The Commission shall not issue a certificate of appropriateness unless the applicant certifies in the application that the property where work will be undertaken has, or will have before the proposed project completion date, a fire alarm system or a smoke alarm complying with the requirements of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale Single State Construction Code Act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531.

(b)    The Commission shall file certificates of appropriateness, notices to proceed, and denials of applications for permits with the Inspector of Buildings. A permit shall not be issued until the Commission has acted as prescribed by this article.

(c)    If an application is for work that will adversely affect the exterior of a resource the Commission considers valuable to the City of Pontiac, the State of Michigan, or the nation, and the Commission determines that the alteration or loss of that resource will adversely affect the public purpose of the City, State, or nation, the Commission shall attempt to establish with the owner of the resource an economically feasible plan for the preservation of the resource.

(d)    The failure of the Commission to act on an application within 60 calendar days after the date a complete application is filed with the Commission, unless an extension is agreed upon in writing by the applicant and the Commission, shall be considered to constitute approval.

(e)    The Commission may charge a reasonable fee to process a permit application.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-75 Denials.

If a permit application is denied, the decision shall be binding on the inspector or other authority. A denial shall be accompanied by a written explanation by the Commission of the reasons for denial and, if appropriate, a notice that an application may be resubmitted for Commission review when the suggested changes have been made. The denial shall also include the notification of the applicant’s right to appeal to the State Historic Preservation Review Board and to the circuit court.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-76 Notice to proceed.

Work within a historic district shall be permitted through the issuance of a notice to proceed by the Commission if any of the following conditions prevail and if the proposed work can be demonstrated by a finding of the Commission to be necessary to substantially improve or correct any of the following conditions:

(1)    The resource constitutes a hazard to the safety of the public or to the structure’s occupants.

(2)    The resource is a deterrent to a major improvement program that will be of substantial benefit to the community and the applicant proposing the work has obtained all necessary planning and zoning approvals, financing, and environmental clearances.

(3)    Retaining the resource will cause undue financial hardship to the owner when a governmental action, an act of God, or other events beyond the owner’s control created the hardship, and all feasible alternatives to eliminate the financial hardship, which may include offering the resource for sale at its fair market value or moving the resource to a vacant site within the historic district, have been attempted and exhausted by the owner.

(4)    Retaining the resource is not in the interest of the majority of the community.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-77 Appeal of a Commission decision.

(a)    An applicant aggrieved by a decision of the Commission concerning a permit application may file an appeal with the State Historic Preservation Review Board. The appeal shall be filed within 60 calendar days after the decision is furnished to the applicant. The appellant may submit all or part of the appellant’s evidence and arguments in written form. The State Historic Preservation Review Board shall consider an appeal at its first regularly scheduled meeting after receiving the appeal. A permit applicant aggrieved by the decision of the State Historic Preservation Review Board may appeal the decision to the circuit court having jurisdiction over the Historic District Commission whose decision was appealed to the State Historic Preservation Review Board.

(b)    Any citizen or duly organized historic preservation organization in the City of Pontiac, as well as resource property owners, jointly or severally aggrieved by a decision of the Historic District Commission may appeal the decision to the circuit court, except that a permit applicant aggrieved by a decision rendered under this article may not appeal to the court without first exhausting the right to appeal to the State Historic Preservation Review Board.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-78 Work without a permit.

When work has been done upon a resource without a permit, and the Commission finds that the work does not qualify for a certificate of appropriateness, the Commission may require an owner to restore the resource to the condition that the resource was in before the inappropriate work or to modify the work so that it qualifies for a certificate of appropriateness. If the owner does not comply with the restoration or modification requirement within a reasonable time, the Commission may seek an order from the circuit court to require the owner to restore the resource to its former condition or to modify the work so that it qualifies for a certificate of appropriateness. If the owner does not comply or cannot comply with the order of the court, the Commission or its agents may enter the property and conduct work necessary to restore the resource to its former condition or modify the work so that it qualifies for a certificate of appropriateness in accordance with the court’s order. The costs of the work done shall be charged to the owner, and may be levied by the City of Pontiac as a special assessment against the property. When acting pursuant to an order of the circuit court, the Commission or its agents may enter a property for purposes of this section.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-79 Demolition by neglect.

Upon a finding by the Commission that a historic resource within a historic district or a proposed historic district subject to its review and approval is threatened with demolition by neglect, the Commission may do either of the following:

(1)    Require the owner of the resource to repair all conditions contributing to demolition by neglect.

(2)    If the owner does not make repairs within a reasonable time, the Commission or its agents may enter the property and make such repairs as necessary to prevent demolition by neglect. The costs of the work shall be charged to the owner, and may be levied by the City of Pontiac as a special assessment against the property. The Commission or its agents may enter the property for purposes of this section upon obtaining an order from the circuit court.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-80 Review of work in proposed districts.

Upon receipt of substantial evidence showing the presence of historic, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance of a proposed historic district, the City Council may, at its discretion, adopt a resolution requiring that all applications for permits within the proposed historic district be referred to the Historic District Commission as prescribed in section 74-74. The Historic District Commission shall review permit applications with the same powers that would apply if the proposed historic district was an established historic district. The review may continue in the proposed historic district for not more than one year, or until such time as the City Council approves or rejects the establishment of the historic district by ordinance, whichever occurs first.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-81 Emergency moratorium.

If the City Council determines that pending work will cause irreparable harm to resources located within an established or proposed historic district, the City Council may by resolution declare an emergency moratorium on all such work for a period not to exceed six months. The City Council may extend the emergency moratorium for an additional period not to exceed six months, upon finding that the threat of irreparable harm to resources is still present. Any pending permit application concerning a resource subject to an emergency moratorium may be summarily denied.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-82 Penalties for violations.

(a)    A person, individual, partnership, firm, corporation, organization, institution, or agency of government that violates this article is responsible for a civil violation and may be fined not more than $5,000.00.

(b)    A person, individual, partnership, firm, corporation, organization, institution, or agency of government that violates this article may be ordered by the court to pay the costs to restore or replicate a resource unlawfully constructed, added to, altered, repaired, moved, excavated or demolished.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-83 Acquisition of historic resources.

If all efforts by the Commission to preserve a resource fail, or if it is determined by the City Council that public ownership is most suitable, the City Council, if considered to be in the public interest, may acquire the resource using public funds, public or private gifts, grants or proceeds from the issuance of revenue bonds. The acquisition shall be based upon the recommendation of the Commission. The Commission is responsible for maintaining publicly owned resources using its own funds, if not specifically designated for other purposes, or public funds committed for that use by the City Council. Upon recommendation of the Commission, the City may sell resources acquired under this section with protective easements included in the property transfer documents, if appropriate.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)

74-84 Historic district boundary.

(a)    The Historic District Commission shall designate certain properties located within historic districts as historic sites after due consideration of such properties:

(1)    Quality of significance in American, State and/or City history, architecture, archaeology, engineering and culture;

(2)    Integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association;

(3)    Relationship to events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history;

(4)    Association with the lives of persons significant in our past;

(5)    Distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; and

(6)    Potential for restoration.

(b)    The following described properties are hereby designated as historic districts:

(1)    Franklin Boulevard Historic District: Lots 12 through 19 and lots 22 through 61 of Assessor’s Plat No. 41; lots 32 through 42, the north 117.92 feet of lot 43, lot 44 exc. the south 48 feet, and lots 57 through 64 of Assessor’s Plat No. 112; lots 25 through 31 and lots 37 through 40 of Assessor’s Plat No. 115; lots 1 through 20 of Assessor’s Plat No. 129; lots 1 through 5, the north 125 feet of lot 6, lot 7 exc. the south 55 feet, lot 8 exc. the east 10 feet of the south 55 feet, lots 9 and 10 exc. the south 45 feet, and lots 11 through 48 of Forest Lawn Addition; and lots 1 through 8 of Johnson Addition; City of Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, as recorded in the Oakland County Records.

(2)    Fairgrove Avenue Historic District: Oakland County Agricultural Society’s Addition, lots 3 through 11, north 95 feet of lot 12, lots 13 through 31, east 45 feet of lot 32, the easterly 47.4 feet of lot 99 and lots 100 through 102; Assessor’s Plat No. 26, lot 9; Assessor’s Plat No. 27, lot 12.

(3)    Modern Housing Corporation Addition Historic District: Modern Housing Corporation Addition, lots 130 through 414, 613, 618 through 622, 624 through 634, and 638 through 645.

(4)    Seminole Hills Historic District: Seminole Hills Subdivision, lots 21 through 35, and 37 through 556; Crofoot’s Western Addition, block 4, lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15 and 18; and Roberts Subdivision, lots 1 through 36.

(5)    Pontiac Commercial Historic District: Original plat, lots 1 through 5, 17 through 22 excluding the north 10.5 feet of lot 22, the north 30 feet of lot 28, lots 36 through 69, the north 30 feet of lot 77, lots 79 through 95, 118, 119 and 131 through 141; Assessor’s Plat No. 28, lots 14, 21, and 22; Assessor’s Plat No. 46, lots 1, 2, 3, 48, 49 and 50, excluding the southerly 12 feet of said lots 48 and 49; Assessor’s Plat No. 112, lots 11 through 19; Assessor’s Plat No. 113, lots 1 through 8 and 26 through 30; Assessor’s Plat No. 119, lots 79 and 80; and Huron Addition, lots 1 through 5.

(6)    Horatio N. Howard House Historic District: Stockwell and Tregent’s Addition, block 1, east 170 feet of lot 13, exc. south 44 feet.

(7)    Wisner House Historic District: Assessor’s Plat No. 4, lot 7 exc. beginning at the northeast corner of lot 249, Assessor’s Plat No. 140, City of Pontiac, Michigan, thence south 45 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds east 181.55 feet; thence north 43 degrees 56 minutes 40 seconds east along the northerly line of lot 246, Assessor’s Plat No. 140, 20 feet; thence north 45 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds west 91.7 feet; thence north 28 degrees 39 minutes 10 seconds west 52.5 feet; thence north 35 degrees 21 minutes 10 seconds west 41 feet to the point of curve to the left, having a radius of 23.23 feet a central angle of 100 degrees 30 minutes 50 seconds, thence around the arc of curve a distance of 40.75 feet to the point of tangency of such curve; thence south 44 degrees 08 minutes west 47.95 feet; thence north 88 degrees 20 minutes east along the northerly line of lot 249, Assessor’s Plat No. 140, 40.05 feet to the point of beginning, also exc. a strip of land lying northeasterly of a line 60 feet southwesterly of and parallel to the centerline of Oakland Avenue as now established for Oakland Avenue widening.

(8)    St. Vincent DePaul Church Complex Historic District: Assessor’s Plat No. 134, lot 50 and the north 220 feet of lot 51.

(9)    First United Methodist Church Historic District: Assessor’s Plat No. 130, lots 16, 17, 18 and also all that part of vacated Judson Street lying adjacent.

(10)    Central School Historic District: Assessor’s Plat No. 142, lot 3, exc. that part lying westerly of the easterly line of Perimeter Road as now laid out.

(11)    Cook Nelson, American Legion Post No. 20 Historic District: Assessor’s Plat No. 136, lots 3 through 9.

(12)    Oakhill Cemetery Historic District: Assessor’s Plat No. 19, lots 1 and 2, exc. that part lying south of the north line of permanent right-of-way of Pontiac Clinton Drain No. 2; Assessor’s Plat No. 20, lot 15; and Assessor’s Plat No. 145, lots 2, 3, and 4.

(13)    Eastern Michigan Asylum Historic District: Those parts of the south half of Section 19 and the north half of Section 30, Township 3 North, Range 10 East, City of Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the southwest corner of said Section 19; thence south 89 degrees 15 minutes 33 seconds east 500.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence south 0 degrees 13 minutes 24 seconds east, 1200.00 feet; thence south 89 degrees 15 minutes 33 seconds east 1350.00 feet; thence south 0 degrees 13 minutes 24 seconds east 500.00 feet; thence south 89 degrees 15 minutes 33 seconds east 1600.00 feet; thence north 23 degrees 13 minutes 36 seconds east 924.20 feet; thence north 43 degrees 47 minutes 15 seconds west 2100.00 feet; thence north 47 degrees 53 minutes 39 seconds east 1000.00 feet to a point on the southwesterly right-of-way line of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, said point lying northwesterly along said railroad right-of-way line 3700.00 feet from the point of intersection of said railroad right-of-way line with northerly right-of-way line of Johnson Avenue (99 feet wide); thence north 43 degrees 47 minutes 15 seconds west 1022.11 feet along said railroad right-of-way line; along a curve to the right, radius equal to 973.14 feet, arc distance 211.98 feet, long chord bearing south 21 degrees 46 minutes 23 seconds east 210.77 feet; thence north 79 degrees 46 minutes 59 seconds west 1531.00 feet; thence south 0 degrees 00 minutes 14 seconds east 754.13 feet; thence north 86 degrees 45 minutes 45 seconds west 564.40 feet; thence south 0 degrees 08 minutes 40 seconds east 595.43 feet; thence south 19 degrees 40 minutes 35 seconds 148.12 feet; thence south 53 degrees 48 minutes 53 seconds east 235.87 feet; thence south 0 degrees 19 minutes 40 seconds east 515.69 feet; thence north 89 degrees 15 minutes 33 seconds west 55.42 feet to the point of beginning.

(Ord. No. 2372, 12-10-19)