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Sec. 2-2.3404 - IMPROVEMENTS SUBJECT TO DESIGN REVIEW A. The Board of Design Review (Article 19) shall review the design of each improvement for which a building permit, license, certificate or other approval is required pursuant to this code. If a proposed improvement within the District would require Planning Commission or City Council approval, then said body shall review the design. All reference to the Board of Design Review hereafter shall apply, when relevant, to these other reviewing bodies. The Board of Design Review may adopt standards for determining which applications comply on their face with all applicable regulations for improvements under this Article and which will, if approved, have an insignificant effect both on the District as a whole and on the particular built context of the proposed improvement. The Board may also adopt standards for determining that applications for certain improvements do not need all the information required by Section 2-2.3405. Such applications under such adopted standards shall be deemed applications for minor improvements and the required review under this Article for such minor improvements may be delegated to a designated staff member by the Board of Design Review. Decisions under such delegation shall be deemed Board decisions under this Article. B. The term "improvement" as used in this Article shall be liberally interpreted and shall include the construction, alteration, and repair of all signs and all property and appurtenances thereto. The term "improvement" shall not include demolition. No improvements subject to design review shall hereafter be constructed, located, repaired, altered or thereafter maintained except in accordance with the architectural plan approved as provided in this Article. The Board of Design Review shall consider the architectural plan within thirty (30) days following the application's being deemed complete by the °°`^r =` ~^ ° " ^a "•" ~ the- Zoning Administrator unless the applicant agrees to a later date. After consideration of the architectural plan, the Board of Design Review shall issue its determination setting forth its decision to approve disapprove or conditionally approve the architectural plan. The applicant or any aggrieved person may appeal any decision of the Board to the City Council in the manner provided in this code for appeals to the City Council from decision of the Farming-Gommss-ion-Board of Design Review. - 6 -