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Section III. POWERS AND PITIES
The Commission shall exercise only those powers and duties granted by this ordinance or those powers and duties which may be assigned to It at a later time by the City Council.
Section IV. DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this ordinance the following definitions shall apply:
A.	Alteration:	Any change because of consturction, repair,
maintenance or otherwise to buildings located within an historic
district or designated as a landmark.
B.	At>plleant:	The	record owner of the site and/or buildings
located thereon, the lessee thereof, or a person holding a "bona fide" contract to purchase same.
C.	Building:	Any	structure, place or any other construction
built for the shelter or enclosure of person, animals, or chattels,
or any part of such structure when subdivided by division walls or party walls extending to or above the roof and without openings In such walls.
The term "building" shall be construed as if followed by the words "or any part thereof."
D.	Certificate of Appropriateness; A document evidencing approval of the Commission for work proposed by an applicant.
E.	Commission; Bay St. Louis Preservation/Development Commission.
F.	Construction: The erection of any on-slte improvements on any parcel of ground located within an historic district or on a
landmark site, whether the site is presently Improved, unimproved, or hereafter becomes unimproved by "demolition", "demolition by neglect", destruction of the improvements located thereon by fire, windstorm, or other casualty, or otherwise (hereinafter such a parcel of ground shall be referred to as 'site').
G.	Demolition; The complete or constructive removal by an applicant of a building on any site.
H.	Demolition by Neglect; Neglect In the maintenance of any building resulting in any one or more of the following;
(1)	The deterioration of a building to the extent that it creates or permits a hazardous or unsafe condition as determined by the Department of Safety and Permits.
(2)	The deterioration of a building(s) characterized by one or more of the following;