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K. Record of Demolished and Moved Properties: Prior to the issuance of a permit for demolition, moving or removal, the City or the Commission may require the applicant to provide information about the building, including, without limitation, the date of original construction, significant events and occupants, architectural features, and a description of the building through photographs, plans, and maps. As a part of this process, the Commission may require the applicant to allow City staff or its agent on the subject property to provide historic photo-documentation of the structure. The City will determine where the documentation is to be deposited. L. Expiration: Any demolition, moving or removal permit that is issued pursuant to an application that is subject to this section 15.36.200 shall expire no later than one hundred eighty (181)) days after the permit is issued if the work authorized by such permit has not commenced. M. Preservation or Salvage of Architectural Elements and Photographic Documentation: The City may require the preservation or salvage of specific architectural elements of the stn~cture and the opportunity to document the building photographically prior to dlemolition of the site. Section 2. Subsection B of Section 15.36.100 of the Louisville Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (words added are underlined; words deleted are st~ie~en ~) Sec. 15.36.100 Landmark ailteration certificate required. B. The City shall maintain a current record of all designated landmark sites and historic districts and pending designations. If the Building Division receives an application for a permit, or a Planning Department referral for demolition review pursuant to pursuant to subsection 15.36.200.D., that proposes to carry out any new construction, alteration, removal, or demolition of a building or other designated feature on a landmark site or in an historic district or in an area for which designation proceedings are pending, the Building Division shall promptly forward such permit application to appropriate staff. Section 3. If any portion of this ordinance is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part hereof irrespective of the fact that any one part be declared invalid. Section 4. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Municipal Code of the City of Louisville by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such provision, and each provision shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions for the enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture, or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or order which can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits, proceedings, or prosecutions. 5