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El A public hearing on an application for a CERTIFICATE need not be held if such hearing is waived in writing by all persons entitled to notice thereof. In addition, a public hearing on an application for a CERTIFICATE may be waived by the COMMISSION if the COMMISSION determines that the EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE involved, or its category, is so insubstantial in its effect on the DISTRICT that it may be reviewed by the COMMISSION without a public hearing. If the COMMISSION dispenses with a public hearing on an application for a CERTIFICATE, notice of such application shall be given to the owners of all adjoining property and of other property deemed by the COMMISSION to be materially affected thereby as, above provided, and ten. (10) days shall elapse after the mailing of such notice before the COMMISSION may act upon such application. F'. Within sixty (60) days after the filing of an application for a CERTIFICATE, or within such further time as the applicant may allow in writing, the COMMISSION shall issue a CERTIFICATE or a disapproval. In the case of a disapproval of an application for a CERTIFICATE, the COMMISSION shall set forth in its disapproval the reasons for such disapproval. The COMMISSION may include in its disapproval specific recommendations for changes in the applicant's proposal with respect to the appropriateness of design, arrangement, texture, material and similar features that, if made and filed with the COMMISSION in a subsequent ,application, would make the application acceptable to the COMMISSION. G. The concurring vote of a majority of the members of the COMMISSION, including any Alternate Members designated to hear the application, shall be required to issue a CERTIFICATE. H. In issuing CERTIFICATES, the COMMISSION may, as, it deems appropriate, impose certain conditions and limitations, and may require architectural or plan modifications consistent with the intent and purpose if this Chapter. I. If the COMMISSION determines that the CONSTRUCTION or ALTERATION or DEMOLITION for which an application for a CERTIFICATE of Appropriateness has been filed will be appropriate for or compatible with the preservation or protection of the DISTRICT, the COMMISSION shall issue a CERTIFICATE of Appropriateness. J. If the CONSTRUCTION or ALTERATION or DEMOLITION for which an application for a CERTIFICATE of Appropriateness has been filed shall be determined to be inappropriate and therefore disapproved, or in the event of an application for a CERTIFICATE of Hardship, the COMMISSION shall determine whether, owing to conditions especially affecting the BUILDING or STRUCTURE involved, but not affecting the DISTRICT generally, failure to approve an application will involve a substantial hardship, financial or otherwise, to the applicant and whether 29