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C. If the COMMISSION. or its designee determines that an application for a CERTIFICATE does not involve any EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, or involves an EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE which is not subject to review by the COMMISSION under the provisions of this Chapter, the COMMISSION shall forthwith issue a CERTIFICATE of.Non-Applicability. D. If the COMMISSION or its designee determines that such application involves any EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE subject to review under this Chapter, the COMMISSION shall hold a public hearing on the application, except as may otherwise be provided in 'this'Chapter, within forty-five (45) days from the date of the filing of the application. At least fourteen (14) days before said public hearing, public notice shall be given by posting in a conspicuous place in Town Hall. Such notice shall identify the time, place and purpose of the public hearing. Concurrently, E a copy of said public notice shall be mailed, -postage prepaid, to: the applicant; to the owners of all adjoining properties and of other properties deemed by the COMMISSION to be materially affected thereby, all as they appear on the most recent applicable tax list; -to the Planning Board; to any person filing a written request for notice of hearings, such request to be renewed yearly in December; and to such other,persons'as the COMMISSION shall deem entitled to notice. E. 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 r 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. i