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(I) The use permit is subject to review at any time and may be revoked after a hearing by the planning commission and the city council and a finding by the city council that the use has become detrimental to the surrounding neighborhood or for any other reason allowed by law. (m) A use permit granted to an owner for a bed and breakfast inn shall terminate when the owner transfers ownership of the property. Any such transfer shall require a new use permit from the city council. Sec. 40-54. Certificate of Appropriateness; required. After the designation of an historic property or of an historic district, no material change including construction, reconstruction, exterior alteration, demolition, or relocation that affects the appearance of such historic property, or of a contributing or noncontributing building, structure, site or object within such historic district, shall be made or be permitted to be made by the owner or occupant thereof, unless or until the application for a certificate of appropriateness has been submitted to and approved by the historic preservation commission. The owner of such building, structure or property or the owner's agent, shall make an application to the designated staff ofthe historic preservation commission: A certificate of appropriateness shall be required whether or not a building permit is required. Ordinary maintenance and repair items such as those listed in 40-55 are exempt from review. Exterior alterations that do not require a building permit but which can change the exterior appearance of the building or structure such as replacement of doors and windows shall not be constructed or installed unless a certificate of appropriateness has first been obtained, No site feature or appurtenance (such as walls, fences, arbors, paved parking areas, patios, decks, garages, tool sheds, and other accessory structures) where visible from a public right-of-way shall be constructed or installed unless a certificate of appropriateness has first been obtained. No building permit shall be issued for erection, alteration or improvement of an historic structure or property within an historic district unless a certificate of appropriateness, if required, has first been issued. A certificate of occupancy shall not be issued unless the project is constructed in compliance with the certificate of appropriateness. A certificate of appropriateness must be approved by the commission prior to a zoning review of site plans, the site plan review process, subdivision review, board of zoning appeals review, or the processing of a use permit or rezoning application. No action by the departments, commissions, or agencies responsible for such reviews shall take place if a required certificate of appropriateness has not been approved.