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Sec. 40-56.16. Downtown Design Committee; Temporary screening during construction. The Downtown Design Committee shall consider the need during construction to screen from public view by means of an opaque fence or other device certain new construction projects or additions to existing buildings. Such temporary screening may be required for any site within a downtown T district and for any site in the D-2 district which abuts a street classified as an arterial street in the comprehensive plan if the screening is determined by the committee to be necessary to protect the public from construction debris or equipment, to protect the public view from a public roadway, walkway or waterway or to protect the public view from a site with architectural, historic or cultural significance. Sec. 40-56.17. Downtown Design Committee; Historic markers. (a) Historic markers, as approved by the Downtown Design Committee, shall be made available to the owner of any building designated as a historic structure by the committee. (b) The markers shall show the date of construction and the historic significance of the structure and shall be placed on the structure or adjacent to it. (c) It shall be unlawful for anyone to display an unauthorized marker or to remove an authorized marker without the consent of the structure owner and the committee. (d) An application to remove an official marker shall be made in writing by the building owner to the committee for investigation and report, which report shall be made within 30 days from the date on which the application was received. The report shall be forwarded to the building official. (e) In considering the removal of a marker, the Committee shall consider the historical or architectural value and significance of the building or structure and its relationship to or congruity with the land, place and area in the historic district upon which it is erected and with other buildings or structures therein. (f) In the event that the Downtown Design Committee recommends approval of the application to remove an official marker, the committee shall immediately so advise the owner. (g) In the event that the committee recommends denial, the owner shall be notified immediately not to remove the marker. (h) The applicant may appeal any committee decision in accordance with the provisions of section 40-59.1. Sec. 40-56.18. Outdoor Retail Displays in Rights-of-Way. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to cause an outdoor retail display area to be established in any public right-of-way of the city except as permitted by this section and shall be limited to property zoned either T5 or T6 or D2. (b) Upon determination that an outdoor retail display area will not materially or unreasonably interfere with the use of any public right-of-way or constitute a hazard, the city councilor its designee may issue an outdoor retail display area permit subject to the following conditions: