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historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment. (10) New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired. (b) In making its determination, the Committee shall further consider the compatibility of the proposed project with the standards and guidelines as adopted by city council in addition to any other pertinent factors. (c) This section is not intended to discourage contemporary architectural expression, or to require the emulation of existing structures of historic or architectural interest in specific detail. Harmony, or incompatibility, shall be evaluated in terms ofthe appropriateness of the architectural features, materials, scale, size, height, and placement of a new structure in relationship to existing structures and to the setting. Sec. 40-57.1.6. Certificate of Appropriateness; action required on application. (a) Upon receipt of a complete application for a certificate of appropriateness, the designated staff shall review the application to determine if a one, two, or three step approval process is required, as defined in the standards and guidelines adopted by the city council. (b) F or those reviews by the committee, staff shall place the application on the agenda for the next regularly scheduled Committee meeting for which it meets the deadline pursuant to the procedures manual. During the public hearing portion of the Committee meeting the Committee will confer with the applicant for the certificate of appropriateness and other parties that appear to voice an opinion on the project. After the public comment portion of the meeting has ended, the Committee members shall vote to either approve or disapprove such plans and specifications based on architectural compatibility and in accordance with the Committee's adopted standards and guidelines. (c) If the application is approved, the Committee shall issue a certificate of appropriateness therefore with or without conditions or with such modifications of the plans and specifications as the Committee deems necessary and the applicant accepts to fulfill the purposes and objectives declared in section 40-55 and to require compliance with the regulations and restrictions set out in this chapter and the standards and guidelines as adopted by the city council. (d) If issued, a certificate of appropriateness shall be valid for a period of one year from date of issuance. All work approved and initiated under a certificate of appropriateness shall be completed within one year of issuance. Without an extension, after one year from issuance of a certificate of appropriateness, an owner shall obtain a new certificate in order to commence any previously approved work or to complete any work. Once begun, no project or work shall be left partially completed. On written request from the applicant, the Committee may grant a single extension of its approval for a period of up to one additional year if, based upon submissions from the applicant, the Committee finds that conditions on the site and in the area of the proposed project are essentially the same as when approval was originally granted. (e) Any certificate of appropriateness shall also expire and become null and void if such authorized work is suspended or abandoned for a period of 12 months after being