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(d) The designated staff shall report, in writing, to the Downtown Design Committee at each regular meeting on all certificates so issued. (e) Not withstanding the above, the building official, the zoning administrator, or their designees may order that work be stopped and that an appropriate application be filed for Committee review upon determination that the action being undertaken surpasses ordinary maintenance as defined in section 40-56.7 a certificate of appropriateness is not displayed, or the work being performed is not in conformance with the approved action for which a certificate of appropriateness has been issued. Sec. 40-57.1.8. Certificate of Appropriateness; undue hardship exception. The Committee shall have the power to reduce or suspend any of the requirements of this article, if it finds that the application presents special circumstances whereby strict compliance will produce an undue hardship or if the spirit of the chapter has been met and deviation has been deemed to be in the best interest of the city. In granting a hardship the Committee shall make the following findings of fact in writing: (a) Strict compliance with the regulation will deprive the property owner of all reasonable use of the property. (b) The hardship results from application ofthe regulation to the property. (c) The hardship is one that affects the property directly. (d) The hardship is not the result of the property owner's own actions or omissions. (e) The hardship is unique to the property and is not commonly shared by other similarly situated properties. (f) Any financial considerations greatly decrease or destroy the property's value. (g) The condition or situation of the property concerned is not of so general or recurring a nature as to make reasonably practicable the formulation of a general regulation to be adopted as an amendment to this ordinance. Sec. 40-57.1.9. Certificate of Appropriateness; demolitions. (a) The owner of an historic property or the owner of a building, structure, site, or object in any historic district, shall, as a matter of right, be entitled to raze or demolish such building, or structure in accordance with section 15.2-2306 A.3 of the Code of Virginia; provided, however, the owner must first have applied to the Committee for a certificate of appropriateness for the demolition. If the Committee denies the demolition request, the owner may appeal such denial to the city council. (b) In the case of an application for demolition, if the Committee finds that it is physically or economically unfeasible to preserve an historic structure according to the above criteria, it shall issue the certificate of appropriateness. If preservation is found to be both physically and economically feasible, the Committee shall take or promote the taking of whatever public or private action that it deems likely to lead to such preservation, either on the site on which the historic structure is located or on another site to which it might appropriately be