I also know that SA affordable housing committees have recommended terminating those requirements.

 I continue to sit in on Denver's Short-Term Rental Advisory Committee meetings.

Whichever path they direct you down, ask them for guidance on the process - i.e. how to submit your request, the required paperwork and field work (e.g. survey and plot plan), how often and when the committee meets to hear such requests, etc.  

This historical committee must approve the key component of the remodel.

Get them to bring it to committee before ordering appraisal, etc.

The Economic Development Committee is good too.

IE when we have a new project ( like i turned in 3 new builds to day) my request is for just shy of 1 mil in vertical.well those loan request will have to go to loan committee and when your banker takes you to loan committee you cant have 4,675.00 in the bank.. thats no good.. these banks look for deposit relationships as much as lending relationships.. 

Many houses have been updated on the inside, maybe not from the outside especially since there is so many hoops to jump through often with the architectural design committee. 

Because if the bank loan officer and a complicit and shady underwriter were actually able to approve a 5M dollar loan without a committee review, they would get fired after the borrower lost it when the project tanked because he has no experience handling such a project. 

Here are a few local resourcesOne ColumbusColumbus 2050 BlueprintColumbus Crane Watch- Interactive MapColumbus DevelopmentColumbus Downtown Development CorporationCity of Columbus Capital ProjectsColumbus NeighborhoodsOpportunity ZonesOpportunity Zone ProspectusTax AbatementMid-Ohio Regional Planning Committee