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(7) Any other information deemed necessary in order to visualize the proposed work. B. No building permit shall be issued for such proposed work until a certificate of appropriateness has first been issued by the Town Board. The Town Board shall act to approve or deny a certificate of appropriateness within 65 days of the date upon which a completed application is filed with the Town Board. If the application is not acted upon within 65 days, the application shall be deemed approved. The applicant may request an extension of the decision date, if so desired. The certificate of appropriateness required by this chapter shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any building permit that may be required by any other ordinance of the Town of Hamburg. § 31-10 Hardship criteria. A. An applicant whose certificate of appropriateness for a proposed demolition has been denied may apply for relief on the grounds of hardship. In order to prove the existence of hardship, the applicant shall establish that: 1) The property is incapable of earning a reasonable return regardless of whether that return represents the most profitable return possible. 2) The property cannot be adapted for any other use permitted by Chapter 280, Zoning, which would result in a reasonable return. 3) Efforts to find a purchaser interested in acquiring the property and preserving it have failed. B. An applicant whose certificate of appropriateness for a proposed alteration has been denied may apply for relief on the grounds of hardship. In order to prove the existence of hardship, the applicant shall establish that the property is incapable 73