For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALTERATION. The addition to, removal of, removal from, or physical modification and/or repair of any exterior part or portion of a historical landmark.
DEMOLITION. To raze, destroy, dismantle, deface, or in any other manner cause partial or total ruin to a historic resource.
ELIGIBLE/CONTRIBUTING. A building, structure, object, or site originally constructed within the applicable period of significance that retains and exhibits sufficient integrity (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association) to convey a sense of history. These properties strengthen the historic integrity of an existing or potential historic district.
ELIGIBLE/SIGNIFICANT. A building, structure, object, or site originally constructed within the applicable period of significance that retains and exhibits sufficient integrity (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association) to convey a sense of history. These properties strengthen the historic integrity of an existing or potential historic district, and are likely individually eligible for listing in the Local Landmark Register.
HISTORIC DISTRICT. A geographical definable area of local, state, or national historical significance, the boundaries of which have specifically been adopted by the City Council.
HISTORIC INTEGRITY. The quality of wholeness of historic location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and/or association of a historic resource, as opposed to its physical condition.
HISTORIC LANDMARK. Any historic resource which is classified as “contributing” or “significant” on the Amity Historic Resources Survey.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER. The City Administrator or designee responsible for the administration of this chapter.
HISTORIC RESOURCE. A building, structure, object, site, or district that is at least 50 years old or is of exceptional significance and potentially meets the age, integrity, and significance criteria for listing in the Local Landmark Register, but may not necessarily be recorded in the Historic Resources Survey.
HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY. The record of buildings, structures, objects, and sites recorded by the City used to identify historic resources potentially eligible for listing in the Local Landmark Register.
HISTORIC RESOURCES OF STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE. Buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts that are listed in the National Register.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. The physical association of a building, structure, site, object, or district with historic events, trends, persons, architecture, method of construction, or that have yielded or may yield information important in prehistory or history.
LANDMARK. A building, structure, site, object, or district listed in the City’s Local Landmark Register.
LOCAL LANDMARK REGISTER. The list of historic resources officially recognized by the City as important to in its history and afforded the protection under this chapter.
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. The nation’s official list of buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts important in the nation’s history and maintained by the National Park Service in Washington, D.C. and hereafter referred to as the NATIONAL REGISTER. Historic resources listed in the NATIONAL REGISTER are referred to as “historic resources of statewide significance” in Oregon Revised Statutes.
MAY. The act referred to is discretionary. (See SHALL.)
NON-CONTRIBUTING. A building, structure, object, or site originally constructed within the applicable period of significance that does not retain or exhibit sufficient integrity (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association) to convey a sense of history. These properties do not strengthen the historic integrity of an existing or potential historic district in their current condition.
NOT IN PERIOD. A building, structure, object, or site that was originally constructed outside the applicable period of significance.
NOTICE OF DELAY. A notice submitted to the Building Department by the Historic Preservation Officer, which indicates that an application does not conform with the requirements of this chapter and sets forth delay periods on the issuance of a building permit, a demolition permit, or a moving permit for an historic landmark.
ORDINARY MAINTENANCE. Activities that do not remove materials or alter qualities that make a historic resource eligible for listing in the Local Landmark Register, including cleaning; painting, when color is not specifically noted in the landmark’s record of designation; and limited replacement of siding, trim, and window components when such material is beyond repair and where the new piece is of the same size, dimension, material, and finish as that of the original historic material. Excluded from this definition is the replacement of an entire window sash or more that 20% of the siding or trim on any one side of a landmark at any one time within one calendar year.
PERMIT CLEARANCE. Indication that an application conforms with the requirements of this chapter and which must be submitted to the Building Department by the Historic Preservation Officer prior to any building permit, demolition permit, or moving permit being issued for an historic landmark.
RECORD OF DESIGNATION. The official document created by the Historic Preservation Officer that describes how a landmark meets the criteria for listing in Section 7, the Local Landmark Register.
REHABILITATION. The process of returning a local landmark to a state of utility through repair or alteration, which makes possible an efficient use while preserving those portions and features of the local landmark and its site that conveys its historic significance.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory. (See MAY.)
(Ord. 638, passed 5-7-2014)