As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Alter" or "alteration" means any material or visual change other than maintenance and repair, to the exterior of any listed property or to the interior of any listed property which was listed in part, or in whole, because of the interior's historic or architectural significance. "Normal maintenance and repair" means those alterations that do not require the issuance of a building permit, and/or zoning permit. Interior alterations refer to interior spaces that are publicly accessible, whether due to or caused by an emergency or due to new construction.
(b) "Applicant" means any person, trust, association, partnership or corporation that applies for a zoning or demolition permit for new construction or alteration, demolition or relocation of a listed property.
(d) "Committee" means Historical Preservation Area Review Committee and Design Review Committee.
(e) "Demolition permit" means a permit issued by the City for the razing or removal, in whole or in part, of a structure within the City limits.
(f) "Design Review Area" means the area noted as the Design Review Area on the Official Comprehensive Plan Map (Exhibit A).
(g) "Emergency" means a sudden need for action by means of construction, reconstruction, alteration, demolition or relocation caused by a natural disaster, accident or structural failure. The need for emergency-related replacement shall depend upon the physical condition of the existing structure as well as the cause of the emergency. Any eminent danger to the public may be cited as a cause for replacement.
(h) "Historical District Area" means the area noted as the Historic Preservation Area on the Official Comprehensive Plan Map. (Exhibit B).
(i) "Historical Preservation Authority" means the organization listed and defined in Section 1129.05.
(j) “Owner" means the owner of record according to the Mahoning County Recorder’s Office.
(k) "Structure" means a building, monument, work of art or work of engineering permanently affixed to the land or any material thing of functional, aesthetic, cultural, historical or scientific values that may be, by nature or design, movable, yet related to a specific setting or environment.
(l) “Zoning permit" means a permit to locate, erect, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, change or structurally alter any building or structure within the Municipality.
(m) "Certificate of approval" or "approval" means the zoning permit which is issued subject to the ordinances relating to the Design Review/Historical Preservation Area Review Committee and Districts.
(Ord. 1993-54. Passed 10-5-93.)