As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning given herein:
(a) A "Historically Significant Property" means (i) any structure which is more than one hundred (100) years old, or, (ii) any structure that is fifty (50) years old and:
(1) Is listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the U.S. Department of Interior); or preliminarily determined by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board as meeting the requirements for individual listings on the National Register; or
(2) Is certified or preliminarily determined by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board to qualify as a registered historic district; or
(3) Consistent with the criteria used to determine National Register eligibility, possesses one or more of the following attributes:
A. Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Municipality history; or
B. Is associated with the lives of persons significant in the Municipality's past; or
C. Is a structure which:
1. Embodies the distinctive local characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; or
2. Represents the work of a local Master as defined herein; or
3. Possesses high artistic values; or
D. Has yielded or may be likely to yield, information important in the prehistory or history of the Municipality.
(b) "Compatible" for the purposes of this chapter means that a design does not materially and adversely impact the economic or historical value of a Historically Significant Property.
(c) "Proximity" for the purpose of determining compatibility of design pursuant to Section 1146.04 means the potential for one property, by virtue of its location, to materially and adversely affect an Historically Significant Property.
(d) "Economically Feasible" means that the costs of the necessary repair and rehabilitation of a Historically Significant Property, when combined with the market value of the land upon which the Historically Significant Property resides, do not exceed the market value of the real property after the necessary repair and rehabilitation of the Historically Significant Property has been completed, based on the reasonable expectations in the marketplace for comparably aged and constructed homes by an amount beyond what a willing and reasonably prudent buyer would agree to pay for a Historically Significant Property in that area of the Municipality.
(e) "Preservation" means the act or process of applying measures necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity and material of a Historically Significant Property.
(f) "Restoration" means the returning of a historically significant building to its original condition or to its condition at a specifically identified time in its history as it has evolved, based on supporting visual and documentary evidence and physical analysis of the property. The intent of restoration is to accurately restore the character-defining historical elements of the property to their original or selected later date appearance when it achieved its historical importance. Conjectural restoration is not acceptable.
(g) "Repair" means the fixing or mending of a building that has suffered natural or man-made damage due, for example, to wind, water, fire, vandalism or long-term failure to properly maintain it. Repair does not imply, nor does it encourage restoration, although it may become part of the process for a building undergoing restoration.
(h) "Rehabilitation" means the renovation of a building, in its present condition, for continued use, or its adaptation to a new use. To meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, the owner must retain the surviving historically-important, character-defining components of the building but is not required to restore it to its original historical appearance or configuration, which may have changed over the years.
(i) "Reconstruction" means the building of a replica of a structure, or portion thereof, that has been destroyed, based upon supporting visual and documentary evidence and, possibly surviving fragments. This technique is rarely used and is usually confined to archaeological sites.
(j) "Master" means a figure of generally recognized greatness in a field, a known craftsman of consummate skill, or an anonymous craftsman whose work is distinguishable from others by its characteristic style and quality. The property must express a particular phase in the development of the master's career, an aspect of the master's work, or a particular idea or theme in the master's craft.
(Ord. 2019-39. Passed 8-13-19.)