For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALTER
or
ALTERATION.
Any change in the external architectural features of any building or structure.
APPLICANT.
Any owner, owners, person, persons, association, partnership or corporation who applies for a conditional sign permit or who applies for a certificate of appropriateness in order to undertake any change to any building or structure subject to this chapter.
APPLICATION.
An application for a certificate of appropriateness or a conditional sign permit.
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
The architectural style and visual arrangement of the exterior of a building or structure, including, but not being limited to, the type, color and texture of materials, components and finishes and including, but not limited to, all windows, doors, lights, signs and other parts thereof.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE.
Being exemplary of one or more periods or styles of architecture typical of one or more eras in the city’s history, or being all or part of an assemblage of structures important to the city’s history.
ARTIFACTS.
The applied components of the building, such as light fixtures, signs, door hardware, detached planters, and the like, which are an integral part of the image.
BOARD.
The Historic Preservation Board established under this chapter.
BUILDING.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for shelter or enclosure.
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.
A certificate issued by the Board authorizing any new construction, demolition or alteration to any building or structure in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
CHANGE.
Any alteration, restoration, new exterior construction, demolition, removal, protection or preservation work visibly affecting the exterior of a building or structure, or the grounds of, a protected property, but not including landscaping.
COLOR.
Inherent colors such as the color of materials (i.e., brick and stone) and applied colors such as paints and stains.
CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE OR SITE.
Any structure or site which has been identified by ordinance or resolution of the City Council as having significant value in enhancing, identifying or defining a Historic Preservation District. All other structures or sites within a Historic Preservation District are noncontributing.
COUNCIL.
The East Cleveland City Council.
DEMOLITION.
The substantial deterioration or complete or substantial removal or destruction of any contributing structure or site located within a Historic Preservation District, or of any landmark.
DETAIL/CRAFT.
The method of assembly of the building components and the quality of work and material used in the assembly of the building image.
FORM.
The geometric shape of the building components and their interaction to create a whole image.
HISTORIC DISTRICT.
The Historic District as approved by Council in this chapter and any amendments thereto. It is an area which:
(1) Includes structures having historic or architectural significance;
(2) Is an identifiable area; and
(3) Has been designated as a Historic Preservation District by official action of the City Council.
HISTORIC LANDMARK.
Any individual building, structure or site with historical or architectural significance, not within or contiguous to a designated Historic Preservation District, which has been designated a Historic Landmark by official action of the City Council.
HISTORIC REGISTER BUILDINGS.
Those buildings listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.
Includes:
(1) The attributes of a district, site or structure that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feelings and association and:
A. Are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history;
B. Are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past;
C. Embody the distinctive characteristic of a type, period or method of construction, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or
D. Have yielded or may be likely to yield information important in history or prehistory.
(2) Cemeteries, birthplaces or graves of historical figures, properties owned by religious institutions, properties used for religious purposes, structures that have been moved from their original locations, reconstructed historic buildings, properties commemorative in nature and properties that have achieved prominence within the past 50 years shall not be considered of
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
unless they are integral parts of districts that meet the above criteria, or if they fall within the following categories:
A. A religious property deriving primary significance from architectural or artistic distinction or historical importance;
B. A building removed from its original location but which is significant primarily for architectural value, or which is the surviving structure most importantly associated with a historic person or event, or a birthplace or graves of a historical figure of outstanding importance;
C. A cemetery that derives its primary significance from graves of persons of transcendent importance, from age, from distinctive design features or from association with historic events;
D. A reconstructed building is presented in a dignified and significant manner when no other building with the same historical association has survived;
E. A property primarily commemorative in intent, if design, age, tradition or symbolic value has invested it with its own historical significance; or
F. A property achieving significance within the past 50 years if it is unique within the city, or if it is of exceptional historical importance.
HISTORIC SITE.
The real property on which a structure having historic significance is located, or on which there is no structure but which is of itself of historical significance.
HISTORIC STRUCTURE.
Any improvement to real property which has historic significance.
INFILL BUILDINGS.
Any new building to be constructed on a site with one or more of its walls adjoining buildings on adjacent sites.
MAINTENANCE.
Repair or replacement of an existing product, finish or material without making any alteration.
MASSING.
The interaction of height, width, depth and proportion, thus forming a visual image of size.
MATERIALS.
Includes brick, wood, stone, metal, glass and the like which can represent themselves or can be formed to represent another material (i.e., vinyl siding is typically formed to reference wood clapboard).
MEMBER.
Any member of the Historic Preservation Board.
ORIENTATION.
The juxtaposition of components and elements to each other as well as the juxtaposition of the image as a whole to its environment.
ORNAMENTATION.
An applied and incorporated decoration used to embellish the building. Examples of ORNAMENTATION are cornices, window hoods, columns, quoins and the like.
OWNER.
The owner or owners of record of real property.
PATTERN/RHYTHM.
The repetition of forms, materials, texture, elements and the like in the image.
PLANNING DIRECTOR.
The Planning Director of the city.
PROPORTION.
The relationship in size, dimension, scale and the like of the various elements of the building to themselves and the image as a whole.
PROTECTED PROPERTY.
Any contributing structure or site within a Historic Preservation District, and any landmark, is a property protected by this chapter and subject to its regulations. All vacant lots within a Historic Preservation District are
PROTECTED PROPERTIES
. If a noncontributing structure in a Historic Preservation District is damaged in excess of 50% of its then current market value, or is to be enlarged by more than 50% of its floor area, such structure and its grounds shall become a
PROTECTED PROPERTY
for the purposes of this chapter.
SCALE.
The perception of massing in relationship to various indicators such as people, adjoining buildings and the site environment as a whole.
SCALE
is typically observed on many visual levels for the same building or structure.
SITE.
One or more lots, parcels or tracts of land which are historically, architecturally, functionally or aesthetically cohesive.
SITE SCAPING.
The components that combine to enhance the building site such as benches, light fixtures, fences, planters, landscaping and the like.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground, such as, but not limited to, buildings, monuments, memorials, statues, poles, telecommunications equipment and the like.
STYLE.
The combination of elements and components in commonly recognized and accepted patterns. Examples of STYLES are Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Neo-Classic, Italian Renaissance, Second Empire, Art Deco, International, Post Modern and the like.
TEXTURE.
The visual such as caused by shadows and actual as when the surface is physically touched.
(Ord. 26-08, passed 6-3-2008)