For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms and words and their derivations shall have the meaning as given herein. Words not included herein or in the building code shall be given their usual meaning as found in the English dictionary, unless the context of the words clearly indicates a different meaning:
CERTIFICATE OF HISTORIC APPROPRIATENESS: A document evidencing approval by the historic preservation commission of an application to make a material change in the appearance of a designated historic resource.
EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES: The architectural style, general design and general arrangement of the exterior of a building, structure or object, including, but not limited to, the kind of texture of the building material and the type and style of windows, doors, signs and other appurtenant architectural fixtures, details or elements relative to the foregoing.
EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES: All those aspects of the landscape or the development of a site which affect the historic character of the property.
HISTORIC RESOURCE: Any building, structure, object, site or district listed on the city's historic sites list or the historic landmarks register.
IMPORTANT: Marked by or indicative of significant worth or consequence.
MAJOR ALTERATION: A change or alteration to a building or historic resource that would destroy the historic integrity, including, but not limited to, changes in pitch of the main roof, enlargement or enclosure of windows on the principal facades, addition of upper stories or the removal of original upper stories, covering exterior walls (except adobe) with nonhistoric materials, moving the historic resource from its original location to one that is dissimilar to the original, or additions which significantly detract from or obscure the original form and appearance of the historic resource when viewed from a public right of way.
MATERIAL CHANGE IN APPEARANCE: A change to a building or historic resource that would affect the exterior architectural or environmental features of a historic resource, such as:
A. Reconstruction or alteration of the size, shape or facade of a historic resource, including relocation of any doors or windows or removal or alteration of any architectural features, details or elements;
B. Demolition or relocation of a historic resource;
C. Commencement of excavation for construction purposes; or
D. The erection, alteration, restoration or removal of any building or historic resource, including walls, fences, steps and pavements or other appurtenant features except exterior paint alterations.
POSITIONING: The placement of a historical resource on a property or its placement relative to other structures and/or landmarks in the general vicinity.
RECONNAISSANCE LEVEL SURVEY: A visual evaluation of a large portion of properties in a community for the purpose of providing a "first cut" of buildings that may, based on their age and integrity, be eligible for listing in the national register of historic places. The evaluation rating of potential sites and historic resources shall be given one of the following ratings:
A - Eligible/Significant: Built within the historic period and retains integrity; excellent example of a style or type; unaltered or only minor alterations or additions; individually eligible for national register of historic places under criterion C; also, buildings of known historical significance.
B - Eligible: Built within the historic period and retains integrity; good example of a style or type, but not as well preserved or well executed as A buildings; more substantial alterations or additions than A buildings, though overall integrity is retained; eligible for national register of historic places as part of a potential historic district or primarily for historical, rather than architectural, reasons.
C - Ineligible: Built during the historic period but has undergone major alterations or additions; no longer retains integrity.
D - Out Of Period: Constructed outside the historic period.
SCALE: The distinctive relative size, extent or degree of a historic resource.
SIGNIFICANT: Having or likely to have influence and effect. (Ord. 2013-08, 4-16-2013)