When used in this chapter, certain words, or terms shall be interpreted as follows:
(a) ADMINISTRATOR means the employee of the village charged with enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance.
(b) ALTER or ALTERATION means any material or visual change other than normal maintenance and repair to the exterior of any structure of historic or architectural significance. Normal maintenance and repair is herein defined as those alterations that do not require the issuance of a construction permit.
(c) ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER means the architectural style, general design, and general arrangement of the exterior features of a building or other structure including the type and texture of light fixtures, signs and other appurtenant fixtures.
(d) APPLICANT means any person, persons, association, organization, partnership, unit of government, public body or corporation who applies for a Certificate of Appropriateness in order to undertake an alteration or environmental change within the Historic Preservation District.
(e) BOARD means the Design Review Board.
(f) BUILDING means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for shelter or enclosure.
(g) CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS means a certificate authorizing any new construction, demolition or alteration of a designated landmark or property within the Historic Preservation District.
(h) CONSTRUCTION means the act of constructing an addition to an existing structure or the erection of a new principal or accessory structure on a lot or property.
(i) CONTRIBUTING PROPERTY means any structure or site which has been identified by the Design Review Board as having significant value in enhancing, identifying or defining a Historic Preservation District or Local Historic Property. All other structures or sites within a Historic Preservation District or Local Historic Property are non- contributing.
(j) COUNCIL means the Village Council of Jefferson, Ohio.
(k) DEMOLITION means the razing or removal in whole or in part of any building or structure.
(l) DESIGN GUIDELINES means the set of standards set forth in The Village of Jefferson, Ohio Design Guidelines as adopted by Council.
(m) DISTRICT means the Historic Preservation District.
(n) EMERGENCY REPAIR means any change, including the construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of any feature which in the view of the Administrator is required for the public safety because of an unsafe, unsecure or dangerous condition.
(o) HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICT means any area designated by Council which contains one or more Local Historic Properties. The Historic Preservation District may also include such other properties designated by Council as necessary to maintain the historic and integrity of the district. The district shall be contained within definable geographic boundaries and so designated on the Zoning Map of the village.
(p) LOCAL HISTORIC PROPERTY means any building, structure, site, or object which has special character or special archaeological, historic or aesthetic value as part of the development, heritage, archaeological, or cultural characteristics of Jefferson, the State of Ohio, or the United States and which has been designated as such pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. A Local Historic Property shall also be considered a contributing property.
(q) NON-CONTRIBUTING PROPERTY means any structure or site within a Historic Preservation District or Local Historic Property that, in the determination of the Design Review Board, is not considered a contributing property as defined herein.
(r) OWNER means the owner of record, and the term shall include the plural as well as the singular.
(s) PRESERVE or PRESERVATION means the act or process of applying measures necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity and materials of an historic property.
(t) RECONSTRUCTION means the act or process of depicting, by means of new construction the form, features, and detailing of a non-surviving site, landscape, building, structure, or object for the purpose of replicating its appearance at a specific period of time and in its historic location.
(u) REHABILITATION means the act or process of making possible a compatible use for a property through repair, alterations, and additions while preserving those portions or features, which convey its historical, cultural, or architectural values.
(v) RESTORATION means the act or process of accurately depicting the form, features, and character of a property as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of features from other periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features from the restoration period. The limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and other code-required work to make properties functional is appropriate within a restoration project.
(Ord. 2803, passed 5-3-10)