For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALTERATION. A change to any part or to the whole of a structure that is not ordinary repairs.
BUILDING. A structure.
COMMITTEE. The Downtown Development Review Overlay District Committee.
CONTRIBUTING HISTORICAL STRUCTURE. A structure located within a National Register Historic District and which has not been determined by the United States Secretary of the Interior to be noncontributing or a structure which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places or which is eligible for such designation.
DEMOLITION. The destruction in whole or in part of a structure.
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY. Any alteration, new construction or demolition of a structure, a change in business identification signs, a change in the use of a property, or the construction of public parking or other publicly accessible area.
DIRECTOR. Director means the Director of the Division of Planning and Design Services;
DISTRICT. The Downtown Development Review Overlay District established by this chapter.
FIRST-TIER PROPERTY OWNER. An owner of any parcel of property adjoining the property that is the subject of the Permit application.
GUIDELINES. The design guidelines established by § 162.03 of this chapter.
MAJOR STRUCTURAL CHANGE. Structural alterations and structural repairs made within any 12 month period costing in excess of 50% of the physical value of the structure, as determined by comparison of the extent/value of the alterations involved and the replacement value of the structure at the time the plans for the alteration are approved, using the Building Officials Conference of America (BOCA) chart for construction cost.
NEW CONSTRUCTION. The erection of the whole or any part of a structure.
ORDINARY REPAIRS. Nonstructural reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance or decoration, which shall include, but not be limited to, the replacement or installation of nonstructural components of the building, such as the roofing,
siding, windows, storm windows, insulation, drywall or lath and plaster, or any other replacement, in kind, that does not alter the structural integrity, alter the occupancy or use of the building, or affect by rearrangement, exitways and means of egress.
PERMIT. A Downtown Development District Review Overlay District Permit issued pursuant to this chapter.
STAFF. The Urban Design Administrator in the Division of Planning and Design Services, and such other person or persons delegated responsibility by the Director to administer the provisions of this chapter.
STRUCTURE. Any man-made object having an attachment to the ground, or to something having an attachment to, or location upon, the ground.
(1999 Lou. Code, § 158.03) (Lou. Ord. No. 233-1992, approved 12-28-1992; Lou. Am. Ord. No. 215-1993, approved 10-14-1993; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 265-2007, approved 11-126-2007)