The following definitions shall apply only to the provisions of this chapter:
(a) Addition: Any act or process that changes one or more of the exterior architectural features of a building or structure by adding to, joining with or increasing the size or capacity of the building or structure
(b) Alter or alteration: means any material change in external architectural features of any property, including but not limited to the erection, construction, reconstruction, or removal of the building or structure which lies within a Loveland Historic District or has been listed under the provisions of this section, but not including demolition or removal.
(c) Building: Any structure created for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, or property of any kind and which is permanently affixed to the land
(d) Certificate of Appropriateness: A certificate issued by the architectural review board or commission indicating that a proposed change, alteration or demolition of a historic building or structure or within a historic site or district, is in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and local design guidelines
(e) Change: Any alteration, demolition, removal or construction involving any property subject to the provisions of this chapter
(f) Construction: 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
(g) Demolish or demolition: means the razing or removal, in whole or in part, of any structure.
(h) Exterior architectural feature: Means the architectural treatment in general arrangement of such scale and portion of the exterior of a structure as is designated to be exposed to public view, including the kind and texture of the building materials, and the type of all windows, window lites, doors, structure massing, lights, signs and any other fixtures appurtenant to such portion.
(i) Historic District: Any area designated by ordinance of the city or village council which may contain within definable geographic boundaries, buildings, structures or sites of historic, architectural or archaeological significance
(j) Historic Preservation and Planning Commission: The commission established under the provisions of the enabling legislation.
(k) Historic Site: A premises that contains something of archaeological or historical significance, which may or may not include a historic structure or be wholly within an historic district. A historic site may comprise the property owned by more than one person and include planned landscape features.
(l) Historic Structure: Any building or structure which has historic, architectural or archaeological significance and has been so designated according to the provisions of this chapter. The significance of a property to the history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture of a community, state, or the nation. It may be achieved in several ways:
(1) Association with broad pattern of our history, events, activities, or patterns
(2) Association with important persons
(3) Distinctive physical characteristics of design, construction, or form
(4) Potential to yield information important in history or prehistory (archaeology)
(m) Owner: The owner or owners of record
(n) Preservation: The act or process of applying measures necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity and materials of an historic property
(o) Reconstruction: 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
(p) Rehabilitation: 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.
(q) Restoration: 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. 2020-92. Passed 9-22-20.)