When used in this Chapter, certain words or terms shall be interpreted as follows:
(a) “Administrator” means the employee of the City charged with enforcement of the Zoning Code.
(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.
(c) “Applicant” means any person(s), 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 an historic preservation district.
(d) “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.
(e) “Certificate of Appropriateness” means a certificate issued by the City, authorizing any new construction, demolition, or exterior alteration of a designated landmark or property within an historic preservation district, requiring design review under this Chapter.
(f) “Committee” means the Committee on Design and Preservation of Newark, Ohio.
(g) “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.
(h) “Contributing Property” means any structure or site which has been identified by the Committee on Design and Preservation as having significant value in enhancing, identifying, or defining an historic preservation district or local historic property. All other structures or sites within an historic preservation district are non-contributing.
(i) “Council” means the duly-elected City Council of the City of Newark, Ohio.
(j) “Demolition” means the razing or removal in whole or in part of any building or structure.
(k) “District” means the City of Newark Historic Preservation District as adopted from time to time by Council.
(1) “Emergency Repair” means any change, including the construction, reconstruction, alteration, or demolition of any feature which in the view of the Administrator is required to maintain public safety because of an unsafe, insecure, or dangerous condition.
(m) “Historic Preservation District” means any area designated from time to time by Council which contains one or more local historic properties which may also be designated as an historic overlay district. The “Historic Preservation District” may also include such other properties designated from time to time by Council as necessary to maintain the historic integrity of the District.
(n) “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 the City of Newark, the State of Ohio, or the United States of America 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.
(o) “Non-Contributing Property” means any structure or site within an historic preservation district or local historic district that, in the determination of the Committee on Design and Preservation is not considered a contributing property as defined herein.
(p) “Owner” means the owner of record, and the term shall include the plural as well as the singular.
(q) “Preserve” or “Preservation” means the act or process of applying measures necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity, and materials of an historic property.
(r) “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 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-related work to make properties functional is appropriate within a restoration project.
(Ord. 13-36-A. Passed 11-4-13.)