(a) "Alteration" means any act or process that changes one or more of the exterior architecture features of a building or structure; including, but not limited to, the erection, construction, reconstruction, or removal of the building or structure.
(b) "Addition" means 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.
(c) "Archaeological/Historic Landmark Site" means a single site, including the associated buildings, structures, and plant life, which is considered to have historic and/ or prehistoric significance due to its association with past events of historical, cultural, architectural, and/or archeological value.
(d) "Building" means a structure which is permanently affixed to the land, having one or more floors and a roof, being bounded by either open spaces or lot lines, and used as a shelter or enclosure for persons, animals, or property. "Building" shall be used synonymously with "structure" unless otherwise noted and shall be construed as if followed by the words "part or parts thereof".
(e) “Certificate of Appropriateness” means a certificate issued by the Landmark Commission indicating that a proposed change, alteration, or demolition of a Landmark or Historic building or structure within a historic site, district, or on the National Register of Historic Places, is in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and local design guidelines.
(f) "Change" means any exterior alteration, demolition, removal or construction involving any structures and sites subject to the provisions of this Chapter.
(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) "Demolition" means any act or process that destroys in part or in whole any building or structure
(i) "Historic District" and/or “Historic Building” means any area or building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
(j) "Historic Structure" means 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 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);
(k) "Landmark" means any building, structure or archaeological site that has been designated as a "landmark" by ordinance of the City or Commission, pursuant to procedures proscribed herein, that is worthy of preservation, restoration or rehabilitation because of its historic, architectural or archaeological significance.
(l) “Landmark Commission” means the Commission established under the provisions of the enabling legislation.
(m) "Owner" means the owner or owners of record.
(n) "Preservation" means the act or process of applying measures necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity and materials of an historic property.
(o) "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.
(p) "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.
(q) "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. 19-041. Passed 3-11-19.)