(A) Alteration. Decisions based on applications for alteration shall be based on applicable state and local codes and ordinances relating to building, fire, and life and safety and the following standards.
(1) The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure, or site and its environment shall not be destroyed: The removal or alteration of any historic material or distinctive architectura1 features should be avoided when possible.
(2) All building, structures, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own time. Alterations that have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier appearance shall be discouraged.
(3) Changes which may have taken place in the course of time are evidence of the history and development of a building, structure, or site and its environment. These changes may have acquired significance in their own right, and this significance shall be recognized and respected.
(4) Distinctive stylistic features or examples of skilled craftsmanship which characterize a building, structure, or site shall be treated with sensitivity.
(5) Deteriorated architectural features shall be repaired rather than replaced, whenever possible. In the event replacement is necessary, the new material should match the material being replaced in composition, design, color, texture, and other visual qualities. Repair or replacement of missing architectural features should be based on accurate duplications of features, substantiated by historic, physical, or pictorial evidence rather than on conjectural designs or the availability of different architectural elements from other buildings or structures.
(6) Every reasonable effort shall be made to protect and preserve archaeological resources affected by, or adjacent to any project.
(7) Contemporary design for alterations and additions to existing properties shall not be discouraged when such alterations and additions do not destroy significant historical, architectural, or cultural material, and such design is compatible with the size, scale, color, material, and character of the property, neighborhood, or environment.
(8) Whenever possible, new additions or alterations to structures shall be done in such a manner that if such additions or alterations were to be removed in the future, the essential form, and integrity of the structure would be unimpaired.
(B) Demolition. Decisions on applications for permits to demolish a designated historic structure shall be based on the following:
(1) The state of repair of the building and reasonableness of the cost of repair;
(2) Whether a program or project may exist that could result in preservation of the structure;
(3) Unnecessary and substantial hardship to the applicant that may result from denial or conditions of approval;
(4) Effects on the public welfare if the structure were demolished considering the significance of the structure and the economic, cultural, and energy consequences of demolition; and
(5) Whether any other reasonable alternative exists.
(C) Relocation. Decisions on applications for permits to relocate a designated historic resource shall be based on the following:
(1) Effects of the relocation on the historic and architectural integrity of the structure;
(2) Compatibility with the designated historic resource of the surrounding of the proposed location; and
(3) Other factors considered appropriate by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 302, passed 6-29-1987)