For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"ALTERATION." Any act or process requiring a building permit that changes the exterior architectural appearance of a site, structure, improvement, or object which has either been designated as a Historic Landmark or is located within an area designated as a Historic District, or the interior architectural or historic features of any structure or object when such interior appearance has been specifically included in the designation of that structure or object.
"ARCHITECTURAL VALUE." A building, site, or structure has architectural value if:
(1) It is the work of, or associated with, a nationally or locally noted architect, building, or architectural firm.
(2) It is an example of a particular style, whether local or typical, major or not, in terms of detail, material, workmanship, and with no or minimal alteration to the original structure.
(3) It is one of a contiguous grouping of such which have a sense of cohesiveness expressed through a similarity of characteristics of a style, period, or method of construction and accenting the architectural significance of the area.
(4) The detail, material, and workmanship can be valued in and of themselves as reflective of, or similar to, those of the majority of the other visual elements in the area.
"BOARD." The Village Board of Tinley Park, Illinois.
"BUILDING." A structure, its site and appurtenances created to shelter any form of human activity, or any relatively permanent enclosed structure on a plot of land, having a roof and usually windows.
"CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS." A certificate from the Tinley Park Historic Preservation Commission authorizing plans for alteration, construction, or removal of a structure or site within its jurisdiction as defined by this chapter.
"COMMISSION." The Historic Preservation Commission of Tinley Park, Illinois.
"CONSTRUCTION." The act of adding to an existing structure or the erection of a new principal or accessory structure on a lot.
"CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE OR PROPERTY." Building(s), structure(s), or site(s) that add to the historical association, architectural quality, or archaeological value of a property or district because:
(1) It (they) was (were) present during the period of significance and possess historical integrity reflecting characters of the time or potential for yielding historical information, and/or;
(2) Its (their) potential to qualify independently for the National Register of Historic Places.
"COUNCIL." The Village Board of Tinley Park, Illinois.
"DEMOLITION." Any act or process which destroys a building, structure, site, or object in whole or part.
"DESIGNATED SITE, LANDMARK, or DISTRICT." Any site, landmark, or district designated by the federal, state, or local government as having historical, architectural, or archaeological significance.
"DETERIORATION." The condition or appearance of a building, site, or structure in a state of decline, physical decay, or neglect, from excessive use, or lack of maintenance characterized by holes, breaks, rock crumbling, cracking, peeling, rusting, or other evidence of degeneration.
"DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS." The development rights of a landmark or of a property within the Historic or Preservation District as defined in ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5 § 11-42-1A.
"EASEMENTS." A right, as in a right of way, afforded a person, or group of persons, to make limited use of another's real property, whether above or below the surface, or the appurtenances thereto.
"EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL APPEARANCE." The architectural character and general composition of the exterior of a historic landmark, site, structure, improvement, or object in a Historic District including, but not limited to, the kind and texture of the building material and the type, design, and character of all architectural details, including but not limited to, windows, walls, roofs, doors, light fixtures, fences, signs, and appurtenant elements.
"FACADE." The front or face of a building, or any side of a building facing a public way or space. See also "EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL APPEARANCE."
"HISTORIC DISTRICT," or "HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICT." A geographically definable area, urban or rural, possessing a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, objects, or area, which are united by past events or aesthetically by plan or physical development. A district also may be comprised of individual resources which are separated geographically but are thematically linked by association or history.
"HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION." A board of citizens of Tinley Park created by local ordinance and charged with enforcing provisions of local laws governing Historic Districts and buildings.
"HISTORIC SITE." The location of a significant event, activity, building, structure, or archaeological resource.
"INTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL APPEARANCE." The architectural character and general composition of the interior of a structure, including, but not limited to, room design and configuration, materials, and the type, pattern, and character of all architectural details and elements, including, but not limited to, staircases, doors, hardware, moldings, trim, plasterwork, light fixtures, and wall coverings.
"LANDMARK." Any site, structure, improvement, or object, manmade or natural, which has special character or special historical, cultural, architectural, archaeological, community, or aesthetic value as a part of the heritage of the Village of Tinley Park, the State of Illinois, or the United States.
"MAINTENANCE." The act of preserving or keeping a building, site, or structure in proper condition or a given existing condition, as in efficiency or good repair.
"MODIFICATION." A small alteration, adjustment, or limitation on a structure or its property.
"PRESERVATION." The identification, evaluation, recordation, documentation, analysis, recovery, interpretation, curation, acquisition, protection, management, rehabilitation, restoration, stabilization, maintenance, or reconstruction of Historic Properties.
"PROPERTY." A piece of land or real estate including buildings, structures, or other appurtenances attached thereto or other features which are a part thereof.
"REHABILITATION." The process of returning a property to good condition or a state of utility, through repair or alteration, which makes possible an efficient contemporary use incorporating present day minimum standards of sanitation, fire and life safety, and building codes, while preserving those portions and features of the property which are significant to its historic, architectural, and cultural values.
"RENOVATION." The act or process of restoring a building, structure, or site to an earlier condition or improve by repairing or remodeling including the process of bringing a building and its facilities to conform to present day minimum standards of sanitation, fire and life safety, and building codes while adapting for current uses that may be different than those for which it was originally constructed.
"RESTORATION." The act or process of putting a building, site, or structure into a prior position, place, or condition including the creation of an authentic reproduction of a building, structure, site, or feature thereof to a certain condition of good repair as of a period in time beginning with existing parts of an original object or building.
"REVIEW." The process of examining the documents and information prepared and submitted by an owner which describe proposed work to be performed on a building, structure, or site, which will lead to a certificate of appropriateness.
"STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION" or "STANDARDS." US Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation (codified in 36 CFR 67) and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings, any standards and guidelines established by the State of Illinois or local Historic Preservation Commission as may be amended from time to time.
"STRUCTURE." Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a permanent or temporary location on or in the ground.
"VILLAGE." The Village of Tinley Park, Illinois.
(Ord. 94-0-037, passed 6-21-94)