§ 107-2. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Building means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls intended for shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind.

Certificate of appropriateness means a document approving a proposal to make a material change in the appearance of a designated historic property or of a structure, site, or work of art located within a designated historic district, which document must be obtained from the historic preservation commission before such material change may be undertaken.

Exterior architectural features means the architectural style, general design and general arrangement of the exterior of a building or other structure, including, but not limited to, the kind or texture of the building material; the type and style of all windows, doors, and signs; and other appurtenant architectural fixtures, features, details or elements relative to the foregoing.

Exterior environmental features means all those aspects of the landscape or the development of a site that affect the historical character of the property or district.

General maintenance means scraping, caulking, painting, planting, making repairs to materials already in place not constituting a material change in appearance.

Historic district means a geographically definable area, possessing a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, objects or landscape features united by past events or aesthetically by plan or physical development. A district may also comprise individual elements separated geographically but linked by association or history. A historic district shall further mean an area designated by the city as a historic district pursuant to the criteria established in section 107-4(b).

Historic property means an individual building, structure, site, landscape feature or object including the adjacent area necessary for the proper appreciation thereof designated by the city commission as a historic property pursuant to the criteria established in section 107-4(c).

Material change in appearance means any change that will affect only the exterior architectural features of an historic property or of any structure, site, or work of art within a historic district, and may include any one or more of the following:

(1)

A reconstruction or alteration of the size, shape or facade of a historic property, including relocation of any doors or windows or removal or alteration of any architectural features, details or elements;

(2)

Demolition of a historic structure;

(3)

Commencement of excavation;

(4)

A change in the location of advertising signs visible from the public way on any historic property; or

(5)

The erection, alteration, restoration or removal of any building or other structures within a designated historic district, including wails, fences, steps and pavements, or other appurtenant features, except exterior paint alterations.

Landscape feature means a tree judged 50 years of age or older, fence, statue, fountain, memorial, bridge, rail line, public sidewalk or similar item.

Object means a material thing of functional, aesthetic, cultural, historical or scientific value that may be, by nature or design, movable yet related to a specific setting or environment.

Site means the location of a significant event, a prehistoric or historical occupation or activity, or a building or structure, whether standing, ruined, or vanished, where the location itself maintains historical or archaeological value regardless of the value of any existing structure.

Structure means anything constructed or erected which requires a fixed location on the ground, including, but not limited to, buildings, mobile homes, signs, walls and fences.

(Code 1977, § 15½-2; Ord. No. 05-38, § II, 11-15-2005)