Project treatment definitions.
ILLUMINATED SIGN
A sign incorporating a source of light in order to make the
message readable. Included are internally and externally lighted signs.
MAJOR PROJECT
A project proposed for a nonsensitive building involving
replacement with other than original materials or design of existing
building components, such as windows, doors, soffits, rain channels,
roofs, siding, porches, fencing, shutters, and awnings in a manner
that does not change the configuration and rhythm of the building
as a whole, and is proposed for a nonsensitive building.
MINOR PROJECT
A project that does not result in a change in appearance
of a building, such as replacing deteriorated wood with identical
wooden pieces.
MINOR SIGN CHANGE
A change in wording of a sign that does not affect color,
style of lettering, symbols, shape, size, lighting or suspension;
or relocation of a sign that will not affect the historical character
of a building or streetscape, as determined by the Code Enforcement
Officer.
PRESERVATION
The act or process of applying measures to sustain the existing
form, style, integrity, and material of a building or structure. It
may include initial stabilization work, where necessary, as well as
ongoing maintenance of the historic building materials.
PROTECTION
The act or process of applying measures designed to affect
the physical condition of a property by defending or guarding it from
deterioration, loss or attack, or to cover or shield the property
from danger or injury. In the case of buildings and structures, such
treatment is generally of a temporary nature and anticipates future
historic preservation treatment; in the case of archaeological sites,
the protective measures may be temporary or permanent.
RECONSTRUCTION
The act or process of reproduction by new construction of
the exact form and detail of a vanished building, structure, or object,
or a part thereof, as it appeared at a specific period of time.
REHABILITATION
The act or process of returning a property to a state of
utility through repair or alteration which makes possible an efficient
contemporary use while preserving those portions or features of the
property which are significant to its historical, architectural, and
cultural values.
RESTORATION
The act or process of accurately recovering the form and
details of a property and its setting as it appeared at a particular
period of time by means of the removal of later work or by the replacement
of missing earlier work.
REVIEWABLE SIGN
Any new sign, or proposed change to an existing sign affecting
color, style of lettering, symbols, shape, size, lighting or suspension;
or relocation of a sign that the Code Enforcement Officer has determined
might affect the historic character of a building or streetscape.
SENSITIVE BUILDING
Any building that has been standing for at least 50 years
at the time of application, and/or is listed as a contributing building
to the Downtown Historic Overlay District, even though it has been
considerably modified, and certain sites of later historic significance
or buildings that the Board has determined to be exemplary of later
architectural styles. Other buildings in the Overlay Districts are
considered nonsensitive. (4) Definitions pertaining to signs.
SIGN
A lettered board, structure or other surface, or any other
device used to visually announce, advertise or convey information
to the public for any purpose.
STABILIZATION
The act or process of applying measures designed to reestablish
a weather-resistant enclosure and the structural stability of an unsafe
or deteriorated property while maintaining the essential form as it
exists at present.