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9. Proposals for special activities and events which cause significant impacts or require permanent or even semi -permanent (seasonal)
<br />structures or facilities shall not be permitted.
<br />10. The Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County recommends that the work proposed to the landscape
<br />be executed with the guidance of landscape professional with expertise with historic landscapes.
<br />11. The land, streets, island(s), street lighting, park lighting, topography, vistas, vegeta tion, architectural elements, structures, spatial
<br />organization, street furniture, sewer covers, electrical and water vault and/or manholes covers, parking areas are subject to the
<br />terms of the landscape guidelines herein stated.
<br />12. Items under Historic Preservation review include but are not limited to the following:
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<br />9.2 Spatial Organization (includes, Views, Vistas, Landscape Spaces, etc.)
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<br />Refer to Sections 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7 and 9.8 for additional Standards and Criteria that may apply.
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<br />1. Views and vistas are among the most important aspects of a landscape, therefore, they should be maintained and preserved.
<br />2. All views, vistas, landscape spaces located in the eastern section and central section of Leeper Park shall be preserved. All views,
<br />vistas, landscape spaces located north and east and west of a line designated as the northern fence of the tennis courts located in the
<br />western section of Leeper Park shall also be preserved. This shall include the island(s) located in the St. Joseph River and the
<br />slough which lies between the island(s) and the mainland. All views, vistas, and landscape spaces shall also include the entirety of
<br />the riverbank as well as the area lying between the roadway of Riverside Drive up to and including the riverbank and cut ston e wall
<br />along the riverbank.
<br />3. Original or later contributing special organizational features shall be retained in their existing configuration and shall be maintained
<br />through proper drainage, access and erosion control, pruning and removal of invasive vegetation or otherwise using recognized
<br />horticultural and soil management practices.
<br />4. Alteration of existing or addition of new spatial organizational features will be considered if they do not alter the basic c oncept of
<br />the historic landscape design.
<br />5. Deteriorated or missing spatial organizational features shall be replaced with features that match the original in form, shape, color
<br />and texture.
<br />6. When replacement of features is necessary, it should be based on physical or documentary evidence.
<br />7. If using the same material is not technically or economically feasible, then compatible substitute materials may be considered.
<br />8. Important visual connections between spaces within the landscape shall be retained by maintaining vegetation, circulation and
<br />topography features which contribute to those visual relationships.
<br />9. The historic spatial and functional relationship of circulation systems, water features and structures shall be preserved by
<br />maintaining the massing of adjacent vegetation, vistas, or other associated features.
<br />10. Maintenance of removal or, and additions of vegetation materials and elements should consider maintaining existing or intended
<br />vistas and spaces, screening intrusions, creating new spaces where appropriate and maintaining defined areas of shade and sun.
<br />11. The form and shape of individual spaces and their associated vertical element shall be retained in order to preserve the hist oric
<br />relationships of the landscape. Examples include the relationship between open fields and hedgerows or the width and length of an
<br />allee.
<br />12. Moving or demolishing historic structures that would alter spatial and visual relationships in the landscape shall not be
<br />allowed.
<br />13. Construction of new structures that would alter historic spatial and visual relationships in th e landscape shall not be allowed.
<br />14. Intrusive views or new construction may be screened with compatible fencing or plant material so long as the screening would not
<br />detract from the historic character of the landscape.
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<br />9.3 Topography (includes the Shape, Slope, Elevation, Contour of landforms and Ground Plane, etc.) Refer to Sections 9.2, 9.4, 9.5, 9.8, 9.9
<br />and 9.10 for additional Standard and Criteria that may apply.
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<br />1. All locations and items listed in 9.2.2 shall also apply to this section and shall be preserved.
<br />2. Original or later contributing topographical features shall be retained in their existing configuration and shall be maintain ed through
<br />proper drainage, access and erosion control, and recognized soil management practices.
<br />3. Alteration of existing or addition to new topographical features will be considered if they do not later the basic concept of the
<br />historic landscape design.
<br />4. Natural features (e.g. rock outcroppings) which are integrated into the landscape shall be treated as part of the overall design and
<br />shall be retained.
<br />5. Deteriorated or missing materials or features shall be replaced with materials that match the original in form, shape, color and
<br />texture.
<br />6. When replacement of materials or features is necessary, it should be based on physical or documentary evidence.
<br />7. If using the same material is not technically or economically feasible, then compatible substitute materials may be considere d.
<br />8. Whenever appropriate, plant materials, rather than structural materials should be used to solve erosion problems. Repair of WPA
<br />island and slough stone construction projects is strongly encouraged.
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<br />9.4 Vegetation (includes Trees, Shrubs, Ground Covers, Hedges, Allees, Fields, Forests, Planting Beds, etc.)
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<br />Refer to Sections 9.2, 9.3, 9.5, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, and 9.10 for additional Standards and Criteria that may apply.
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<br />1. Refer to Section 9.2.2 for items within this section which shall be preserved. Also included in this section shall be the div erse
<br />variety of trees, shrubs, bushes and other vegetation which may or may not be indigenous to this region. List of such types of
<br />vegetation can be in lists and inventories which were published in the annual reports of both the City of South Bend and the South
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