EXHIBIT C- STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES of the HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

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Chapin Park Local Historic District Guidebook Page 83 B.Deterioration of roofs and other horizontal members causing conditions such as sagging, splitting, buckling, crumbling, holes, missing shingles or similar conditions; C.Deterioration of external chimneys causing such conditions as listing, settling, bulging, crumbling, holes, loose or missing materials or similar conditions; D.The deterioration or crumbling of exterior plasters or mortar; E.The ineffective waterproofing of exterior walls, roofs and foundations, including broken windows and doors; F.The peeling of paint, rotting, holes and other forms of decay; G.The lack of maintenance of surrounding environments such as fences, gates, sidewalks, steps, signs, accessory structures and landscaping; H.The deterioration of any feature so as to create, or permit the creation of, any hazardous or unsafe condition or conditions. The commission shall give notice to the owner or person in charge of the structure, by certified or registered mail, of each specific instance of failure to maintain or repair. A copy of such notice shall be sent to the Code Enforcement Department. The owner or person in charge of such structure shall have twenty (20) days to respond in writing by identifying specifically the corrective or remedial steps to be taken. A Certificate of Appropriateness shall not be required for such repair unless such repair results in a change in the design, form, proportion, mass, configuration, building material, tex- ture, color, location or external appearance of any structure or part thereof. In the latter circumstance, a Certificate of Appropriateness shall be required (HPC Policy; adopted 12-16-91). VIII. EMERGENCY REPAIR PROVISION In the event of any catastrophe causing serious structural damage, the following corrective actions are suggested: Contact the Historic Preservation Commission offices for advice and to see if a C of Ais nec- essary. Repair work with the existing materials would not require a C of A. In-kind replace- ments of severely damaged material would be able to be approved by the Commission staff within a day.