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New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings, and newspapers. <br />Plant materials and trees in close proximity to the building that are causing deterioration to the buildings historic fabric should be removed. <br />However, trees and plant materials that must be removed should be immediately replaced by suitable flora. Front yard areas should not be <br />fenced except in cases where historic documentation would indicate such fencing appropriate. Fencing should be in character with the <br />buildings style, materials, and scale. <br /> <br />3. Prohibited <br />No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing major landscaping items, trees, fencing, walkways, outbuildings, and other <br />elements before evaluating their importance to the property’s history and development. Front yard areas shall not be transformed into parking <br />lots nor paved nor blacktopped. The installation of unsightly devices such as TV reception dishes and solar collectors shall not be permitted in <br />areas where they can be viewed from public thoroughfares. <br /> <br />Appendix A: <br />Minimum Maintenance Standards <br /> <br />All landmarks and all contributing structures located in an historic district shall be preserved from decay and deterioration, and shall be <br />maintained in good repair and kept structurally sound. The owner or other person having charge or control of landmarks and property in an <br />historic district shall not allow or permit deterioration of such property from defects or conditions which in the judgment of the Commission <br />produce a detrimental effect on the character of the district as a whole or the life and character of the landmark, structure or property in question, <br />including but not limited to: <br /> <br />a. Deterioration of exterior walls or other vertical supports causing conditions such as splitting, leaning, buckling, crumbling, visible <br />cracking or similar conditions; <br />b. Deterioration of roofs or other horizontal members causing conditions such as sagging, splitting, buckling, crumbling, holes, missing <br />shingles or similar conditions; <br />c. Deterioration of external chimneys causing such conditions as listing, settling, bulging, crumbling, holes, loose or missing materials or <br />similar conditions; <br />d. The deterioration or crumbling of exterior plasters or mortar; <br />e. The ineffective waterproofing of exterior walls, roof and foundations, including broken windows or doors; <br />f. The peeling of paint, rotting, holes and other forms of decay; <br />g. The lack of maintenance of surrounding environments such as fences, gates, sidewalks, steps, signs, accessory structures and <br />landscaping; <br />h. The deterioration of any feature so as to create or permit the creation of any hazardous or unsafe condition or conditions. <br /> <br />The Commission shall give notice by certified or registered mail of each specific instance of failure to maintain or repair. The owner or person <br />in charge of such structure shall have twenty (20) days to respond in writing by identifying specifically the corrective and remedial steps to be <br />taken. A certificate of appropriates shall not be required for such repair unless such repair results in a conspicuous change in the design, form, <br />proportion, mass, configuration, building material, texture, color, location. Or external visual appearance of any structure or part thereof. In the <br />latter circumstance, a certificate of appropriateness shall be required. <br /> <br /> SITE VISIT REPORT: <br />N/A <br /> <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends Approval. <br /> <br />Prepared by <br />Ross Van Overberghe, Historic Preservation Specialist