Definitions

For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

Assessed value means the total value of a tax parcel, excluding the value of the land, as determined by the county property appraiser, and shown on the property tax bill sent to the owner of record by the county.

Board means the historic and environmental preservation board.

Contributing resource means a building, landscape feature, site, structure, or object that adds to the historical architectural qualities, historic associations, or archaeological values for which a district is significant because:

(1)

It was present during the period of significance of the district, and possessed historic integrity reflecting its character at that time;

(2)

It is capable of providing important information about the period; or

(3)

It independently meets the National Register of Historic Places criteria for evaluation set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.4, incorporated by reference.

Historic property means a building, site, structure, or object that is:

(1)

Individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places;

(2)

A contributing property in a National Register listed historic district;

(3)

Designated as a historic property or landmark under the provisions of chapter 23;

(4)

A contributing property in a historic district designated under the provisions of chapter 23; or

(5)

A thematically-related historic resource within a multiple property designation.

Historic property tax exemption covenant means a form that complies with applicable state Statutes and accompanying rules, and is an agreement made between the property owner and the city, indicating that the owner agrees to maintain and repair the property so as to retain the architectural and historical integrity of the property during the exemption period.

Improvement means any change in the condition of any eligible real property brought about by the expenditure of money on labor or materials for the restoration, renovation, or rehabilitation of such property. Expenditures for interior or exterior work, including construction of additions or accessory structures, shall be included in the meaning of improvements (i.e., garage, cabana, guest cottage, storage/utility structure) so long as the new construction is compatible with the historic character of the building and site in terms of size, scale, mass, design and materials, and preserves the historic relationship between a building or buildings, landscape features and open space.

National Register of Historic Places means the list of historic properties significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering and culture, maintained by the secretary of the interior, as established by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665; 80 STAT 915, 16 U.S.C. 470), as amended.

Noncontributing resource means a building, landscape feature, site, structure, or object that does not add to the historic architectural qualities, historic associations, or archaeological values for which a district is significant because:

(1)

It was not present during the period of significance of the district;

(2)

Due to alterations, disturbances, additions, or other changes, it no longer possesses historic integrity reflecting its character at that time or is incapable of yielding important information about the period; or

(3)

It does not independently meet the National Register of Historic Places criteria for evaluation.

Officer means the historic preservation officer.

Renovation or rehabilitation means, for historic properties or portions thereof that are of historical or architectural significance, "renovation" or "rehabilitation," the act or process of returning a property to a state of utility through repair or alteration that makes possible an efficient contemporary use, while preserving those portions or features of the property that are significant to its historical, architectural, cultural and archaeological values. For historic properties or portions thereof that are of archaeological significance or are severely deteriorated, "renovation" or "rehabilitation" means the act or process of applying measures designed to sustain and protect the existing form and integrity of a property, or reestablish the stability of an unsafe or deteriorated property while maintaining the essential form of the property as it presently exists.

Restoration means 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 alterations or by the replacement of missing earlier work.

(Ord. No. 12927, § 2, 6-14-07; Ord. No. 13712, § 2, 11-16-17)