For the purpose of this article, the following words shall have
the meanings indicated. Unless the context clearly denotes otherwise,
the singular shall include the plural, and the plural, the singular.
ADDITION
The construction of new improvements as part of an existing
improvement when such improvement changes or affects the exterior
of a structure.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
The Zoning Officer or other official designated by the Borough
Council empowered to accept applications, issue or deny permits and
handle administrative functions in accordance with this article.
ALTERATION
A change in the appearance of a building, structure or site
which is not otherwise covered by the definition of "demolition" or
any other change for which a permit is required. Alteration includes
the reroofing, cleaning or painting of a building or structure. Alteration
shall include the word "alter."
BUILDING
A structure, its site and appurtenances created to shelter
any form of human activity.
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
The written approval issued by the Land Use Board or the
Administrative officer when so required prior to any work or activity
commencing on property set forth as within the boundaries of the Downtown
Business Overlay Zone, as shown on the official municipal Zoning Map.
CONSTRUCTION
The erection of a new building, structure or object. The
word "construction" shall include the word "construct."
DEMOLITION
The razing or destruction, whether entirely or in significant
part, of a building, structure, site or object. Demolition includes
the removal of a building, structure or object from its site or the
removal or destruction of a facade or surface. Demolition shall include
the word "demolish."
DESIGN
Exterior features, including mass, height, appearance and
the texture, nature and composition of materials.
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS SITE
Any real property, man-made structure, natural object or
configuration or any portion or groups of the foregoing which fall
within the Downtown Business Overlay Zone.
IN-KIND
Any repair or replacement of an existing architectural feature
with the same type of material, same shape, same style and same function.
OBJECT
A material thing of functional, aesthetic, cultural, historical
or scientific value that may be, by nature or design, movable, yet
related to a specific setting or environment (as a monument or historic
road marker).
PRESERVATION
The act or process of applying measures to sustain the existing
form, integrity and material of a structure. It may include work to
prevent further deterioration, ongoing maintenance or other similar
actions.
REHABILITATION
The 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 and features of the property which
are significant to its historic, architectural and cultural values.
RESTORATION
The act or process of accurately recovering the form and
details of a structure 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.
STREETSCAPE
The visual character of the street, including its architecture,
fences, gates, storefronts, signs, lighting, paving and relationship
of buildings to the right-of-way of the street.
All uses permitted in the Downtown Preservation Zone shall be those designated in §
205-50, Use restriction overlay, of the Borough of Westville Code. Such uses shall not be altered by further designation as being within the downtown preservation.
There is hereby established in the Borough of Westville a district
to be known as the "Downtown Preservation Zone" and defined for the
purpose of this article as follows: The boundary lines of the Downtown
Preservation Zone shall be the same as the Downtown Business Overlay
Zone. This zone's limits shall be as shown on the official Zoning
Map of the Borough of Westville.
All work performed pursuant to the issuance of a certificate
of appropriateness for the alteration or demolition of a building,
structure, site or object subject to the review of the Land Use Board
shall conform to the requirements of the permit. It shall be the duty
of the administrative officer to inspect from time to time any work
performed pursuant to and in accordance with the permit requirements;
the administrative officer shall issue a stop-work order, and all
work shall cease until the work is brought into conformity with the
requirements of the permit. The work to be performed under a certificate
of appropriateness shall commence within one year of its issuance
or the certificate shall be deemed null and void.