As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
ADJACENT
Next to or adjoining. Properties separated by a street or
waterway (defined as limited to the Delaware Canal, Aquetong Creek
and/or Ingham Creek) may not be considered adjacent. For purposes
of this chapter, buildings and structures not in the Historic District
but adjacent to an historic district building or structure shall not
be considered adjacent buildings or structures.
[Added 4-11-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-02]
ALTERATION
Any act or process requiring a building permit and any other
act or process not requiring a building permit but specifically listed
in this article as a reviewable action, including without limitation
the repair, replacement, reconstruction, demolition, painting or repainting
or relocation of any building, structure or object, or any part of
a building or structure which is visible from a public right-of-way.
[Amended 5-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-5]
BUILDING
Any enclosed or open structure which is a combination of
materials to form a construction for occupancy and/or use for human
or animal habitation and is permanently affixed to the land, including
manufactured homes.
BUILDING PERMIT
A document signed and issued by the Code Official authorizing
the construction, alteration, reconstruction, repair, restoration,
demolition or razing of all or part of any building or structure.
BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION
A request filed with the Code Official that seeks authorization
to erect, alter, reconstruct, repair, restore, demolish, or raze all
or part of a building or structure within an historic district and
that requires a certificate of appropriateness.
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS (hereafter referred as "COA")
The approval document signed by the New Hope Borough Council
that certifies to the historical appropriateness of a particular request
for the erection, alteration, reconstruction, restoration, demolition,
or razing of all or part of any building or structure within an historic
district and authorizes the issuance of a building permit in compliance
with local zoning and construction codes.
CONCEPT REVIEW
A request by an applicant at any time in the planning process
for the Historic Architectural Review Board to provide informal comments
as to the historical appropriateness of a project without issuing
a formal recommendation to the Council regarding the issuance of a
COA.
CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE
A building, structure or sign, or any part thereof, in the
New Hope Borough Historic Districts which supports the New Hope Borough
Historic Districts' historical significance through location, design,
setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and/or association.
[Added 11-4-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-06]
DEMOLITION
The dismantling or tearing down of all or part of any building
or structure and all operations incidental thereto, including neglecting
routine maintenance and repairs which can lead to deterioration and
decay.
DISASSEMBLE
The intentional act of moving, dismantling, taking apart
or breaking apart a contributing resource, for the purposes of either
reassembling and/or relocating the contributing resource. The term
"disassemble" is to be distinguished from "demolition."
[Added 11-4-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-06]
HARB APPLICATION
A completed application for a certificate of appropriateness
is an application that conforms to the submission criteria for specific
historic preservation projects, as determined by HARB and approved
by Borough Council.
HARB GUIDELINES FOR APPLICANTS
Guidelines that have been adopted by HARB for making recommendations
for approval or denial of a certificate of appropriateness. These
guidelines are incorporated herein and attached hereto as Appendix
B.
HARB PREDETERMINED STANDARDS
Those standards developed by HARB that specify alterations
in an Historic District that may be made without an HARB recommendation
and Borough Council approval. Said standards are attached hereto as
Appendix A and will be provided to all HARB applicants by the Code
Official.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
Any right-of-way held by the public for public purposes,
where the term "public" denotes ownership or control by a governmental
entity, either a municipal authority, a municipality, the county or
the commonwealth. A public right-of-way shall include but shall not
be limited to governmentally owned or controlled streets, parking
lots, parks, alleys, sidewalks within the ultimate rights-of-way of
roads, other pedestrian rights-of-way, and the Delaware Canal.
[Amended 5-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-5]
RECONSTRUCTION
The act or process of reproducing by new construction the
exact form and detail of a vanished building, structure, or object,
or a part thereof, as it appeared at a specific period of time but
not necessarily of original material.
RELOCATE
To move a contributing resource, or any part thereof, to
a new location. See "disassemble."
[Added 11-4-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-06]
SIGNS
Any display, structure, device or object which incorporates
lettering, logos, colors, lights, or illuminated inert gas tubes visible
to the public from a building or structure, which either conveys a
message to the public, or intends to advertise, direct, invite, announce,
or draw attention to goods, products, services, activities, or facilities,
excluding window displays, merchandise and temporary signs.
[Added 5-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-5]
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, having a permanent or semipermanent
location on another structure or in the ground, including but not
limited to buildings, sheds, manufactured homes, garages, fences,
gazebos, decks, satellite dishes, tents, walls, awnings and swimming
pools.