The purpose of the Historic Preservation Overlay District is
to encourage the preservation of locally important architectural,
historical, archaeological, and/or cultural elements of the man-made
landscape as a living part of the community. In promoting this and
the general purpose of this chapter, the specific intent of this overlay
is:
A. To protect sites of historic and patriotic value;
B. To promote responsible design within the Historic Preservation Overlay
District.
This article is intended to create an overlay district. Within
this overlay, all applications for building permits for either the
purpose of alteration or demolition of a resource designated on the
West Manheim Township Historic Inventory, will be directed to the
West Manheim Township Planning Commission for review and comment,
as to the effect of the proposed action on the historical-architectural
character of the zone prior to the issuance of a building permit.
All of the regulations of the underlying district shall remain in
full force and effect. Where there exists any conflict between the
provisions or requirements of the Historic Preservation Overlay District
and those of the underlying district, the more restrictive of the
two provisions shall apply.