[Ord. 579, 10/6/2004; as amended by Ord. 656, 4/9/2015]
In determining the recommendations to be made to the Board of
Supervisors concerning the issuance of a certificate of appropriateness,
HARB shall consider only those matters that are pertinent to the preservation
of the historical and/or architectural aspect and nature of the building,
site, area, or district, certified to have historical significance,
including the following:
A.
Broad historical values representing the cultural, political, economic,
or social history of the Township.
B.
The relationship of the building or structure to historic personages
or events.
C.
Significant architectural types representative of a certain historical
period and a style of method of construction.
D.
The effect of the proposed change upon the general historical and
architectural nature of the historic district.
E.
The appropriateness of the exterior architectural features, which
can be seen from a public street or way.
F.
The general design, arrangement, texture, and material of a building
or structure and the relation of such factors to similar features
of buildings or structures in the historic district. Consideration
shall be given but not limited to the following:
(1)
Proportion of Buildings Front Facades. Preserving the relationship
between the width of the front of the building and the height of the
front of the building.
(2)
Proportion of Openings Within the Building. Preserving the relationship
of width to height of windows and doors.
(3)
Solids to Voids in the Front Facade. Preserving the relationship
between a recurrent alteration of strong and weak architectural elements.
(4)
Spacing of Buildings on Streets. Preserving the existing rhythm
of recurrent or repeated building masses to spaces between each building.
(5)
Entrance and/or Porch Projections. Preserving the entrances
or porch projections to maintain a pedestrian scale.
(6)
Relationship of Materials. Preserving the predominant materials
of the district such as brick, stone, stucco, wood siding, or other
material.
(7)
Relationship of Textures. Preserving the predominant textures
of the district which may be smooth, such as stucco or rough such
as brick with tooled joints or horizontal wood siding or other textures.
(8)
Relationship of Architectural Details. Preserving character
defining features of buildings, such as architectural details including,
but not limited to, cornices, lintels, arches, quoins, balustrades
and iron work, chimneys, etc.
(9)
Relationship of Roof Shapes. Preserving compatible roof shapes
such as gable, mansard, hip, flat, gambrel, and/or kinds of roof shapes.
(10)
Walls of Continuity. Preserving physical elements, which comprise
streetscapes, such as brick walls, wrought iron fences, building facades
or combinations of these that form visual continuity and cohesiveness
along the street.
(11)
Directional Expression of Front Elevation. Preserving the orientation
of structural shapes, plan of openings and architectural detail that
reflect a predominantly vertical, or horizontal character to the building's
facade.
(12)
Scale. Preserving the scale of the built environment created
by the size of units of construction and architectural detail that
relate to the size of persons. In addition, preserving building mass
in its relation to open space.
(13)
Variations. The HARB shall grant variations in a manner that
will be in harmony with the character of other buildings or structures
on the street and/or historic district.
G.
The height of any new building or structure shall not exceed the
height of the tallest adjacent building or structure by 10%. This
requirement shall also apply to any proposed modifications to existing
buildings or structures.
H.
In such rare cases where the HARB recommends and the Board of Supervisors
approves demolition of a historic building or historic structure,
a good faith effort shall be made by the Township and the subject
property owner(s) to move said building or structure to a proximate
site. If moving a building or structure slated to be demolished is
economically or practically infeasible, efforts shall be made to salvage
architectural features of said building or structure for use within
the Township.
[Ord. 579, 10/6/2004]
1.
No sign or permanent external advertising display of any kind shall
be erected, altered or used in the historic district except to inform
the public of a service, business, occupation or profession carried
on, in, or about the property on which such sign of permanent external
advertising display appears. In conjunction with this, no such sign
or advertising display of any kind or for any purpose shall be erected
or altered, notwithstanding zoning sign approval, until an application
for permit to make such erection or alteration has been reviewed by
HARB for its conformity in exterior material composition, exterior
structural design, external appearance and size with similar advertising
or information media used in the architectural period of the district
and a permit granted thereon.
2.
All other requirements of Township ordinances shall be complied with.
Historical markers may be authorized by HARB subject to the provisions
stipulated and such markers shall not be considered as signs but are
to be erected in accordance with the established requirements.
