This chapter is intended to preserve historic structures from
defacement or unilateral demolition, to provide standards for the
exterior alteration of such structures, provide increased options
for adaptive reuse of such structures, and provide standards for new
construction within historic districts.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any historic structure,
and to structures located within any historic district, as those terms
are defined herein.
The authority to enact the provisions of this chapter is found
in New York State General Municipal Law § 96-a.
