As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
HISTORIC BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
A building or structure is considered historic if it meets
at least one of the following criteria:
A.
Any building or structure which, in whole or in part, is known
or presumed to be at least 75 years old or which has been determined
by the Historic Review Committee or other designated authority to
be significant to the community based on one or more of the following
criteria:
(1)
The building or structure is listed on the State or National
Register of Historic Places, or is partially or completely within
the boundaries of an area so listed; or
(2)
The building or structure has been determined by the State Historic
Preservation Office and/or the National Park Service to be eligible
for listing on the State or National Register of Historic Places;
or
(3)
The building or structure has documented associations with one
or more historic persons or events, or with the broad architectural,
cultural, political, economic, or social history of the town, the
state, or the nation; or
(4)
The building or structure has documented historical or architectural
importance in terms of period, style, method of construction, specific
use, or association with a recognized builder or architect, either
by itself or in the context of a group of buildings.
(5)
The building or structure is listed as an historically significant
building or site in the Killingworth Plan of Conservation and Development.
(6)
The building is one of approximately 150 historically significant
houses and structures as inventoried in Killingworth's Survey of Architecturally
Significant Buildings, prepared in cooperation with the Connecticut
River Estuary Regional Planning Agency in 1980.
The purpose of this regulation is to further the preservation,
rehabilitation, restoration, reconstruction and/or adaptive reuse
of historic buildings or structures. The regulation may be applied
in those circumstances where applicable zoning regulations have the
practical effect of requiring demolition or discouraging the preservation
or continued use of historic buildings. The provisions of this regulation
are applied over the existing zoning regulations for the district.