A.
The Town Board hereby finds and declares that it is desirable to
take measures to provide for the designation of historic landmarks
and districts in furtherance of the following public purposes, which
are found to promote the general health, safety and welfare of our
residents:
(1)
To preserve historic landmarks and districts within the Town in order
to foster a greater stability in our neighborhoods, create an appreciation
of our historical heritage and further the education of our future
generations.
(2)
To provide for the protection, enhancement, preservation, perpetuation
and use of those landmarks and districts which are illustrative of
the growth and development of our nation, our state and our Town and
which are of particular historic or aesthetic value to the Town of
North Hempstead.
(3)
To recognize and ensure the preservation of those elements of the
Town's past which represent the many and varied architectural,
artistic, technological, cultural, and/or historic achievements.
(4)
To promote the preservation of historic landmarks and districts as
a means of providing appreciation and unique educational benefits
by perpetuating the physical evidence of the Town's past.
(5)
To stabilize and improve property values of such historic landmarks
and districts and otherwise promote their utilization.
(6)
To foster civic pride in those elements of the Town's past which
create its unique character and set it apart from other communities.
B.
It is the intent of this chapter to establish procedures and criteria
to evaluate and preserve historic landmarks and districts deemed to
be significant in the history of our Town and prevent the destruction,
decay or incompatible alteration of those historic landmarks and districts.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any act, process or work that changes the exterior appearance,
exterior architectural features, or landscape features, as defined
herein, of a landmark, including the restoration, renovation, reconstruction,
obstruction, addition to or removal of any part of such a landmark.
Any individual, partnership, unincorporated association,
corporation, or any other entity that submits an application for designation
of a landmark or district or for a certificate of appropriateness.
A combination of materials, other than a structure, to form
a construction that is safe and stable and adapted to permanent or
continuous occupancy for public, institutional, residence, business
or storage purposes; the term "building" shall be construed as if
followed by the words "or part thereof."
The Town of North Hempstead Historic Landmarks Preservation
Commission established pursuant to this chapter.
The Commissioner of Building and Safety Inspection and Enforcement
of the Town of North Hempstead.
Any act of erecting an addition to an existing structure,
building, site, object or the erection of a new principal or accessory
structure on a lot or property.
Any act or process that destroys, in part or in whole, a
historic landmark or a structure, building, site or object within
a historic landmark district.
The Department of Building and Safety Inspection and Enforcement
of the Town of North Hempstead.
The exterior architectural style, design, general arrangement
and components of all of the outer surfaces of any building, structure,
site or object, including but not limited to the kind and texture
of the building material and the type and style of all windows, window
frames, shutters, doors, door frames, roofing or siding materials,
lights, signs, fences, railings, porches, balconies, pools, ornamentation
and other fixtures appurtenant to said building or structure or significant
changes to the landscaping and/or topography of a site.
A building, structure, site, object or parcel of land designated
pursuant to this chapter, which may or may not be located in a designated
historic landmark district and which possesses one or more of the
following characteristics:
Is associated with persons or events of historic significance
to the Town, region, state or nation;
Is illustrative of historic growth and development of the Town,
region, state or nation;
Embodies distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method
of construction;
Contains unique architectural, archaeological, landscaping or
artistic qualities.
An area of the Town, designated pursuant to this chapter,
which possesses the following characteristics:
A map prepared and maintained by the Department of Planning
and Environmental Protection of the Town of North Hempstead on which
the location of all designated historic landmarks and districts within
the Town shall be identified.
A historic landmark as defined in this chapter.
Any natural topographic feature or man-made landscape element.
A building, structure, site or object which is not an integral
component of a historic district because it neither dates from a time
period for which the district is significant nor represents an architectural
type, period or method for which the district is significant.
A material thing of functional, aesthetic, cultural, historical
or scientific value that may be, by nature or design, movable yet
related to a specific setting or environment.
An individual, partnership, unincorporated association, corporation
or any other entity or organization.
Any change to the location of a building, structure or object
on its site or removal to another site.
Any mechanical or physical change to a building, structure,
site or object that is not construction, demolition, relocation or
alteration, whether or not such change requires a building permit.
The act or process of replicating any historic exterior architectural
feature to substitute for the existing and deteriorated or damaged
architectural feature with like materials of similar quality as the
original feature.
Includes the land and all buildings or structures thereon.
A combination of materials, other than a building, to form
a construction that is safe and stable, including, among others, gazebos,
walls, sidewalks, signs, billboards, radio and television antennas,
retaining walls, paving, swimming pools, fences, fixed outdoor fireplaces,
sheds and pergolas. The term "structure" shall be construed as if
followed by the words "or part thereof."
A style recognized by any one of the following:
National Register of Historic Places.
Historic American Buildings Survey, Historic American Engineering
Record, Historic American Landscapes Survey, United States Department
of the Interior.
Historic Preservation Field Services Bureau of the New York
State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Society of Architectural Historians.
The unincorporated area within the Town of North Hempstead,
New York.
