As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have
the following meaning:
ACQUISITION
The act or process of acquiring fee title or other interest
in real property, including acquisition of development rights or remainder
interest.
ADDITION
Any act or process that changes one or more of the exterior
architectural features of a building or structure by adding to, joining
with or increasing the size or capacity of the building or structure.
ALTERATION
Any act or process, other than demolition or preventative
maintenance, that changes the exterior appearance of significant historical
or architectural features, or the historic context of a designated
landmark, including, but not limited to, exterior changes, additions,
new construction, erection, reconstruction, or removal of the building
or structure, or grading.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
The quality of a building or structure based on its date
of erection, style and scarcity of same, quality of design, present
condition and appearance or other characteristics that embody the
distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction.
BUILDING
Any construction created to shelter any form of human use,
such as a house, garage or barn, and which is permanently affixed
to the land. Building may also refer to a historically-related complex,
such as a house and a barn.
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
An official form issued by the City of Oneonta Commission
stating that the proposed work on a designated historic landmark is
compatible with the historic character of the property and thus in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter and therefore:
A.
The proposed work may be completed as specified in the certificate;
and
B.
The City of Oneonta's departments may issue any permits
needed to do the work specified in the certificate.
CERTIFICATE OF ECONOMIC HARDSHIP
An official form issued by the Commission when the denial
of a certificate of appropriateness has deprived, or will deprive,
the owner of the property of all reasonable use of, or economic return
on, the property.
CHANGE
Any alteration, demolition, removal or construction involving
any property subject to the provisions of this chapter.
CHARACTER
Defined by form, proportion, structure, plan, style or material.
General character refers to ideas of design and construction such
as basic plan or form. Specific character refers to precise ways of
combining particular kinds of materials.
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
The person, or his or her designee, authorized and certified
to enforce the New York State Fire Prevention and Building Code. The
person, or his or her designee, who is also authorized by the City
of Oneonta Common Council to enforce this chapter, except where another
official is expressly authorized.
COMMISSION
The Historic Preservation Commission established pursuant
to this chapter.
COMPATIBLE
In harmony with location, context, setting, and historic
character.
CONSTRUCTION
The act of constructing an addition to an existing structure
or the erection of a new principal or accessory structure on a lot
or property.
DEMOLISH
Any act or process that removes or destroys in whole or in
part a building, structure, or resource.
DEMOLITION PERMIT
A permit issued by the building official allowing the applicant
to demolish a building or structure, after having received a certificate
of demolition approval from the Commission.
EVALUATION
The process by which the significance and integrity of a
building, structure, object, or site is judged by an individual who
meets the professional qualification standards published by the National
Park Service at 36 CFR Part 61 as determined by the State Historic
Preservation Office, using the designation criteria outlined in this
chapter.
EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
The architectural style, design, general arrangement and
components of all of the outer surfaces of any building or structure.
FEATURE
Elements embodying the historical significance or architectural
style, design, general arrangement and components of all of the exterior
surfaces of any landmark or historic resource, including, but not
limited to, the type of building materials, and type and style of
windows, doors, or other elements related to such landmark or historic
resource.
GHOST SIGN
An often hand-painted advertising sign located on a building's
exterior. Often these signs are connected to past uses or businesses.
HISTORIC CONTEXT
A unit created for planning purposes that groups information
about historic properties based on a shared theme, specific time period
and geographical area.
HISTORIC DISTRICT-LOCAL
An area designated as a historic district by this historic
preservation local law, and which contains within definable geographic
boundaries a significant concentration, linkage or continuity of sites,
buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically
by plan or physical development. An historic district designated under
this chapter shall not to be construed as a zoning district of the
City of Oneonta and nothing contained herein shall be construed as
authorizing the commission to adopt a law, by law or regulation that
regulates or limit the height and bulk of buildings, regulates and
determine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces, regulates
density of population or regulates or restricts the locations of trades
and industries or creates zoning districts for any such purpose.
HISTORIC FABRIC
Original or old building materials (masonry, wood, metals,
marble) or construction.
HISTORIC INTEGRITY
The retention of sufficient aspects of location, design,
setting, workmanship, materials, feeling or association for a property
to convey its historic significance.
HISTORIC LANDMARK
A building, district, site, structure or object significant
in American history, architecture, engineering, archeology or culture
at the national, state, or local level.
HISTORIC PROPERTY
A district, site, building, structure, or object significant
in American history, architecture, engineering, archeology, or culture
at the national, state, or local level.
HISTORIC RESOURCE
Any evaluated building, structure, object, or site that potentially
meets the designation criteria outlined in this chapter.
HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY
A.
The process of systematically identifying, researching, photographing,
and documenting historic resources within a defined geographic area,
and
B.
The resulting list of evaluated properties that may be consulted
for future designation. For the purpose of this chapter, all surveys
shall be conducted in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's
Standards and Guidelines for Identification and Evaluation, as may
be amended.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
The quality of a place, site, building, district or structure
based upon its identification with historic persons or events in the
City of Oneonta.
INTEGRITY
The authenticity of a property's historic identity,
evidenced by the survival of physical characteristics that existed
during the property's historic or prehistoric period.
INTERIOR LANDMARK
Interior landmarks are noted for the portions of their interior
that are open to the public.
INVENTORY
A list of historic properties determined to meet specified
criteria of significance.
LANDMARK
Any building, structure or site that has been designated as a "landmark" by the pursuant to procedures described in §
160-11 that is worthy of preservation, restoration or rehabilitation because of its historic or architectural significance.
LANDMARK ALTERATION PERMIT
A permit approving an alteration to or demolition of a landmark,
or demolition of a historic resource listed in the heritage resource
inventory pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
LISTING
The formal entry or registration of a property.
MAINTAIN
To keep in an existing state of preservation or repair.
MINOR WORK
Any change, modification, restoration, rehabilitation, or
renovation of the features of an historic resource that does not materially
change the historic characteristics of the property.
MOVE
Any relocation of a building or structure on its site or
to another site.
NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA
The established criteria for evaluating the eligibility of
properties for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
The official inventory of the nation's historic properties,
districts, sites, districts, structures, objects and landmarks which
are significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, and
culture, maintained by the Secretary of the Interior under the authority
of the Historic Sites Act of 1935 and the National Historic Preservation
Act of 1966 (16 USC. 470 et seq., 36 CFR Sections 60, 63, as may be
amended).
NONCONTRIBUTING
A feature, addition or building, structure, object or site
which does not add to the sense of historical authenticity or evolution
of an historic resource or landmark or where the location, design,
setting, materials, workmanship, history, and/or association of the
feature, addition or building, structure, object or site has been
so altered or deteriorated that the overall integrity of that historic
resource or landmark has been irretrievably lost.
OBJECT
Constructions that are primarily artistic in nature or are
relatively small in scale and simply constructed. Although it may
be moveable by nature or design, an object is associated with a specific
setting or environment. Examples include boundary markers, mileposts,
fountains, monuments, and sculpture. This term may include landscape
features.
OWNER
Those individuals, partnerships, corporations, or public
agencies holding fee simple title to property, as shown on the records
of Otsego County Real Property and within the City of Oneonta Code
Enforcement Office.
PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE
The length of time when a property was associated with important
events, activities, or persons, or attained characteristics which
qualify it for landmark status. Period of significance usually begins
with a date when significant activities or events began giving the
property its historic significance; this is often a date of construction.
PRESERVATION
The act or process of applying measures necessary to sustain
the existing form, integrity, and materials of an historic property.
Work, including preliminary measures to protect and stabilize the
property, generally focuses upon the ongoing maintenance and repair
of historic materials and features rather than extensive replacement
and new construction. New exterior additions are not within the scope
of this treatment; however, the limited and sensitive upgrading of
mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and other code-required
work to make properties functional is appropriate within a preservation
project.
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
Any work to prevent deterioration or damage to the structural
integrity or any exterior feature of a landmark or historic resource
that does not involve a change in design, material or exterior appearance.
Such work includes, but is not limited to, painting, roof repair,
foundation or chimney work, or landscape maintenance.
PROPERTY TYPE
A grouping of individual properties based on a set of shared
physical or associative characteristics.
REHABILITATION
The act or process of making possible a compatible use for
a property through repair, alterations, and additions while preserving
those portions or features of the property which convey its historical,
architectural and cultural values.
REPAIR
Acts of ordinary maintenance that do not include a change
in the design, material, form, or outer appearance of a resource,
such as repainting. This includes methods of stabilizing and preventing
further decay, and may incorporate replacement-in-kind or refurbishment
of materials on a building or structure.
RESTORATION
The act or process of accurately depicting the form, features,
and character of a property as it appeared at a particular period
of time by means of the removal of features from other periods in
its history and reconstruction of missing features from the restoration
period. The limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, electrical,
and plumbing systems and other code-required work to make properties
functional is appropriate within a restoration project.
RETAIN
The act of keeping an element, detail or structure and continuing
the same level of repair to aid in the preservation of elements, sites,
and structures.
REVERSIBLE
An addition which is made without damage to the project's
original condition.
SCENIC LANDMARK
Scenic landmarks encompass structures that are not buildings,
such as bridges, piers, parks, cemeteries, sidewalks, clocks, and
trees.
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR'S STANDARDS FOR THE TREATMENT
OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES
Principles developed by the National Park Service (36 CFR
68.3, as may be amended) to help protect historic properties by promoting
consistent preservation practices and providing guidance to historic
building owners and building managers, preservation consultants, architects,
contractors, and project reviewers on how to approach the treatment
of historic properties. The Secretary of the Interior Standards for
the Treatment of Historic Properties may also be referred to in this
chapter as "Secretary of the Interior's Standards."
SIGNIFICANT
Having particularly important associations with the contexts
of architecture, history and culture.
SITE
The location of a significant event, a prehistoric or historic
occupation or activity, or a building or structure, whether standing,
ruined or vanished, where the location itself maintains historical
or archaeological value regardless of the value of any existing buildings,
structures or other objects. Examples of a site are a battlefield,
designed landscape, trail, or camp site.
STABILIZATION
The act or process of applying measures designed to reestablish
a weather-resistant enclosure and the structural stability of an unsafe
or deteriorated property while maintaining the essential form as it
exists at present.
STRUCTURE
Any assemblage of materials forming a construction framed
of component structural parts for occupancy or use, including buildings.
STYLE
A type of architecture distinguished by special characteristics
of structure or ornament and often related in time; also, a general
quality of distinctive character.
UNDERTAKING
Any project or other action involving the expansion, modification,
development or disposition of the physical plant or any site or building.