An Historical Architectural Review Board (HARB)
is hereby erected and established with its members to be appointed
by Borough Council.
The HARB shall be composed of not less than
five members and, of those: one member shall be a registered architect;
one member shall be a licensed real estate broker; one member shall
be the Building Inspector; and the remaining members shall be property
owners who reside in the historic district who have a demonstrated
interest, knowledge, ability, experience or expertise in restoration,
historic rehabilitation, or neighborhood conservation or revitalization
and who have an interest in the preservation of the historic district.
Additional duties of the HARB shall be as follows:
A. To conduct a survey of buildings, structures, objects
and monuments for the purpose of determining those of historic and/or
architectural significance and pertinent facts about them; to act
in coordination with the Borough Planning Commission, Zoning Hearing
Board, and other appropriate groups; and to maintain and periodically
revise and update the survey in accordance or consistent with PHMC's
"Cultural Resource Management in Pennsylvania: Guidelines for Historic
Resource Surveys";
B. To propose, from time to time as deemed appropriate,
the establishment of additional historic districts and revisions to
the existing historic district;
C. To formulate recommendations concerning the establishment
of an appropriate system of markers for selected historical and/or
architectural sites and buildings, including proposals for the installation
and care of such historic markers;
D. To formulate recommendations concerning the preparation
and publication of maps, brochures and descriptive materials about
the Borough and its historic and/or architectural sites and buildings;
E. To cooperate with and advise Borough Council, the
Borough Planning Commission, Zoning Hearing Board, and other groups,
as appropriate, in matters involving historically and/or architecturally
significant sites and buildings (such as appropriate land usage, parking
facilities and signs, as well as adherence to lot dimensional regulations
and minimum structural standards);
F. To cooperate with and enlist assistance from the National
Park Service, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservation
Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and
other agencies and persons, public and private, from time to time,
concerned with the preservation of historic sites, structures and
buildings;
G. To advise owners of historic buildings and structures
regarding rehabilitation, repairs, maintenance methods and technologies,
adaptive uses, economic and tax incentives and other historic preservation
strategies; and
H. To promote public interest in the purpose of this
chapter by carrying on educational and public relations programs.