Action requiring a certificate of appropriateness
is any activity requiring a building permit or any act or process
not requiring a building permit but specifically listed in this chapter
as regulated activity requiring review by the Historical Architectural
Review Board (HARB).
[Added 12-11-2006 by Ord. No. 771]
In the case of applications for the installation
of replacement windows, the Borough's Code Officer and/or Building
Inspector will determine whether a review at a regularly scheduled
meeting of the HARB is required. In making this determination, the
Code Officer will consider structural and design aspects of the existing
replacement windows, including whether the proposed replacement will
result in changes to the size of the window opening, the size and
number of window panes or light configuration and the overall shape
and appearance of the new windows. The material composition of the
proposed replacement windows (whether wood, clad-wood, aluminum or
vinyl) will not be a determining factor for review of the application
by the HARB. Specification of other construction and design details
for the replacement windows will be required from the applicant and
will be evaluated by the Code Officer in consultation with certified
staff, on a case-by-case basis in accordance with general guidelines
adopted from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council and
made available at the Borough offices.
[Added 9-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 902]
A. All applications for installation of a satellite dish, antenna or
other required equipment are subject to the following rules and procedures:
(1)
No satellite dishes, antennas or other required equipment shall
be installed or placed in front yards, front of buildings, or along
their facades.
(2)
All satellite dishes, antennas or other required equipment shall
be located at the rear of the main dwelling unit or to the rear of
the property.
(3)
Antennas and satellite dishes may be installed in the rear or
on the roof or side of the property. A roof- or side-mounted satellite
dish or antenna or other required equipment shall not, however, be
visible from the public right-of-way.
(4)
When secured to a brick wall, anchoring for satellite dishes,
antennas and other required equipment shall only occur within mortar
joints and not within the bricks themselves.
(5)
Satellite dishes, antennas or other required equipment may be
installed in or on the front of buildings, on the roofs of buildings
visible from the public right-of-way and on the side of buildings
visible from the public right-of-way only if no other means of reception
can be provided. In such cases where the proposed location of a satellite
dish, antenna or other required equipment is visible from the public
right-of-way, the owner or tenant of the property shall seek issuance
of a certificate of appropriateness as required by this chapter and
with the application for the same shall submit a certificate signed
by the installer certifying that no means of reception can be provided
by placement of the equipment on a location on the property not visible
from the public right-of-way. When any such certificate of appropriateness
is granted, all such satellite dishes, antennas or other required
equipment shall be installed so as to be unobtrusive and shall be
screened from view through the use of landscaping, fencing and/or
architectural building features. When such a certificate of appropriateness
is required, it shall be granted or denied within 30 days of submission
of the application with the certificate referenced above.
B. In the case of applications for a certificate of appropriateness
for the placement of an antenna, satellite dish or other required
equipment in the front of buildings, or on the roof or side of a building
visible from a public right-of-way, the Borough's Code Officer and/or
Building Inspector will determine whether a review at a regularly
scheduled meeting of the HARB is required. Notwithstanding whether
such Code Officer or Building Inspector determines that a review is
needed, the application must be granted within 30 days; hence, if
a review is needed, a special meeting of the HARB shall be held in
order to review the application prior to the expiration of said thirty-day
period. Further, any approvals by Borough Council necessary to approve
the certificate of appropriateness must also be held within such thirty-day
period.
C. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner and/or his designee
to remove satellite dishes and antennas when the owner or tenant who
installed the device no longer inhabits the property or within 30
days following termination of any service utilizing such satellite
dish or antenna.
Preapproved activities are activities that require a certificate of appropriateness as specified in §
130-15 but that will not require review at a regularly scheduled meeting of the HARB if the activity is in compliance with conditions specified herein.
A. Determination of compliance with the conditions of
the preapproved activity shall be made by certified staff. Upon determination
of compliance, certified staff shall so notify the Building Inspector
who shall then issue the permit as may be required by other Borough
regulations. Any and all conditions related to preapproved activities
shall be specified as requirements upon issuance of said permit.
B. Borough Council may, with recommendation from HARB,
adopt or rescind, by motion or resolution, preapproved activities.
C. Preapproved activities:
(1) Activities that require a permit or that are specifically
regulated by this chapter but that are not visible from a public way.
(2) In-kind repair/replacement.
(3) Cleaning exterior surfaces of masonry structures in
accordance with NPS Preservation Brief No. 1 and 6. Guidelines will
be available at the Borough office.
(4) Repointing masonry structures in accordance with NPS
Preservation Brief No. 2. Guidelines will be available at the Borough
office.
(5) Painting exterior surfaces of frame structures in
accordance with NPS Preservation Brief No. 10. Guidelines will be
available at the Borough office.
This chapter does not regulate paint color;
however, if requested, certified staff and HARB will provide property
owners with technical assistance regarding appropriate colors for
historic buildings.
Plans for proposed new construction being considered by the Planning Commission under Chapter
190, Subdivision and Land Development, shall be reviewed by HARB, in accordance with the "standards" and the design guidelines contained herein or subsequently adopted by Borough Council upon HARB's recommendation.