The purpose of the Historic Preservation Chapter
is to identify those structures, sites and neighborhoods in the City
that have historic, architectural and aesthetic significance, and
to preserve and maintain them for current and future residents by
encouraging renovation, rehabilitation, repair and adaptive reuse
that is consistent with their historic, architectural and aesthetic
character.
The goals are to:
A.Â
Stabilize and improve the economic vitality and value
of the designated properties and improvements, in particular, and
of the City in general.
B.Â
Develop and maintain resources that would provide
assistance to home and business owners interested in restoration,
maintenance, and adaptive reuse sympathetic to the architectural style
of the existing structures.
C.Â
Educate the community on the history, culture, and
architecture of the Crystal Lake community.
D.Â
Foster civic pride in the beauty and accomplishments
of the past and present as represented in the City's landmarks and
historic areas.
E.Â
Preserve, promote, and maintain the community's historic
resources.
F.Â
Protect, preserve, and enhance the City's historic
aesthetic appearance and character.
G.Â
Encourage the designation of landmark and/or Historic
District status for local structures, buildings, objects, and sites
on a local, state and national level.
The following words or phrases shall have the
meanings ascribed to them below:
Any act or process other than demolition that changes the
exterior architectural features of a structure, including but not
limited to the erection, construction, reconstruction, or removal
of any structure.
A certificate issued by the Commission indicating its approval
of plans for alteration, construction, or demolition of a property
designated historic under this chapter.
A certificate issued by the Commission for work which a certificate
of appropriateness would have been denied, issued only if the Commission
determines that the owner cannot obtain a reasonable economic return
on the property.
City of Crystal Lake Historic Preservation Commission.
The act of adding an addition to a structure or the erection
of a new principal and/or accessory structure on a lot or property.
A property within a designated historic district that has
characteristics and features that relate to the historic context and
historic significance of the district and that has been specified
in the designation as "contributing."
[Added 6-4-2013 by Ord. No. 6936]
Any act or process which destroys in part or in whole a landmark
or site that has been designated for preservation under this chapter.
Neglect in the maintenance of any landmark and/or building
or structure within a preservation district resulting in the deterioration
of that building to the extent that it creates a hazardous or unsafe
condition as determined by the City of Crystal Lake.
A general guide of appropriate activity that will preserve
the historic and architectural character of a structure or area.
The architectural character and general composition of the
exterior of a building or structure, including but not limited to
the kind, color, and texture of the building material, foundations,
walls, and roof structures and the type, design, and character of
all windows, doors, light fixtures, signs and appurtenant elements.
An area designated as an Historic District by the City Council
and which may contain within definable geographic boundaries one or
more landmarks and which may have within its boundaries other properties
or structures which while not of such historic and/or architectural
significance to be designated as landmarks, nevertheless contribute
to the overall visual characteristics of the landmarks located within
the Historic District.
Any structure, work of art, place, parking facility, fence,
gate, wall or other object constituting a physical addition to real
property, or any part of such addition.
Character, interest, or value as part of the development,
heritage, or culture of the community, state, or nation; as the location
of an important local, state, or national event; or through identification
with a person or persons who make important contributions to the development
of the community, state, or nation.
Any building, structure, or site that has been designated
as a landmark by the City Council, pursuant to procedures prescribed
herein, that is worthy of recognition, rehabilitation, restoration,
and preservation because of its historic and/or architectural significance.
A property within the boundaries of a designated historic
district that lacks the architectural characteristics relating to
the historic context and historic significance of the district and
that has been identified in the designation as "noncontributing."
[Added 6-4-2013 by Ord. No. 6936]
A property within the boundaries of a designated historic
district that currently lacks the architectural characteristics relating
to the historic context and historic significance of the district
and that has been identified in the designation as "not in present
state." A property designated as "not in present state" does not noticeably
detract from the historic district's sense of time, place and historical
development and with the appropriate rehabilitation could be reclassified
as a contributing property.
[Added 6-4-2013 by Ord. No. 6936]
A material or natural thing of functional, architectural,
cultural, historical, aesthetic, or scientific value that may be,
by nature or design, movable yet related to a specific setting or
environment.
The person, corporation, or other legal entity in whose name
the property appears on the records of the McHenry County Recorder
of Deeds.
The process of returning a structure, building, object, or
site to a state of utility, through repair, construction, or alteration,
which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving
those portions and features of the property which are significant
to its historic, architectural, and cultural values.
Any relocation of a structure, object or artifact within
or on the site or to another site.
Any change that is not construction, alteration, demolition,
or removal and is necessary or useful for continuing normal maintenance
and upkeep.
The process of restoring, repairing, or reconstruction of
property, through repair, construction, or alteration, to a former
or original condition that enhances those portions and features of
the property that are significant to its historic, architectural,
and cultural values.[1]
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
permanent or temporary location on or in the ground or attached to
something having a permanent location on or in the ground.
[1]
Editor's Note: The definition of "substantial
alteration" (Subsection 3.96-20), which immediately followed this
definition, was deleted 2-20-2007 by Ord. No. 6161.
