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For the purpose of this chapter, all words used in the present tense include the future tense. All words in the plural number include the singular number, and all words in the singular number include the plural number, unless the natural construction of the word clearly indicates otherwise. The word "shall" is mandatory. The word "used" includes "designated, intended, built or arranged to be used."
B. ALTERATION BOARD BUILDING BUILDING AND/OR DEMOLITION PERMIT(S) BUILDING PERMIT(S) APPLICATION CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS CITY OF EASTON HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION (HDC) CODE ADMINISTRATOR COMPLETED APPLICATION DEMOLITION DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT EMERGENCY DEMOLITION ERECTION RECONSTRUCTION SIGN STRUCTURE
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any act or process requiring a building permit(s) and any other act or process not requiring a building permit(s) but specifically listed in this chapter as a reviewable action, including without limitation the repair, replacement, reconstruction, demolition or relocation of any structure or object or any part of a structure which is visible from the public way.
This refers to the Board of Historical and Architectural Review, which shall be the same as the City of Easton Historic District Commission ("HDC"), as defined below.
Any enclosed or open structure that is a combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy and/or use for human or animal habitation and is permanently affixed to the land, including manufactured homes.
An approval statement signed by the Zoning or Code Administrator authorizing the construction, alteration, reconstruction, repair, restoration, demolition or razing of all or part of any building listed within the City of Easton's Historic Resource Inventory. A request for a demolition permit must be accompanied with a clear statement of the intended reuse of the property.
The request filed by any person with the Code Administrator that seeks authorization to erect, alter, reconstruct, repair, restore, demolish or raze all or a part of any building or structure listed within the Historic District that requires a certificate of appropriateness.
The approval statement signed by Easton City Council which certifies to the historical appropriateness of a particular request for the erection, alternation, reconstruction, restoration, demolition, or razing of all or a part of any building or structure within the Historic District and authorizes the issuance of a building permit(s) for said request.
The agency that advises Easton City Council (applicants for certificates of appropriateness) on any request for authorization to erect, alter, reconstruct, repair, restore, demolish all or part of any building within the Historic District.
Municipal employee(s) or individual(s) retained by the City of Easton, designated by the City as the individual who enforces compliance of Building and Fire Codes and issues the permit for the erection, alteration, reconstruction, repair, restoration, demolition or razing of all or a part of any building or structure within the Historic District.
A completed permit or certificate of appropriateness application is an application which conforms to the submittal criteria for specific historic preservation projects, as determined by the Historic District Commission.
The dismantling or tearing down of all or part of any building and all operations incidental thereto, including neglecting routine maintenance and repairs which can lead to deterioration and decay.
The absence of routine maintenance and repair which can lead to a building's or structure's structural weakness, decay and deterioration resulting in its demolition.
The requirement of whole or partial building demolition on orders from the Code Administrator to ensure the public health and safety. Significant effort should be made to retain, reinforce and preserve the facade of any building considered for demolition.
The result of construction, such as a building, structure, monument, sign, or object on the ground or on a structure or building.
The act or process of reproducing by new construction the exact form and detail of a vanished building, structure or object, or a part thereof, as it appeared at a specific period of time but not necessarily of original material.
Any display, structure, device or object which incorporates lettering, logos, colors, lights or illuminated gas tubes visible to the public from a building or structure, which either conveys a message to the public or intends to advertise, direct, invite, announce or draw attention to goods, products, services, activities or facilities, excluding window displays, merchandise and temporary signs.
Anything constructed or erected having a permanent or semipermanent location on another structure or in the ground, including without limitation buildings, sheds, manufactured homes, garages, fences, gazebos, freestanding signs, billboards, antennas, satellite sending or receiving dishes, vending machines, decks and swimming pools.