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BUILDING Means any man-made structure, its site and appurtenances created to shelter any form of human activity.

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS (or C/A) Means that document issued by the Historic Preservation Commission required before work commences on any landmark or any building, structure, site or object.

COMMISSION Means the Historic Preservation Commission established pursuant to the provision of this section.

CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL Means the officer in charge of granting building or construction permits in the Township.

DEMOLITION Means the partial or total razing, dismantling, or destruction, whether entirely or in significant part, of any building structure, object or site. Demolition includes the removal of a building, structure or object from its site or the removal or destruction of the facade or surface.

DESIGNATED PROPERTY Means an individual building, structure, site or object, which has been designated as having historical, architectural, cultural, aesthetic, or other significance pursuant to the provision of this section.

DEVELOPMENT Means the division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more parcels, the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation, or enlargement of any building or other structure or of any mining excavation or landfill, and any change in the use of any building or other structure, or land or extension of use of land, for which permission may be required pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law. [N.J.S.A. § 40:55D-4]

HISTORIC Means having historical, architectural, cultural, aesthetic, or other significance as defined by the provisions of this section.

IMPROVEMENT Means a building or other structure or any work constituting a man-made alteration of, or addition to, any site.

INTEGRITY Means that authenticity of the historic identity of a building, structure, site, or object evidenced by the survival of the physical characteristics that existed during its historic or prehistoric period.

INVENTORY Means a list of historic properties determined to meet specified criteria of significance.

LANDMARK Means a building, structure, site, or object which has a special character or special historical or aesthetic interest as part of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of the Township, State or Nation, and which has been designated as a landmark pursuant to the provisions of this section (N.J.S.A. § 40:55D-112).

OBJECT Means a material thing of fundamental aesthetic, cultural, historic, scenic, or scientific value that may be, by nature or design, moveable, yet related to a specific setting or environment.

OWNER Means any person having a right, title, or interest in a property so as to be legally entitled, upon obtaining such permits and other authorization, as may be required pursuant to law to perform construction, alteration, removal, demolition, or other work with respect to such property.

PERMIT Means any Township approval for exterior work to be performed on any landmark, or on any building, structure, object, or site located within an historic preservation overlay zone, which exterior work would be subject to public view. Said permit shall include, but not be limited to, a building permit, a demolition permit, a permit to move, convert, relocate, or remodel, or to change the use or occupancy of any landmark or any building, structure, object or site. "Permit" also includes all exterior work to be performed on fences, porches, railings, steps, lighting, sidewalks, and any other work subject to public view, which would alter the exterior appearance of landmarks or properties located within a historic preservation overlay zone.

REHABILITATION Means any repair or alteration that preserves significant historical or architectural features.

RESTORATION Means the historically accurate repair or replacement of architectural features.

SITE Means any real property, whether public or private, with or without improvements, which is the location of a significant event or series of events, a prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, or a building, structure, or object, or any configuration, portion, or group of the foregoing which has been designated by the Commission as having historical, archeological, cultural, scenic, or architectural significance pursuant to the provisions of this section.

STRUCTURE Means any combination of materials, other than a building, which is affixed to a piece of property, and shall include, but not be limited to, signs, fences, walls, and paving materials.

SURVEY Means the survey of buildings, structures, objects, or sites located within the Township of Edison which is conducted by the Commission for the ascertainment of their historical, architectural, aesthetic, cultural or other significance pursuant to the provisions of this section.