§ 40-102. Definitions.
Alterations means any act or process which changes one or more of the exterior architectural features of a structure designated for preservation or of any structure in a district designated for preservation.
Building means a resource created principally to shelter any form of human activity, such as large and small houses, barns, garages, sheds, commercial buildings, factories, warehouses, schools, hospitals, churches, and public buildings.
COA, certificate of appropriateness, means a certificate from the historic landmarks commission authorizing plans for alteration, construction, removal, or demolition of a landmark or an improvement within a historic district. The term "Certificate of Appropriateness" shall be synonymous with "Notice to Proceed."
CLG, certified local government, means a local government officially certified to carry out some of the purposes of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended.
Construction means the creation of an addition to an existing structure or the erection of a new principal or accessory structure on a lot or property or the result of this process.
Contributing property/resource means a building, site, structure, or object adding to the historic significance of a property. For example, a building structure, site or object within a "historic district" that adds to the values or qualities of that district, was present during the period of significance and possesses historic integrity or is listed as one of the following: independently listed as a Palestine historic landmark; independently listed on the National Register of Historic Places; listed as a recorded Texas historic landmark; listed as a historic Texas cemetery; designated as a state archeological landmark.
Demolition by neglect. Demolition by neglect occurs when a party having ownership, custody, or control of a property allows or causes through a failure to perform routine or minimum maintenance gradual or accelerated deterioration of a designated landmark or significantly contributing property resource in a historical district.
Exterior architectural feature means the architectural style, design, general arrangement and components of all of the outer surfaces of an "improvement," as distinguished from the interior surfaces enclosed by said exterior surfaces, including, but not limited to, the kind, color, and texture of the building material and the type and style of all windows, doors, lights, signs, and other fixtures belonging to such "improvement."
HABS means Historic American Building Survey.
HD, historic district, means any area designated as a "Palestine Historic District" by ordinance of the city council and/ or any area listed on the National Register of Historic Places which may contain within definable geographic boundaries one or more landmarks and which may have within its boundaries other properties or features which have a special character or special historical interest or value, representing one or more periods or styles of architecture typical of one or more eras in the history of the city, and causes such area, by reason of such factors, to constitute a distinct section of the city. Such historic districts may also be comprised of archeological properties.
HL means historic landmark.
HLC means historic landmarks commission.
HPO means historic preservation officer.
Historic property/resource means a building, structure, object or site that is at least 50 years old and that is associated with events of significance, or is strongly associated with persons of significance, or embodies the characteristics of an important architectural style, method of construction or plan type, or may yield cultural and/or archaeological information. It may be within a historic district or individually designated.
Historic zoning overlay means a set of zoning requirements described in the adopted or approved Palestine Residential Design Guidelines, the Palestine Commercial Design Guidelines or the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Properties, as applicable to officially designated Palestine landmarks or Palestine historic districts, and as recorded by reference on the city zoning map and in the Palestine Register of Historic Places and imposed in addition to those of the underlying zoning district. Development within a historic zoning overlay must conform to the requirements of both the appropriate design guidelines and city zoning standards, and where conflict between the two arise the more restrictive standards apply.
Improvement means any building, structure, place, parking facility, fence, gate, wall, work of art or other object constituting a physical improvement of real property, and any part of such improvement.
Integrity means a condition of a property occurring when such property is physically unaltered or retains a sufficient amount of its historic character defining elements, appearance or ambiance to be recognizable to the period when the property achieved significance.
Landmark means any "improvement", including archeological property, which has a special character and/or special historical interest or value, a part of the development of the heritage or cultural characteristics of the city, county, state, or nation an which has been designated as a: Palestine landmark, recorded Texas historic landmark, historic Texas cemetery, Texas subject marker, or state archeological landmark.
Noncontributing property means a building, structure, site or object within a "historic district" that does not add to the values or qualities of that district, was not present during the period of significance, no longer possesses historic integrity due to alterations or is not independently listed as one of the following: a Palestine historic landmark, on the National Register of Historic Places, a recorded Texas historic landmark, a historic Texas cemetery, a Texas subject marker, or state archeological landmark.
Non-historic property means a building, structure, site or object that is less than 50 years old and is not associated with events, individuals, construction types or styles of historic significance or is not apt to yield cultural and/or archaeological information. It may be within a historic district or associated with a landmarked property.
NR means National Register of Historic Places.
Palestine Register of Historic Places means a comprehensive list, updated annually, of all historic properties and historic districts within the city limits of Palestine, Texas. The register contains identifying information on historic properties designated under local, state, and national programs, including the name of the property (original owners or business, or another long-time historic period owner), street address, type of property (house, commercial, cemetery, etc.), and date of listing.
Period of significance means the period of time in which a historic district or property attained historical significance. If the property is important for its architectural merits, the period is the date of construction or span of time when developed. If the property is important for association with an individual, the period typically includes the time span during which that individual was associated with the property. If the property is important for its association with a period in history, the period is the years during which the historical events occurred.
Principal improvement or building means the primary built improvement, which is the largest and most architecturally significant building to the site or on an individual parcel within the historic district, or other major structure designated as a historic landmark.
Property owner means individuals or other entity listed on the title or with the appraisal district or the representative appointed by such.
Object means a construction primarily artistic in nature or relatively small in scale and simply constructed, such as a statue or milepost.
Rehabilitation means the process of returning a property to a state of utility through repair or alteration that makes possible a contemporary use while preserving those features of the property significant to its historical, architectural or cultural values.
Restoration means the process of accurately recovering the form and detail of a property and its setting as it appeared at a particular time by the removal of later work or the replacement of missing earlier work.
Removal means any relocation of a structure on its site or to another site.
RTHL means recorded Texas historic landmark.
SAL means state archeological landmark.
Secondary historic resources means buildings and structures associated with principle improvements and/or buildings and structures within historic districts and individually designated properties that include, but are not limited to, garages, sheds, wells, barns, carriage houses, foot bridges and other similar auxiliary constructions.
Significant resource means any designated property, district or landmark as defined in this section. This term may be used interchangeably with landmark or significant property.
Site means any parcel of land located within the city limits of Palestine, Texas, which is considered to be historically significant.
Structure means any manmade object designed to enhance human life, but not designed for occupancy, such as fences, wall, bridges, grain elevators, electrical generating plants, sewage treatment plants.
(Ord. No. O-17-12, § I, 5-14-2012)