Definitions

Sec. 19.3. Definitions.

The following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

Alteration: An act that changes one or more of the exterior architectural feature or its appurtenances, including but not limited to the erection, construction, reconstruction, or removal of any structure or appurtenance.

Appurtenances: Features other than primary or secondary structures which contribute to the exterior historic appearance of a property, including but not limited to paving, doors, windows, signs, materials, decorative accessories, fences, and historic landscape features.

Certificates of appropriateness: A certificate issued by the Town Historic District Commission established under this section indicating approval of plans for alteration, construction, repair, removal, or demolition of a structure or appurtenances of a structure within a Historic District. Appropriate for the purpose of passing upon an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness means not incongruous with those aspects of the structure, appurtenances, or the district which the Commission has determined to be historically or architecturally significant.

Construction: The act of adding to an existing structure or erecting a new principal or accessory structure or appurtenances to a structure, including but not limited to buildings, extensions, outbuildings, fire escapes, and retaining walls.

Demolition: An act or process that destroys a structure or its appurtenances in part or in whole.

Historic District: A specific division of the Town as designated by ordinance of the Town pursuant to this section. A Historic District may include one or more structures.

Removal: A change meant to remedy damage or deterioration of a structure or its appurtenances.

Repair: A change meant to remedy damage or deterioration of a structure or its appurtenances.

Structure: Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent or temporary location on or in the ground, including but not limited to buildings, gazebos, billboards, outbuildings, decorative and retaining walls, and swimming pools.