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For the purpose of this article, certain words, phrases and terms used herein shall have the meaning assigned to them by this section. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future; words in the singular include the plural and those in the plural include the singular. The word “shall” is mandatory; the word “may” is permissive.

Alteration: Any aesthetic, architectural, mechanical or structural change to the exterior surface of any part of a designated property as defined herein.

Archaeological site: A site containing any structure, articles or remains resulting from prehistoric human life, habitation or activity, including but not limited to petroglyphs, pictographs, paintings, pottery, tools, ornamentation, jewelry, textiles, ceremonial objects, weapons, armaments, vessels or vehicles.

Building: A structure created to shelter any form of activity, such as a house, barn, church, hotel, or similar structure. “Building” may also refer to a historically related complex, such as a courthouse and jail, or a farmhouse and barn.

Cemetery: Any site, which contains at least one burial, marked or previously marked, considered a dedicated cemetery under Arizona State Statutes, even though it may be currently suffering neglect and abuse.

Certificate of Appropriateness: A document issued by the Commission, following prescribed review procedures, certifying that proposed work on a designated property is compatible with the historic character of the property, and therefore (1) may be completed as specified in the Certificate of Appropriateness, and (2) any building permits needed to do the work specified in the Certificate may be issued.

Chair: The Chair of the Historic Preservation Commission or his/her designee.

Chief Building Official: The Chief Building Official of the Town of Oro Valley, or his/her designee.

Commission: The Historic Preservation Commission of the Town of Oro Valley, Arizona as described in this article.

Construction: Any site preparation, assembly, erection, repair, alteration or similar action (excluding demolition) for or of sites, structures, public or private rights-of-way, utilities or other improvements.

Contributing: A classification applied to a building site, structure or object within a Historic District or landmark property signifying that it contributes to the defining characteristics of the Historic District or landmark.

Demolition: Any intentional act or process, which totally or partially destroys a designated property.

Designated Property: A property which has received Town designation as a landmark, or as a contributing property within a Historic District, according to the provisions of this article.

Director: The Planning and Zoning Director of the Town of Oro Valley or his/her designee.

Historic District: A geographical area whose boundaries are defined by a Historic District zoning designation which contains properties, structures, sites or objects which are considered to have historic or cultural value.

Historic Property Register: The listing and defining of designated properties of Oro Valley as provided in this article.

Historic Resource Survey: The official historic resource survey book of the Town as produced by the Commission, listing and describing properties, structures, sites or objects (whether designated or not) which are considered by the Commission to have historic or cultural value.

Integrity: A measure of the authenticity of a property’s historic identity, evidenced by the survival of physical characteristics that existed during the property’s historic or prehistoric period in comparison with its unaltered state. For example, a historic building of high integrity has few alterations or ones that can be easily reversed, and an archaeological site with high integrity is one that is relatively undisturbed; criteria evaluated include association, design, feeling, location, and materials.

Landmark: A designation, as a result of processes provided in this article, applied by the Commission to an individual property, structure, site or object, which has a historic value or expresses a distinctive character worthy of preservation.

Maintenance: Regular, customary or usual care for the purpose of preserving a property and keeping it in a safe, sanitary and usable condition, without causing any alteration to the distinctive exterior character of the property.

Noncontributing: A classification applied to a property, site, structure or object within a Historic District or landmark property signifying that it does not contribute to the defining characteristics of the Historic District or landmark.

Planning and Zoning Commission: The Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Oro Valley, Arizona.

PRAB: The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board of the Town of Oro Valley, Arizona.

Preservation: The act or process of applying measures to sustain the existing form, integrity and material of a structure, and the existing form and vegetative cover of a site. It may include stabilization work where necessary, as well as ongoing maintenance of the historic materials.

Preservation Covenant: A deed restriction filed with Pima County, which identifies the property as a landmark or a contributing property within a Historic District.

Reconstruction: The act of reproducing by new construction the exact form and detail of a vanished structure or object, or part thereof, as it appeared at a specific period of time.

Rehabilitation: The act or process of returning a property to a state of utility through repair or alteration which makes possible an efficient contemporary use, while preserving those portions or features of the property which are significant to its historical, architectural and cultural values.

Removal: Any relocation, in part or whole, of a structure on its site or to another site.

Renovation: See Rehabilitation.

Repair: Any physical change that is not alteration, construction, removal or demolition.

Restoration: The act or process of accurately recovering the form and details of a property and its setting as it appeared at a particular period of time, by the removal of later work or by the replacement of missing earlier work.

Review Criteria: The standards, tests, norms or guidelines applied by the Commission during any review process, including but not limited to surveys, designations, or Certificates of Appropriateness.

Secretary of Interior Standards: Standards which pertain to historic buildings of all materials, construction types, sizes and occupancy, and encompass the interior and exterior, developed and published by the office of the United States Secretary of the Interior, as part of the Department of the Interior regulations.

Stabilization: The act or process of applying measures designed to re-establish a weather-resistant enclosure and the structural stability of an unsafe or deteriorated property, while maintaining the essential form as it exists at present.

Structure: Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a permanent or semi-permanent location on or in the ground, including but not limited to bridges, dams, water distribution systems, buildings, garages, fences, gazebos, advertising signs, antennas, satellite sending or receiving dishes, paved parking or circulation areas, landscapes, sculpture, and recreational facilities.

Town: The Town of Oro Valley, Arizona. ((O)08-16, 09/03/2008; (O)06-20, 10/04/2006)