15-14 Replace Chp. 1134 Historic Preservation Districts

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in design, material color, texture material or exterior architectural fea- ture. (b) CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS means a certificate is- sued either by the Architectural Board of Review indicating that pro- posed design plans for alteration, or by the Commission for demolition of a property within the HPD or the HP, is in accordance with the pro- visions of this Chapter. (c) DESIGNATION and DETERMINATION means respectively the initial process by the Commission to identify appropriate districts and properties for implementation of this Chapter and the actual outcome of an application process to implement and make effective this Chapter for any specific district or property. (d) DEMOLISH or DEMOLITION means the razing or removal, in whole or in part, of any area, place, building, public interior portion of a building, structure, work of art or other object. (e) EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE(S) means the archi- tectural style, general design and general arrangement of the exterior of a building or structure including, but not limited to, windows, doors, porches, cornices, exterior wall materials, decorative trim, chimneys, roof structure and roof materials, and other fixtures appurtenant to the exterior of the building or stricture. (f) INTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE(S) means the archi- tectural style, design, general arrangement and components of an inte- rior, including but not limited to the kind, color and texture of a build- ing material and the type and style of all windows, doors, lights, signs and other fixtures appurtenant to such interior. (g) MATERIAL COLOR means the color inherent to a material such as brick or stone. It shall not be construed to refer to exterior painting. (h) PRESERVATION means the act or process of applying measures to sustain the existing form, integrity and material of an area, place, building, public interior portion of a building, structure, work of art or other object. (i) PUBLIC INTERIOR PORTION means the interior portion of a building or structure together with its interior architectural features, that is, or was, designed to be customarily open or accessible to the public, including by invitation. Public interior potion does not include an inte- rior portion of a building or structure that was customarily open or ac- cessible to the public if the interior portion has been significantly al- tered such that a substantial portion of the features reflecting design for public use no longer remain. Terminating the use of an interior potion of a building by the public shall not in and of itself constitute the con- version of the design of such interior portion. Public interior potion does not include the interior portions of a building, which potions were designed to be, and are still, used exclusively as non - public spaces. 0) SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR'S STANDARDS FOR RE- HABILITATION means the United States Secretary of the Interior's Standards For Rehabilitation codified at 36 CFR 67 of the Code of