Historic Preservation Jargon

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  1. 2. Proposed plan for development submitted by a property owner for review by a planning board or other governmental entity that addresses issues such as the placement of structures, landscaping, pedestrian and vehicular access, lighting, signs, and other features.
  2. 4. Building or structure in historic district that generally has historic, architectural, cultural, or archaeological significance.
  3. 5. Act of identifying historic structures and districts subject to regulation in historic preservation ordinances or other preservation laws.
  4. 6. Law setting forth minimum standards for the construction and use of buildings to protect public health and safety.
  5. 8. Process of allowing a building to deteriorate to the point where demolition is necessary to protect public health and safety.
  6. 9. Partial interest in property that can be transferred to a nonprofit organization or governmental entity by gift or sale to ensure the protection of a historic resource and/or land area in perpetuity.
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  1. 1. Interpretative standards or criteria that are generally advisory in form.
  2. 3. Requirement in historic preservation ordinances that a building's structural components must be maintained.
  3. 7. A set of laws regulating the use of land and buildings, which generally specify allowable uses, such as residential or commercial, and restrictions on development such as minimum lot sizes, set back requirements, maximum height and bulk, and so forth.