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<br />historic districts to correct deterioration, decay or damage, or to sustain the existing form. <br />Normal repair and maintenance shall not include a material change in design, material, <br />color or outer appearance and does not require a certificate of appropriateness. In <br />addition, this paragraph does not prohibit any repair, maintenance, painting or alteration <br />of any such feature that the building official certifies to be required for public safety <br />because of an unsafe or dangerous condition. <br /> <br />Normal maintenance and repair shall include the following and similar actions <br />which in the sole opinion of the commission or its designated staff will have no greater <br />effect on the character of the district than those listed: <br /> <br />(1) Repainting resulting in the same color. <br /> <br />(2) Replacement of broken windowpanes, missing roof shingles, or missing <br />features with matching in-kind materials. <br /> <br />(3) Addition or deletion of television or radio antennas, skylights or solar <br />collectors in locations not visible from a public street. <br /> <br />(4) Planting of grass, trees and shrubs, but not including landscape treatment <br />which substantially alters the contour of a site or involves landscaping or <br />construction of parking areas, fences, walls, walkways, pools, fountains <br />and the like which materially affect the appearance of a site and which is <br />visible from a public street. <br /> <br />(5) Any changes to a structure that are not visible from a public street. <br /> <br />Sec. 40-55.1 Demolition by Neglect. <br /> <br />(a) No historic structure within a historic district shall be allowed to <br />deteriorate due to neglect. Deterioration due to neglect shall constitute demolition by <br />neglect when: <br /> <br />(1) Deterioration of the exterior of a building occurs to the extent that <br />it creates, or permits, a hazardous or unsafe condition; or <br /> <br />(2) Deterioration of exterior walls or other vertical supports, horizontal <br />members, roofs, chimneys, exterior wall elements such as siding, <br />wooden walls, brick, plaster, or mortar occurs to the extent that it <br />adversely affects the character of the district or could reasonably <br />lead to irreversible damage to the structure or lead to a hazardous <br />condition. <br /> <br />(b) The commission shall monitor the condition of historic properties to <br />determine if they are being allowed to deteriorate by neglect. In the event that the <br />