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Sec. 40-56.9. Maintenance of properties. Nothing in this division shall be construed to prevent the normal repair and maintenance of any exterior architectural feature or ordinary yard maintenance in the Downtown Districts to correct deterioration, decay or damage, or to sustain the existing form. Normal repair and maintenance shall not include a material change in design, material, color or outer appearance and does not require a certificate of appropriateness. In addition, this paragraph does not prohibit any repair, maintenance, painting or alteration of any such feature that the building official certifies to be required for public safety because of an unsafe or dangerous condition. Normal maintenance and repair shall include the following and similar actions which in the sole opinion of the Committee or its designated staff will have no greater effect on the character of the district than those listed: (1) Repainting in the same color. (2) Replacement of broken windowpanes, missing roof shingles, or missing features with matching in-kind materials. (3) Addition or deletion of television or radio antennas, skylights or solar collectors in locations not visible from a public street. (4) Planting of grass, trees and shrubs, but not including landscape treatment which substantially alters the contour of a site or involves landscaping or construction of parking areas, fences, walls, walkways, pools, fountains and the like which materially affect the appearance of a site and which is visible from a public street. (5) Any changes to a structure that are not visible from a public street. Sec. 40-56.10. Downtown Design Committee. For the general purposes ofthis chapter and specifically to preserve and protect historic places and areas in Portsmouth through the control of demolition and regulation of architectural design and uses of structures in such areas, a Downtown Design Committee is established. (a) The Downtown Design Committee shall consist of seven members who shall be appointed by the city council and who shall serve without compensation. (b) All members must have demonstrated an interest or competence in or knowledge of historic preservation and shall include at least: 1. Two members who are registered architects or architectural historians; 11. One registered Landscape Architect; 111. Two residents or business owners; IV. Two members with professional training or equivalent experience in engineering, planning, real estate or realtors, or a contractor and; v. Up to three alternates as defined below. (c) The city council, in additional to the seven voting members, may appoint a non- voting liaison to the Committee from its own body.