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e Reconstruction of buildings, fences or other structures to equal their appearance within the past two years.
Those exceptions, however, are limited by the power of the zoning administrator to order work halted in any case where he feels that it may have an adverse effect on the district.
The proposed ordinance also requires that, prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit by the Building and Zoning office, the applicant receive a Certificate of Compliance from the ARB stating that the structure meets its approval as to appropriateness.
The revised ordinance is also more specific in its general standards of appropriateness. It divides the town into two districts, Area A to be the bulk of the town. Area B is all properties fronting on Mt. Salem Ave., and all lots on the south side of Rt. 211 Business and east of the lots bordering the western town boundary. The standards to be used by the ARB in determining appropriateness are, for Area A, the town’s founding to 1900, and for Area B, its founding to 1945.
The ordinance directs that the ARB may adopt “Design Standards,” but notes that they will serve as general guidelines and precedents only, since “each case may differ in one or more particulars from the last.” It spells out the factors which must be considered in approving an application: all architectural features, general design, scale and arrangement, texture, material and color.
The present historic district ordinance includes a section which forbids the demolition of any building, structure or fence without permission of the ARB. The proposed ordinance much more clearly defines the standards which must be used by the ARB in reaching a decision in such a case:
• Whether it would meet the requirements to be considered a national, state or local historic landmark.
• Whether it is of such old, or unusual, design or construction that it would be difficult to duplicate.
• Whether saving the building would preserve and protect the historic character of the town.
However, the owner does retain the absolute right to demolish such a building provided that he apply to
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