§ 17.5-2. Definitions.

Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases in this chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the same meaning as they have in common usage and so as to give this chapter its most reasonable application:

Alteration. Any act or process that changes one or more of the architectural features of a site or structure, including, but not limited to, the erection, construction, reconstruction, or removal of any structure.

Architectural features. The physical elements of a structure or designed landscape which may include the setting, scale, detailing and decorative elements, size and shape of the structure/landscape or components of the structure/landscape (for example: roofs, cupolas, windows, doors, fireplaces, stairways, retaining walls, benches, lighting, paths, materials, textures, colors, and spaces).

Board. The historic resources board.

Certification of appropriateness. A certificate issued by the historic resources board indicating its approval of plans for alteration, construction, removal, or demolition of a historic structure, historic site, or property within a historic district.

City commission. The governing body of the City of Manhattan, Kansas.

Construction. The act of making an addition to an existing structure or the erection of a new principal or accessory structure on a lot or property.

Criteria for review. A standard of appropriate activity that will preserve the historic and architectural character of a historic structure, historic site or historic district.

Demolition. Any act or process that destroys in part or in whole a historic structure, historic site, or a property within a historic district.

Historic district. An area designated as a "historic district" by ordinance of the city commission and which may contain within defined geographic boundaries one or more historic structures or historic sites that are united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development and which may have within its boundaries other structures or sites that, while not of such historic and/or architectural significance to be designated historic structures or historic sites, nevertheless contribute to the overall visual characteristics of the historic district.

Historic site. The location of a significant event, a prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, or a building or a structure, whether standing, ruined or vanished, where the location itself possesses historic, cultural, or archeological value, regardless of the value of any existing structure.

Historic structure. Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground that is worthy of preservation because of its particular historic, architectural, archeological, or cultural significance. Among other things structure types that may be worthy of preservation include buildings, walls, fences, signs, billboards, sheds, towers, and bins.

Integrity of association. A property's direct connection with a significant event or person. To have integrity of association, the property must be where the significant event or activity occurred, and it must be sufficiently intact to convey the connection to an observer.

Integrity of design. The combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, style, and regional character of a property as it was originally conceived. It includes such elements as organization of space, proportion, skill, technology, ornamentation, and materials.

Integrity of materials. The physical elements that originally were combined to form a property. For a rehabilitated property to have integrity of materials, most of its historical materials must have been preserved; it must be an actual historic property, not a re-creation.

Integrity of setting. The physical environment (including natural or manmade features) related to a property's functions, its significant role, or its design. Setting refers to the character of the place where a property played its significant role in history.

Integrity of workmanship. The physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during the period in history or prehistory when a property was created.

Owner of record. The individual(s), corporation(s), or other legal entity(ies) listed as owner on the records of the Register of Deeds of Riley County.

Removal. Any relocation of a structure in whole or in part on its site or to another site.

Repair. Any change to a structure or site that is not construction, removal, alteration, or demolition.

(Ord. No. 6065, Art. I(B), 4-20-99)