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1 <br />IS <br />.u..c~av• va ur~waav. uur~uruya. ...c .,~u...+u. u.. .. .....~...., ., <br />related landscape features and the building's site and <br />environment as well as attached, adjacent or related new <br />construction. <br />The Standards are to be applied to specific rehabilitation <br />projects in a reasonable manner, taking into consideration <br />economic and technical feasibility. <br />1. A property shall be used for its historic purpose or be <br />placed in a new use that requires minimal change to the defining <br />characteristics of the building and its site and environment. <br />2. The historic character of a property shall be retained and <br />preserved. The removal of historic materials or alteration of <br />features and spaces that characterize a property shall be <br />avoided. <br />3. Each property shall be recognized as a physical record of its <br />time, place, and use. Changes that create a false sense of <br />historical development, such as adding conjectural features or <br />architectural elements from other buildings, shall not be <br />undertaken. <br />4. Most properties change over time; those changes that have <br />acquired historic significance in their own rights shall be <br />retained and preserved. <br />:. 5. Distinctive features, finishes, and construction techniques <br />or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property shall <br />be preserved. _ <br />6. Deteriorated historic Features shall be repaired rather than <br />replaced. where the severity of deterioration requires <br />replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature shall match <br />the old in design, color, texture, and other visual qualities <br />• and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features <br />stall be suhstantiated 5y docua:entary, physical, or pictorial <br />7. Chemical or physical treatments, such as sand-blasting, that <br />cause damage to historic materials shall not be used. The <br />surface cleaning of structures, iP appropriate, shall be <br />undertaken using the gentlest means possible. <br />8. Significant archeological resources affected by a project <br />shall be protected and preserved. It such resources must be <br />disturbed, mitigation measures shall be undertaken. <br />9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new <br />construction shall not destroy historic materials that <br />characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated <br />from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size. <br />scale, and architectural features to protect the historic <br />integrity of the property and its environment. <br />10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction shall <br />be undertaken in such a manner that if removed in the future, the <br />essential form and integrity of the historic property and its <br />environment would be unimpaired. <br />