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13 <br />6. The existing condition of historic features shall be evaluated to determine the appropriate level of <br />intervention needed. Where the severity of deterioration requires repair or limited replacement of a <br />distinctive feature, the new material shall match the old in composition, design, color, and texture. <br />7. Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriate, shall be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. <br />Treatments that cause damage to historic materials shall not be used. <br />8. Archeological resources shall be protected and preserved in place. If such resources must be <br />disturbed, mitigation measures shall be undertaken. <br />PRESERVATION AS A TREATMENT <br />When the property's distinctive materials, features, and spaces are essentially intact and thus <br />convey the historic significance without extensive repair or replacement; when depiction at a particular <br />period of time is not appropriate; and when a continuing or new use does not require additions or <br />extensive alterations, Preservation may be considered as a treatment. Prior to undertaking work, a <br />documentation plan should be developed. <br />REHABILITATION is defined as the act or process of making possible a compatible use for a property <br />through repair, alterations, and additions while preserving those portions or features which convey its <br />historical, cultural, or architectural values. <br />STANDARDS FOR REHABII,ITATION <br />1. A property shall be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to <br />its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships. <br />2. The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive <br />materials or alteration of features, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize a property shall be <br />avoided. <br />3. Each property shall be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes that create <br />a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other <br />historic properties, shall not be undertaken. <br />4. Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right shall be retained and <br />preserved. <br />5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship <br />that characterize a property shall be preserved. <br />6. Deteriorated historic features shall be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of <br />deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature shall match the old in design, <br />color, texture, and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features shall be substantiated by <br />documentary and physical evidence. <br />7. Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriate, shall be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. <br />Treatments that cause damage to historic materials shall not be used. <br />8. Archeological resources shall be protected and preserved in place. If such resources must be <br />disturbed, mitigation measures shall be undertaken. <br />10 <br />