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14 <br />9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials, <br />features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated <br />from the old and shall be compatible with the historical materials, features, size, scale, and proportion, <br />and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment. <br />10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction shall be undertaken in such a manner that, if <br />removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would <br />be unimpaired. <br />REHABILITATION AS A TREATMENT <br />When repair and replacement of deteriorated features are necessary; when alterations or <br />additions to the property are planned for a new or continued use; and when its depiction at a particular <br />period of time is not appropriate, Rehabilitation may be considered as a treatment. Prior to undertaking <br />work, a documentation plan for Rehabilitation should be developed. <br />RESTORATION is defined as the act or process of accurately depicting the form, features, and <br />character of a property as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of features <br />from other periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features from the restoration period. The <br />limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and other code-required <br />work to make properties functional is appropriate within a restoration project. <br />STANDARDS FOR RESTORATION <br />1. A property shall be used as it was historically or be given a new use which reflects the property's <br />restoration period. <br />2. Materials and features from the restoration period shall be retained and preserved. The removal of <br />materials or alteration of features, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize the period shall not <br />be undertaken. <br />3. Each property shall be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Work needed to <br />stabilize, consolidate, and conserve materials and features from the restoration period shall be physically <br />and visually compatible, identifiable upon close inspection, and properly documented for future research. <br />4. Materials, features, spaces, and finishes that characterize other historical periods shall be documented <br />prior to their alteration or removal. <br />5. Distinctive materials, features, fmishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship <br />that characterize the restoration period shall be preserved. <br />6. Deteriorated features from the restoration period shall be repaired rather than replaced. Where the <br />severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature shall match the old <br />in design, color, texture, and where possible, materials. <br />7. Replacement of missing features from the restoration period shall be substantiated by documentary <br />and physical evidence. A false sense of history shall not be created by adding conjectural features, <br />features from other properties, or by combining features that never existed together historically. <br />8. 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 />11 <br />