Sec. 54-84Additional criteria for new construction

When the applicant wishes to undertake new construction within a historic district or on the site of a historic property, the HPC shall consider the compatibility of the new construction with the existing character of the historic district or the historic property. However, the HPC shall not dictate the architectural style of the new construction. Compatible design shall mean architectural design and construction that will fit harmoniously into the historic district or on the historic property's site. The HPC shall include the following points in its consideration of a certificate of appropriateness application for new construction:

(1) Scale: height and width;

(2) Massing and building form;

(3) Setbacks;

(4) Orientation and site coverage;

(5) Alignment, rhythm, and spacing;

(6) Maintaining materials within the historic district or on the historic property's site;

(7) Trim and detail; the link between old and new;

(8) Facade proportions and window patterns;

(9) Entrances and porch projections;

(10) Roof forms; and

(11) Maintaining quality within the historic district or on the historic property's site.

History: (Ord. No. 07-08, § V(D), 6-7-2007)