Abingdon, Virginia · General provision

Section 3-6

Extracted standards

4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Design

  • Design review guidelines for exterior features

    The HPRB shall consider exterior architectural features, including but not limited to the type and style of all windows, doors, signs and other appurtenant architectural features or elements which are visible to public view from a public street, right-of-way or place. The architectural style, general design and arrangement of the building or structure. Texture, material and color of the building materials employed. The extent to which the building, structure or use would be harmonious with or obviously incongruous to the old and historic aspect of the surroundings.

Other

  • Proposed accessory structures within the OH Districts, which will not be visible from the public right-of-way due to vegetation, shall first obtain a certificate of appropriateness issued by the HPRB or, on appeal, by the Town Council.

  • Certificate of appropriateness required for exterior changes

    No building or structure, historic landmark, or historic structure within the Old and Historic (OH) District and visible from the public right-of-way, including signs, shall be erected, reconstructed, altered, restored, razed, demolished, or moved unless a certificate of appropriateness has been issued by the HPRB or, on appeal, by the Town Council.

  • Demolition or move via sale process

    Procedure to demolish or move via sale in the OH District. If the HPRB disapproves any application to demolish or move, the owner may appeal... the owner shall, as a matter of right, be entitled to raze or demolish such landmark, building or structure, provided that the owner has applied to the Town Council and made a bona fide offer to sell.

From the ordinance

No building or structure, historic landmark, or historic structure within the Old and Historic (OH) District and visible from the public right-of-way, including signs, shall be erected, reconstructed, altered, restored, razed, demolished, or moved unless a certificate of appropriateness has been issued by the HPRB... Proposed accessory structures within the OH Districts, which will not be visible from the public right-of-way due to vegetation, shall first obtain a certificate of appropriateness.
Section 3-6