Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to contributing structures in Solar Hill Historic DistrictHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character., Bristol Commercial Historic DistrictHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. (including Piedmont Avenue Boundary Increase), Bristol Warehouse Historic DistrictHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character., and individual landmarks: Bristol Railroad Station, Bristol Virginia-Tennessee Slogan Sign, The Douglass School, East Hill Cemetery, First Baptist ChurchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached., Virginia Intermont College, King-Lancaster-McCoy-Mitchell House, Virginia High School (now Virginia Middle School).
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Certificate of appropriateness required
A certificate of appropriateness is required prior to demolition or relocation of an historic structure.
- Maintenance required
Owners of historic landmarks or contributing historic buildings and structures shall not allow them to fall into a state of disrepair so as to endanger their physical integrity or the public health and safety.
- Right to relocate or demolish
The owner of any historic landmark, building or structure shall have the right to relocate or demolish such landmark, building or structure so long as the owner has made a bona fide offer to sell.
- Exception for unsafe conditions
Nothing in this article shall apply to or in any way prevent the moving or demolition, in whole or in part, of any building or structure in the city which is in such a dangerous, hazardous or unsafe condition that it has been ordered demolished by the building official or which is declared a public nuisance.
Use
- Underlying uses allowed
All permitted and special uses of the underlying zoning district are allowed subject to the specific requirements and procedures for each use classification.
From the ordinance
The H-O district shall apply to contributing structures in the following historic districts, as shown on the zoning map, and individual landmarks as described by the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.