Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Cape Charles Historic DistrictHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character.
- Geographic extent
- Cape Charles Historic DistrictHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character.
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Certificate of appropriateness required
no building or structure, including signs, shall be erected, reconstructed, restored, or substantially altered in exterior appearance and no contributing buildings or structures shall be razed or demolished within a historic district and no permit authorizing same shall be granted unless and until the same is approved by the historic district review board and a certificate of appropriateness has been issued by that body
- Contributing accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure conditions
Contributing accessory structures will be treated as contributing structures only under the following conditions: (1) It is on a permanent foundation; and (2) It is of sufficient square footage that a new structure of that type would require a building permit; and it is not being used as, or being considered for, accessory dwelling units.
- Definition of substantial alterations
'Substantial alterations' shall be defined as any and all work done on buildings, structures, or sites in a historic district other than those specifically exempted herein: (1) General examples of 'non-substantial' alterations: a. Work done to prevent deterioration or to replace parts of a structure with similar materials in order to correct any deterioration, decay of, or damage to any structure or on any part thereof, or b. To restore same as nearly as practical to its condition prior to such deterioration, decay, or damage. (2) Examples of work not constituting 'substantial alteration' include those minor actions exempted from review by section 32-226 of this article. (3) General examples of work constituting 'substantial alterations' include: a. Construction of a new building at any location or a new permanent accessory building requiring a building permit on a landmark or contributing property or on a site within the historic district. b. Any addition to or alteration of a building which increases the square footage of the building or otherwise alters substantially its size, height, contour, or outline. c. Any alteration of the exterior architectural style of a structure or its significant elements; some examples being removal or rebuilding of porches, openings, dormers, window sashes, chimneys, columns, stairways, terraces, decks, fences, or any other structural elements. d. Addition to or removal of one or more stories or alteration of a roof line. e. Any other major actions not specifically covered by the terms of this section, but which would have an effect on the character of the historic district.
From the ordinance
Except as herein otherwise provided in this article, no building or structure, including signs, shall be erected, reconstructed, restored, or substantially altered in exterior appearance and no contributing buildings or structures shall be razed or demolished within a historic district and no permit authorizing same shall be granted unless and until the same is approved by the historic district review board and a certificate of appropriateness has been issued by that body, with right of direct appeal to the town council as hereinafter provided, as being architecturally compatible with the historical, cultural, and/or architectural aspects of the structure and its surroundings.