17 - Mural Ordinance for Downtown Historic Area

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"(6) A wall mural shall not cover, destroy, or materially alter an architectural or historic feature unless the Historic Preservation Commission permits the wall mural to cover the architectural feature. "(7) New murals shall not be painted on or attached directly to any historic brick. "(8) Signature(s) of the artist(s) shall be allowed, but limited to a maximum of two square feet. "(9) Finishes, textures, construction techniques, designs, colors, craftsmanship, and building materials that characterize a distinctive historic or architectural feature of a building shall be preserved. To prevent material alteration: "(a) Wall murals adjacent to a distinctive historic or architectural feature of a building shall be secured in a manner that, if removed in the future, would not impair the form and integrity of the feature; "(b) Chemical or physical treatments, such as sandblasting, that may cause damage to any distinctive historic or architectural feature shall not be used; "(c) All surface cleaning of the portion of a wall mural or underlying wall adjacent to a distinctive historic or architectural feature shall use a means that will not disturb the feature's color, texture, or other visual qualities, accelerate deterioration or otherwise impair the structure of the feature. "(g) Permit for Placement of Wall Murals. "(1) No wall mural may be erected or replaced unless and until the person in control of the display applies for and obtains a permit for placement of wall murals as described within Chapter 7, Article VII Historic Preservation, within the City of Paris Code of Ordinances "(2) All approvals required for the erection or replacement of wall murals shall be documented by notation on the permit application during its evaluation. No permit shall be issued if the approvals required have not been obtained. 4