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<br />(b) Criteria for Approval. In considering an application for a certificate of <br />appropriateness, the commission shall be guided by any adopted design guideline, <br />and where applicable, the Secretary of the Interior I s Standards for Rehabilitation. <br />Any adopted design guideline and the Standards for Rehabilitation shall be made <br />available to the property owners of historic landmarks or within historic districts. <br /> <br />1. Every reasonable effort shall be made to adapt the property in a <br />manner that requires minimal alteration of the building, structure, <br />object, or site and its environment. <br /> <br />2. The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, <br />structure, object, or site and its environment shall not be destroyed. <br />The removal or alteration of any historic material or distinctive <br />architectural features should be avoided when possible. <br /> <br />3. All buildings, structures, objects, and sites shall be recognized as <br />products of their own time. Alterations that have no historical basis <br />and which seek to create an earlier appearance shall be discouraged. <br /> <br />4. Changes that have taken place in the course of time are evidence of <br />the history and development of a building, structure, object, or site <br />and its environment. These changes may have acquired significance <br />in their own right, and this significance shall be recognized and <br />respected. <br /> <br />5. Distinctive stylistic features or examples of craftsmanship that <br />characterize a building, structure, site, or object shall be retained <br />where possible. <br /> <br />6. Deteriorated architectural features shall be repaired rather than <br />replaced wherever possible. In the event the replacement is <br />necessary, the new material should reflect the material being <br />replaced in composition, design, color, texture, and other visual <br />qualities. Repair or placement of missing architectural features <br />should be based on accurate duplications of features, substantiated <br />by historical, physical, or pictorial evidence rather than conjectural <br />designs or the availability of different architectural elements from <br />other buildings or structures. <br /> <br />7. The surface cleaning of structures shall be undertaken with the <br />gentlest means possible. Sandblasting and other cleaning methods <br />that will damage the historic building materials shall not be <br />undertaken. <br /> <br />Page 8 of 14 <br />