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Sec. 7 -156. - Ordinary maintenance. <br />Nothing in this article should be construed to prevent ordinary maintenance or repair of any exterior <br />architectural feature of a property designated as a landmark or within a historic overlay district. <br />Ordinary maintenance shall be defined as any work that does not constitute a change in design, <br />material, color, or outward appearance, and includes in -kind replacement or repair. Ordinary <br />maintenance shall also include the planting or replacing of grass, flowers, shrubs, and trees. The d+ree-tOF <br />of e- A-Mmunot , developmenthistoric preservation officer shall be the officer in charge of making the <br />decisions as to what is "ordinary maintenance." on a case -by -case basis. <br />Sec. 7 -157. - Certificates of appropriateness. <br />(a) Standards for certificates of appropriateness. The commission shall follow the United States <br />Secretary of the Interior's formal written Standards for the Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings in its <br />consideration of all applications for certificates of appropriateness. These standards shall be made <br />available to owners and tenants of property designated as historic. <br />(b) Criteria for approval. In considering an application for a certificate of appropriateness, the <br />commission shall be guided by any adopted design guideline, and where applicable, the secretary of the <br />Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Any adopted design guideline and the Standards for <br />Rehabilitation shall be made available to the property owners of historic landmarks or within historic <br />districts. <br />(1) Every reasonable effort shall be made to adapt the property in a manner that requires <br />minimal alteration of the building, structure, object, or site and its environment. <br />(2) The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure, object, or site and <br />its environment shouldail not be destroyed. The removal or alteration of any historic <br />material or distinctive architectural features should be avoided when possible. <br />(3) All buildings, structures, objects, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own <br />time. Alterations that have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier <br />appearance shall be discouraged. <br />(4) Changes that have taken place in the course of time are evidence of the history and <br />development of a building, structure, object, or site and its environment. These changes <br />may have acquired significance in their own right, and this significance shoulda4 be <br />recognized and respected. <br />(5) Distinctive stylistic features or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a building, <br />structure, site, or object shall be retained where possible. <br />(6) Deteriorated architectural features shall be repaired rather than replaced wherever <br />possible. In the event the replacement is necessary, the new material should generaliy <br />reflect the material being replaced in overall composition, design, color, texture, and other <br />visual qualities. Repair or placement of missing architectural features should be based on <br />accurate duplications of features, substantiated by historical, physical, or pictorial evidence <br />