18.175.020 Definitions.
The following definitions apply to terms used in this chapter. Terms not defined have their commonly construed meaning.
“Alteration, exterior” means any addition, removal, repair, or physical modification of the exterior of a building, including but not limited to doors, windows, chimneys, and trim, and excluding paint.
“Alteration, interior” means any addition, removal, repair, or physical modification to the interior of a building that does not affect the outward appearance of the building.
“Demolition” means the razing, destruction, or dismantling of a structure, or any portion of a structure, to the degree that its extant character is substantially obliterated.
“Design district” means a designated area for which there are specific design standards. See also definition of “design district, Old Town.”
Design District, Old Town. The “Old Town design district” is the portion of the city comprising the original town plat and the surrounding additions and properties that form the traditional commercial and residential core of the city (see map).
“Design review” means the plan review and recommendation process established in to TMC 18.175.070 through 18.175.100 wherein the architectural review committee considers proposals for all types of construction and development projects, including exterior alterations, additions and new construction within designated design districts, for a Talent landmark, or for any project located within 150 feet of a Talent landmark, for large retail structures, and for projects referred to the committee by the planner or the planning commission. Design review considerations include, but are not limited to, consistency with Chapter 18.140 and 18.145 TMC design standards.
“District, historic” means a geographic area possessing a significant concentration of sites, buildings, structures, and/or objects representing a distinct period of local history and/or a distinct architectural style that has been designated as such following the process set forth in this chapter or that has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
“Extraordinary historic significance” means the quality of historic significance achieved outside the usual norms of age, association, or rarity. Generally properties less than 50 years of age must possess extraordinary historic significance to be considered for designation as Talent landmarks.
“Integrity, historic” means the quality of wholeness of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and/or association of a resource, as opposed to its physical condition.
“Landmark” (also “Talent designated landmark”) means a resource identified in the comprehensive plan, or individually identified via the designation process in this chapter, and as such formally recognized by the city of Talent as important to its history, or a historic resource of statewide significance as defined by OAR 660-23-100(1)(e).
“Landmarks register” means the list of, and record of information about, Talent landmarks.
“Multiple property submission” means a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places that may include all or a portion of the Register-eligible historic resources identified in a specific area, city, or section of a city. Inclusion in a multiple property nomination may be based upon an element common to the properties, such as all or a portion of properties representing a particular building type, those attributed to a single architect or builder, or those representing a specific theme or event of history or prehistory.
“National Register of Historic Places” means the official national list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects designated as significant by the Secretary of the Interior. Nominations to the National Register are submitted by the property owner(s) to the Department of the Interior (National Park Service) through the State Historic Preservation Office.
“Oregon Special Tax Assessment Program” means a program established in Oregon statute, ORS 358.475 through 358.545, that allows owners of National Register historic properties, as well as contributing properties within a National Register historic district, to receive a freeze on their assessed property value. This program is separate from the Talent historic preservation program established in this chapter.
“Rehabilitation” means the process of returning a historic property to a state of utility through repair or alteration that makes possible an efficient, contemporary, interior use while preserving those portions and features of the property that are significant to its historic, architectural, and cultural values.
“Relocation” means the removal of a structure from its original or historic site as precursor to its continued utility at another site.
“Resource, historic” means a building, structure, object, site, or district that likely meets the significance and integrity criteria for designation as a landmark. Resource types are further described as:
“Building” means a construction made for purposes of shelter or habitation, e.g., house, barn, store, theater, train station, garage, school, etc.
“District” means a geographically defined area possessing a significant concentration of buildings, structures, objects, and/or sites, which are unified historically by plan or physical development, e.g., downtown, residential neighborhood, military reservation, ranch complex, etc.
“Object” means a construction which is primarily artistic or commemorative in nature and not normally movable or part of a building or structure, e.g., statue, fountain, milepost, monument, sign, etc.
“Site” means the location of a significant event, use, or occupation which may include associated standing, ruined, or underground features, e.g., battlefield, shipwreck, campsite, cemetery, natural feature, garden, food-gathering area, etc.
“Structure” means a construction made for functions other than shelter or habitation, e.g., bridge, windmill, dam, boat, kiln, etc. Structures do not include streets or street improvements.
“Resources, historic, of statewide significance” means buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and by definition are considered historic resources of statewide significance under OAR 660-23-200(1)(e). Local governments are required to protect all historic resources of statewide significance through local historic protection regulations, regardless of whether those resources are formally designated in the local plan (OAR 660-23-200(8)).
“Restoration” means the process of returning a property to a condition that duplicates the historic character, appearance, or material composition of the original structure.
“Standards for rehabilitation, Secretary of the Interior’s” means the federal standards developed to guide work undertaken on historic buildings addressing the preferred treatment in restoration or rehabilitation of property to preserve features that are significant to historic, architectural, and cultural values.
“State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)” means the state agency that carries out the duties of the National Register Program. SHPO staff members provide information and technical support for rehabilitation and restoration projects, National Register applications, and the Oregon Special Tax Assessment Program. SHPO has review authority for proposed alterations to properties that participate in these programs.
“Survey of historic and cultural resources (survey)” means a detailed survey of historic and cultural resources, which are potentially significant in the history of Talent. The inventory is a planning tool, evaluating the significance of resources as “primary,” “secondary” and “contributing.” Inclusion of a resource in the inventory does not constitute formal designation as a Talent landmark, although many resources within the city’s most recent inventory are in fact so designated. It forms the basis of the Old Town design district map. It was prepared in 1995 and is used herein as a resource document.
“Thematic nomination” means a type of multiple property submission (see above) based upon a historic theme. [Ord. 851 § 3; Ord. 817 § 8-3L.715, 2006.]