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The requirements placed on property located within historic areas by this ordinance shall be co - extensive with, and in addition to, the requirements set out in Sections I through XXIV of the Martinsville Zoning Ordinance. D. Criteria for the Expansion or Establishment of Additional Historic Zoning Areas Expanded or additional historic zoning areas may be established to designate and protect properties that include areas, individual structures, and archaeological sites of historic, architectural, or cultural significance. In establishing such areas, it must be determined that the property, structure, or area meets at least one of the following criteria: (1) Possesses character, interest, or value as part of the development, heritage, or cultural characteristics of the community, state, or country: (2) Is a site of a significant local, state, or national event; (3) Is clearly identified with a person or persons who significantly contributed to the development of the community, state, or country; (4) Embodies the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style valuable for the study of a period, type, method of construction, or use of indigenous materials; (5) Is identified as the work of a master builder, designer, architect, or landscape architect whose work has influenced the development of the community, state, or country; (6) Embodies elements of design, detailing, materials, or craftsmanship that render it architecturally significant; (7) Embodies design characteristics that make it structurally or architecturally significant; (8) Occupies a unique location or possesses singular physical characteristics that make it an established or familiar visual feature; (9) Provides for a landscape unit needed to control potentially adverse influences on lands closely related to and bearing upon the character of historic site or sites. E. Procedure for the Establishment or Expansion of Historic Zoning Areas Additions and expansions to historic zoning areas may be initiated by resolution of City Council, or motion of the Planning Commission, or by petition of the owner or the owner's agent. Additionally, the Architectural Review Board may recommend such initiation to the City Council or Planning Commission. As a part of the City Council's consideration of the expansion of existing areas or creation of additional areas, it may review reports prepared by the Department of Community Development and the Architectural Review Board along with the information relevant to the determination of the appropriateness of such proposed expansion and additions.