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