HRC
Determination
In accordance with
the Standards and Guidelines for
Evaluating the Effect of Projects
on Environs, the standard of
evaluation, the HRC found the proposed project does not meet Standards # 1, #2, #4 and #6, and
will encroach upon, damage or
destroy the listed historic properties and their environs.
1. The character of a historic property’s
environs should be retained and preserved.
The removal or
alteration of distinctive buildings, structures, landscape features, spatial relationships, etc. that characterize the
environs should be avoided.
2. The environs of a property should be used as
it has historically been used or allow the inclusion of new uses that require minimal change
to the environs’ distinctive materials,
features, and spatial relationships.
4. Demolition of character-defining buildings,
structures, landscape features, etc. in a historic property’s environs should be
avoided. When the severity of deterioration requires removal within the environs,
compatible reconstruction shall occur.
6. New additions, exterior alterations, infill
construction, or related new construction should not destroy character-defining features or
spatial relationships that characterize
the environs of a property. The new
work shall be compatible with the
historic materials, character-defining features, size, scale and proportion,
and massing of the
environs.
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