Section 175-87 BOUNDARIES OF HISTORIC DISTRICTS OR LANDMARKS.
A.
The boundaries of an historic district or overlay area shall, in
general, be
drawn to include areas containing buildings or places in which
historic
events occurred or having special public value because of notable
architectural
or other features relating to the cultural or artistic heritage of
the
community of such significance as to warrant conservation and
preservation. The
district may include either individual buildings or places of such
character
and a reasonable distance beyond, or it may include areas or groupings
of
structures which have significance relative to their patterns of
development or social and economic or architectural interrelationships
even
though some structures in the area might not possess significant merit
when considered alone. In any case, the location of the district
shall be
based upon careful studies that describe the characteristics of
the area
and support the purposes of conservation and preservation.
B.
The boundaries of an historic district shall conform to the boundaries
of
individual lots of record. Where a street is proposed as an
historic
district boundary, the edge right- of-way adjoining the district shall
be
deemed the district boundary.
C.
Historic districts are created as special overlay districts to be
superimposed
on other zoning districts contained in these regulations, and are to be
so
designated on the Official Zoning Map. The uses, housing types, minimum
lot requirements,
minimum yard requirements, maximum height and accessory uses and
accessory
signs shall be determined by the regulations applicable to the other
districts
over which the historic districts superimposed, except as these other
districts
may be modified by application of the regulations in the historic
district.
D.
A map delineating the adopted boundaries of each historic district
shall be
maintained in the office of the Zoning Administrator.