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ALTERATION CERTIFICATE CRITERIA AND STANDARDS ANALYSIS: <br />Sec. 15.36.120. - Criteria to review an Alteration Certificate. <br />A. The commission shall issue an Alteration Certificate for any proposed work on a <br />designated historical site or district only if the proposed work would not detrimentally alter, <br />destroy or adversely affect any architectural or landscape feature which contributes to its <br />original historical designation. <br />B. The commission must find the proposed alteration to be visually compatible with <br />designated historic structures located on the property in terms of design, finish, material, scale, <br />mass and height. When the subject site is in an historic district, the commission must also find <br />that the proposed alteration is visually compatible with characteristics that define the district. For <br />the purposes of this chapter, the term "compatible" shall mean consistent with, harmonious with, <br />or enhancing to the mixture of complementary architectural styles, either of the architecture of <br />an individual structure or the character of the surrounding structures. <br />C. The commission will use the following criteria to determine compatibility: <br />Criteria and Standards I Met? I Evaluation <br />For the purposes of reviewing separately the different aspects of the Alteration Certificate <br />request enumerated above, this table will refer to them as follows: <br />Request 1 <br />Pertaining to the proposed side addition to the primary structure. <br />Request 2 <br />Pertaining to the proposed rear addition to the primary structure. <br />Request 3 <br />Pertaining to the siding replacement and porch repairs. <br />Request 4 <br />Pertaining to the window alterations on the primary structure. <br />1. The effect upon the general historical and Yes Requests 1 & 2 <br />architectural character of the structure and The side and rear additions have <br />property. minimal impact on the architectural <br />character of the structures and <br />property given their subordination to <br />and differentiation from the historic <br />structure. <br />Yes Request 3 <br />The current siding is not original to <br />the historic house, and the porch <br />repairs are intended to preserve <br />character. <br />Yes Request 4 <br />The application proposes to replace <br />existing clad windows with wooden <br />11 <br />