Historic Guidelines - City of Melbourne, Florida

APPENDIX
General Terms Defined
public right-of-way or the construction of a deck to the rear of a historic building that does not obscure
architectural features, and that is easily removable.)
Landmark - A designated building, site, or structure having historical, architectural, or archaeological
significance.
Landscape Feature - Individual plants, such as a specimen tree, or groups of plants, such as a hedge,
allee, agricultural field, planting bed, or naturally occurring plant community or habitat.
Mitigation - A process designed to prevent adverse impact of an activity on cultural resources, by the
systematic removal of the prehistoric, historic, or architectural data and materials in order to acquire
the fundamental information necessary for understanding the property within its proper historic
context. For structures, at a minimum, this may require primary archival studies, informant interviews,
measured drawings, and large scale photography. For archaeological sites, at a minimum, this may
require literature studies, informant interviews, field survey, excavation, and artifact analysis. All
mitigation projects require the preparation of reports.
National Historic Landmark Program - A federal program, which was authorized in 1935 and
implemented in 1960, to identify sites and buildings of national significance.
National Register of Historic Places - Established by Congress in 1935, the National Register of Historic
Places is a listing of culturally significant buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts in the United
States. The listing is maintained by the U.S. Department of Interior.
Non-contributing Resource - A building, landscape feature, object, structure or archaeological resource
that does not add to the historic architectural qualities, historic associations, or archaeological values
for which a property is significant because it was not present during the period of significance, or it
does not relate to the documented significance of the property, and/or due to alterations, disturbances,
additions, or other changes, it no longer possesses historic integrity reflecting its character at that time
or is incapable of yielding important information about the period, or it does not independently meet
the National Register criteria. A non-contributing resource shall not be subject to the requirements for
a certificate of appropriateness.
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Object - A material thing of functional, aesthetic, cultural, historical, or scientific value that may be by
nature or design, movable, yet related to a specific setting or environment.
Ordinary Maintenance or Repair - Any work for which a building permit is not required by law, where
the purpose and effect of such work is to correct any physical deterioration or damage of an element or
any part thereof by restoring it, as nearly as possible, to its appearance prior to the occurrence of such
deterioration or damage.
Preservation - The act or process of applying measures necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity,
and materials of a historic property. Work, including preliminary measures to protect and stabilize the
property, generally focuses upon the ongoing maintenance and repair of historic materials and features
rather than extensive replacement and new construction. New exterior additions are not within the
scope of this treatment; however, the limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, electrical, and
plumbing systems and other code-required work to make properties functional is appropriate within a
preservation project.
Proportions – The relative size of two or more dimensions of a building; many architectural styles use
highly developed mathematical proportions to determine the composition of facades and volumes of
interior space.
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Reconstruction - The act or process of reproducing, by means of new construction, the exact form,
features, and detail of a non-surviving building, structure or object or a part thereof, as it appeared at a
specific period in time.