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6. A Certificate of Appropriateness shall be valid for a period of two (2) years from date of issue unless reasonable extensions are granted by the Commission. If a permit is also required for the action approved and is obtained prior to expiration of such two (2) year period, then the Certificate of Appropriateness shall be valid for the life of the permit and any extensions thereof. g. Design Standards. 1. Secretary of Interior's Standards. In carrying out all its duties and responsibilities, the Commission shall be guided by the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings which are given as follows: (a) Every reasonable effort shall be made to provide a compatible use for a property which requires minimum alteration of the building, structure, or site and its environment, or to use a property for its originally intended purpose. (b) The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure, or site and its environment shall not be destroyed. The removal or alteration of any historic material or distinctive architectural features should be avoided when possible. (c) All buildings, structures, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own time. Alterations that have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier appearance shall be discouraged. (d) Changes which may have taken place in the course of time are evidence of the history and development of a building, structure, or site and its environment. These changes may have acquired significance in their own right, and this significance shall be recognized and respected. (e) Distinctive stylistic features or examples of skilled craftsmanship which characterize a building, structure, or site shall be treated with sensitivity. (f) Deteriorated architectural features shall be repaired rather than replaced, wherever possible. In the event replacement is necessary, the new material should match the material being replaced in composition, design, color, texture, and other visual

ever possible. In the event replacement is necessary, the new material should match the material being replaced in composition, design, color, texture, and other visual qualities. Repair or replacement of missing architectural features should be based on accurate duplications of features, substantiated by historic, physical or pictorial evidence rather than on conjectural design or the availability of different architectural elements from other buildings or structures. (g) The surface cleaning of structures shall be undertaken with the gentlest means possible. Sandblasting and other cleaning methods that will damage the historic building materials shall not be undertaken. (h) Every reasonable effort shall be made to protect and preserve archaeological resources affected by, or adjacent to any project. (i) Contemporary design for alterations and additions to existing properties shall not be discouraged when such alterations and additions do not destroy significant historical, architectural or cultural material, and such design is compatible with the size, scale, color, material, and character of the property, neighborhood or environment. (j) Wherever possible, new additions or alterations to structures shall be done in such a manner that if such additions or alterations were to be removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the structure would be unimpaired. 2. Visual Compatibility Factors. In assessing the design of any proposed additions or new construction, the following Visual Compatibility Factors shall be considered in 163