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DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 4. If an application is approved, the Commission shall forthwith issue a Certificate of Appropriateness. If the Commission disapproves an application, the Commission shall state its reasons in writing within ten (10) days of such decision. In case of disapproval, the Commission shall notify the applicant in writing of such disapproval and provide the applicant with a copy of the reasons. 5. When a Certificate of Appropriateness has been issued, the Construction Official/Zoning Officer shall, from time to time, inspect the work approved by such Certificate and shall regularly report to the Commission the results of such inspections, listing all work inspected and reporting any work not in accordance with such Certificate or violating any ordinance of the Township. The Commission shall also make inspections of work approved by such Certificate whenever it considers such to be desirable. 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,

ed. 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 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. 186