312 Ind. Admin. Code 26-4-4

Current through January 8, 2025

Section 312 IAC 26-4-4 - General professional standards for historic preservation projects

Authority: IC 14-12-3-13

Affected: IC 14-12-3-8; IC 14-21-1

Sec. 4.

The following standards apply to any project under this rule:

(1) A reasonable effort must be made by the applicant to provide a compatible use for a property that requires minimal alteration of the building structure or site and its environment or to use a property for the purpose originally intended.

(2) The distinguishing original quality 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 feature should be avoided if possible.

(3) A building, structure, or site is a product of its own time. To the extent feasible, an alteration should demonstrate a historical basis that is appropriate to that time.

(4) A change that takes place in the course of time evidences the history and development of a building, structure, or site and its environment. The change may have acquired significance in itself, and this significance shall be recognized and respected.

(5) A distinctive stylistic feature or example of skilled craftsmanship that characterizes a building, structure, or site shall be treated with sensitivity.

(6) A deteriorated architectural feature shall be repaired, if practicable, rather than replaced. If replacement is necessary, any new material should match what is being replaced with respect to composition, design, color, texture, and other visual qualities. The repair or replacement of a missing architectural feature shall duplicate a feature as substantiated by historical, physical, or pictorial evidence, rather than as determined from a conjectural design or the availability of a different architectural element from another building or structure.

(7) Cleaning the surface of a structure shall be performed with the gentlest means possible. Sandblasting or another cleaning method that will damage the historic building material shall not be used.

(8) Every reasonable effort shall be made to protect and preserve archaeological resources that may be affected by a project.

312 IAC 26-4-4

Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 26-4-4; filed Dec 3, 1997, 3:45 p.m.: 21 IR 1280; readopted filed Nov 17, 2004, 11:00 a.m.: 28 IR 1315; readopted filed May 26, 2010, 10:37 a.m.: 20100609-IR-312100161RFA

Readopted filed 9/27/2016, 1:53 p.m.: 20161026-IR-312160147RFA

Readopted filed 5/18/2022, 10:15 a.m.: 20220615-IR-312220030RFA