Funded by the Village, the Commission Assistant is based at the German Village Meeting Haus. The Commission Assistant can answer your questions, help you with guidelines and procedures, and check over your submission materials. In addition, the Assistant can review and approve applications for a certificate of appropriateness for some projects. No matter which exterior project you have in mind, it involves either maintenance or exterior change. The following Architectural Review Chart contains common examples of both types of projects.
Maintenance includes repair and in-kind replacement of the deteriorated parts of a building.
Repair is the routine work that all German Village residents are familiar with - those things you do to maintain your building or site by protecting existing features. Examples include repairing a fence or reglazing a window. As you can see on the chart, no certificate is necessary for repairs. In-kind replacement involves duplicating a deteriorated part with one of the exact same material, size, and form. Examples include replacing a damaged porch column or replacing several slates on a roof.