Alabama Administrative Code › Title 584 - ALABAMA COMMITTEE ON MONUMENT PROTECTION › Chapter 584-X-1 - General Rules › Section 584-X-1-.03 - Permissible And Prohibited Modifications

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Responsibility for
			 Preservation and Protection
. Pursuant to
Code of Ala.
			 1975
, §
								41-9-233,
			 the governmental entity responsible for an architecturally significant
			 building, memorial building, memorial school, memorial street, or monument may
			 take proper and appropriate measures and exercise proper and appropriate means
			 for the protection, preservation, care, repair, or restoration of those
			 monuments, streets, or buildings.
(2)
Permissible Modifications,
			 Architecturally Significant Buildings
. Permissible modifications,
			 which include actions to the extent necessary for protection, preservation,
			 care, repair, or restoration, include the following:
(a) Routine preventive maintenance of the
			 structure, building systems, roof, or other building components that are
			 necessary to maintain the building's integrity, appearance, or function and
			 extend the life of the building without affecting its listing in or eligibility
			 for the National Register of Historic Places. This work typically includes
			 routine cleaning, replacement of filters, sealing, painting, or other periodic
			 and repetitive work required to maintain the building. All work should follow
			 the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
(b) Repair work is work that is required to
			 repair broken or worn out components that are necessary to maintain the
			 building's integrity, appearance, or function and extend the life of the
			 building without affecting its listing in or eligibility for the National
			 Register of Historic Places. This work typically includes the removal of
			 broken, missing, or worn-out building components and repairing them or
			 replacing them in kind. Examples include the repair of rotten wood, replacement
			 of a worn-out compressor, or the repair of a broken fixture. All work should
			 follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
(c) Replacement of systems beyond their
			 useful life, but which are required to maintain the use of the building. This
			 work typically includes the replacement or upgrade of a building system, such
			 as an electrical system; heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
			 system; roofing system; or other major building components that are required to
			 extend the useful life of the historic building. All replacement work must not
			 affect a building's listing in or eligibility for the National Register of
			 Historic Places. All work should follow the Secretary of the Interior's
			 Standards for Rehabilitation.
(d)
			 Additions to architecturally significant buildings are permitted when the
			 additions do not affect the building' s listing in or eligibility for the
			 National Register of Historic Places. All work should follow the Secretary of
			 the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Proposed additions to
			 architecturally significant buildings shall be reviewed in accordance with the
			 Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.