10.406 Historic Preservation Overlay, Exterior Alteration or New Construction.
No person may alter any building, structure, object, or site in an Historic Preservation Overlay in such a manner as to affect its exterior appearance, nor may any new structure be constructed, unless said exterior alteration or new construction has been approved through the process for Type III Historic Review applications or Minor Historic Review.
(1) Any exterior alteration except those related to signage or exterior color shall conform with The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the ordinary maintenance or repair of any exterior component of a structure or site that does not involve a change in design, material, color or outward appearance of such features.
(3) When a Local Historic Resource designation or consideration of such designation has been removed from a building, structure, object, or site at the request of the property owner pursuant to Section 10.404 or Section 10.405(2), the Medford Building Safety Department shall not issue a permit for exterior alteration within 120 days from the date the request for removal of the historic resource designation was received by the City.