(1) “Actual cost of rehabilitation” means costs incurred within twenty-four months prior to the date of application and directly resulting from one or more of the following:

(2) “Alter” or “Alteration” means modification of a building by changing its use, building a new structure, or reconstructing, modifying, restoring, remodeling, repairing, moving, or demolishing all or part of a structure, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.

(3) “Building” means a structure constructed by human beings; the term includes both residential and nonresidential buildings, principal and accessory buildings.

(4) “Building Official” means the City Director of Public Works or his/her designee who is responsible for the administration of the Construction Code of the City of Pullman.

(5) “Certificate of Alteration” means the document indicating that the commission has reviewed the proposed changes to an individual property on the Pullman Register of Historic Places or any property within an historic district on the register and certified the changes as not adversely affecting the historic characteristics of the property which contribute to its designation, in accordance with the provisions of Section 16.60.060.

(6) “Certificate of Demolition” means the document indicating that the commission has reviewed the proposed whole or partial demolition of a structure(s) on an individual property on the Pullman Register of Historic Places or any property within an historic district on the local register and, failing to find alternatives to demolition, allows the building official to issue a permit for demolition, in accordance with the provisions of Section 16.60.060.

(7) “Certified Local Government” or “CLG” means the designation reflecting that the local government has been jointly certified by the State Historic Preservation Officer and the National Park Service as having established its own Historic Preservation Commission and a program meeting Federal and State standards.

(8) “Cost” means the actual cost of rehabilitation, which cost shall be at least twenty-five percent of the assessed valuation of the historic property, exclusive of the assessed value attributable to the land, prior to rehabilitation.

(9) “Distinct property” means a parcel of land that is separate from other parcels of land by means of a designated lot shown on an official recorded subdivision, a recorded deed, or other appropriate document filed with the Whitman County Auditor.

(10) “Emergency measures” means: a) work necessary to prevent destruction or dilapidation to real property or structural appurtenances thereto immediately threatened or damaged by fire, flood, earthquake or other disaster; or b) work necessary to abate an unsafe condition associated with a structure formally determined by the building official to be an unsafe structure pursuant to Title 2 (Construction Code).

(11) “Historic district” means historic property consisting of multiple buildings, sites, structures, or objects located in proximity to one another and related in historic period or theme and listed on the Pullman Register of Historic Places.

(12) “Historic Preservation Commission” or “commission” means the commission created by Section 16.60.040 and acting as the “Local Review Board” or “Board” as used in Chapter 84.26 RCW and Chapter 254-20 WAC for the special valuation of historic properties.

(13) “Historic property” means real property together with improvements thereon which is listed on the Pullman Register of Historic Places.

(14) “Incentives” means certain rights or privileges which the City Council, or other local, state, or federal public body, by virtue of applicable present or future legislation, may be authorized to grant or obtain for the owner(s) of Register properties, including, but not limited to, tax relief, conditional use permits, rezoning, street vacation, planned unit development, transfer of development rights, facade easements, gifts, preferential leasing policies, or beneficial placement of public improvements or amenities.

(15) “National Register of Historic Places” means the national listing of properties significant to our cultural history because of their documented importance to our history, architectural history, engineering, or cultural heritage.

(16) “Object” means a thing of functional, aesthetic, cultural, historical, or scientific value that may be, by nature or design, movable yet related to a specific setting or environment.

(17) “Ordinary repair and maintenance” means work for which a permit is not required under Title 2 (Construction Code), as it now exists or may hereafter be amended, and where the purpose and effect of such work is to correct any deterioration or decay of or damage to the real property or structure appurtenance therein and to restore the same, as nearly as may be practicable, to the condition prior to the occurrence of such deterioration, decay, or damage; the term includes painting or repainting of interior or exterior surfaces of structures.

(18) “Owner” means the owner of record according to the Whitman County Assessor’s records.

(19) “Professional staff” means the city Director of Community Development or his/her designee(s).

(20) “Pullman Register of Historic Places” or “Register” or “local register” means the listing of locally designated historic properties provided for in Section 16.60.050.

(21) “RCW” means Revised Code of Washington.

(22) “Rehabilitation” is the process of returning a property to a state of utility through repair or alteration, which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions and features of the property which are significant to its architectural and cultural values.

(23) “Significance” or “significant” used in the context of historic significance means a property with local, state, or national significance which helps in the understanding of the history or prehistory of the local area, state, or nation by illuminating the local, statewide, or nationwide impact of the events or persons associated with the property, or its architectural type or style in information potential. The local area can include the city of Pullman, Whitman County, or southeast Washington, or a modest geographic or cultural area, such as a neighborhood. Local significance may apply to a property that illustrates a theme that is important to one or more localities; state significance to a theme important to the history of the state; and national significance to property of exceptional value in representing or illustrating an important theme in the history of the nation.

(24) “Site” means a place where a significant event or pattern of events occurred, and may include the location of prehistoric or historic occupation or activities that may be marked by physical remains, or a place that is the symbolic focus of a significant event or pattern of events and may not have been actively occupied, or the location of a ruined or now non-extant building or structure if the location itself possesses historic cultural or archaeological significance.

(25) “Special Valuation” means the local option program which when implemented makes available to property owners a special tax valuation for rehabilitation of historic properties under which the assessed value of an eligible historic property is determined at a rate that excludes, for up to ten years, the actual cost of the rehabilitation under the provisions of Section 16.60.070 and Chapter 84.26 RCW.

(26) “State Register of Historic Places” means the state listing of properties significant to the community, state, or nation but which may or may not meet the criteria of the National Register.

(27) “State review board” means the advisory council on historic preservation established under Chapter 27.34 RCW, or any successor agency designated by the state to act as the state historic preservation review board under federal law.

(28) “Structure” means an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together.

(29) “Universal Transverse Mercator” or “UTM” means the grid zone in metric measurement providing for an exact point of numerical reference.

(30) “WAC” means Washington Administrative Code. (Ord. 21-15 §6, 2021; Ord. 10-26 §5, 2010).