§ 22-507. Historic Feature Preservation.

Historic features and other points of interest shall be preserved and may be credited toward open space requirements under the following conditions:

1. 

The feature being preserved shall be listed upon a Borough, county, state and/or national roster or inventory of features, monuments or places of historic or general interest, or the applicant shall by some other means demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Borough Council that the said feature is of sufficient public interest to warrant preservation. Features may include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, historically, culturally or architecturally significant buildings, monuments or sites; unique or historic landscape elements; archaeologic sites; and any other feature which shall be deemed by the Borough Council to be of historic or cultural value to the Borough.

2. 

The feature shall be situated upon a tract of land of sufficient size to preserve an impression, although not necessarily the exact condition, of the environs of the said feature prior to construction of the proposed development. The amount of credit toward open space requirements shall be equivalent to the size of this tract.

3. 

The feature shall not be moved.

4. 

The developer may be required to provide interpretive signage explaining the significance of the feature.

5. 

The feature and the tract upon which it is located shall be maintained by the owner of the tract, a community association, a public agency or a private conservation group which shall be responsible for the maintenance of the feature and its grounds.

6. 

The developer shall be responsible for improvements to the site deemed necessary by the Borough Council to protect public safety.

Ord. 2016-2267, 10/11/2016