Definitions.
Chandler City Code § 35-3403
in effect35-3403. - Definitions.
The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. Words not defined shall be given their normal, ordinary meaning.
Aggrieved person: A person owning property within 600 feet of a historic property, a registered neighborhood organization located within one-quarter mile of a historic property, a City or other government official who disagrees with an action of the Historic Preservation Officer or Historic Preservation Commission concerning designation, demolition of or alterations to a historic property.
Alteration: Any aesthetic, architectural, mechanical, or structural change to the exterior of a designated property.
Archaeological resources: Any material remains of past human life, activities, or habitation that are of pre-historic or historic significance, such as settlement and structure remnants, artifacts, tools, implements, artwork, or graves.
Certificate of appropriateness: An official digital or paper document of the City stating that proposed work on a historic property is compatible with the historic character of the property and therefore may be completed as specified in the certificate and authorizing the issuance of any required construction permits for the proposed work.
Certificate of no effect: An official digital or paper document of the City stating that proposed work on a historic property will have no detrimental effect on the historic character of the property and therefore may proceed as specified in the certificate without obtaining any further authorization under this ordinance and authorizing the issuance of any required construction permits for the proposed work.
Chandler Historic Property Register: The official City registry of historic properties and districts maintained by the Historic Preservation Officer that lists properties and districts designated by the City Council as historic and other historic resources.
Contributor or contributing property: A building, property, or structure within a Historic Preservation or Historic Conservation District with sufficient historic integrity that it contributes to the historic character of the district.
Demolition: An act or process which destroys in whole or in part a house, building, or other structure other than solely interior elements.
Demolition approval: Authorization for removal of all or part of a structure which is located within a Historic Preservation District or an area under consideration for a Historic Preservation District Overlay or landmark designation.
General design guidelines: The general design guidelines for designated Historic Preservation Districts and landmarks in the City of Chandler as adopted by the City Council.
Heritage site: A location of a past event, structure, or district that no longer physically exists that was significant to the history of Chandler. A heritage site can receive recognition by signage, plaques, or pylons.
Historic Conservation District: An area of the City designated by the City Council and defined by documented historic boundaries such as early streets, canals, plats, or other property lines that contains one or more historic properties, historic eligible properties, or historic preservation districts or is associated with significant events or persons of the City's past where preservation and conservation of the remaining historic structures and context is encouraged.
Historic eligible: A property, structure, site, building, landmark, or district that appears to meet the criteria for designation under this article.
Historic Preservation Commission: The Commission authorized by this article and appointed by the City Council to carry out the provisions of this article.
Historic Preservation District: A zoning overlay of an area of the City defined by documented historic boundaries such as early streets, canals, plats, or other property lines and containing at least one historic property, structure, site, building, or landmark, that is subject to the provisions of this article.
Historic Preservation Officer: An officer or employee of the City whom the City Manager designates to administer this article and maintain the Chandler Historic Property Register.
Historic property: A property, structure, site, building, landmark, or district designated as historic under this article.
Integrity: The ability of a property to convey its historic significance.
Landmark: A structure or site that contains an outstanding or unique example of an architectural style; is associated with a major historic event, activity or person; is a site or structure of unique visual quality and identification; or is of historical or cultural importance to the community and is either located in a Historic Preservation District or meets all criteria for designation as a Historic Preservation District.
Minor work: Any change that modifies, restores, rehabilitates, renovates, surfaces, or resurfaces the features of a historic property that does not materially change the historic characteristics of the property.
National Register of Historic Places: The National Register of Historic Places as established by the Historic Sites Act of 1935 (16 U.S.C. § 461 et seq.) and expanded by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, (16 U.S.C. § 470 et seq.), as amended.
Non-contributing property: A building, property, or structure within a Historic Preservation District or Conservation District that does not contribute to the historic character of the district.
Non-income producing property: An owner-occupied single family dwelling or institutional property that does not generate rent or other financial benefit to the owner. a City-approved home occupation in an owner-occupied single family dwelling is considered a non-income producing property for the purposes of this article.
Professional historian: A person with a degree or significant coursework from an accredited university in a discipline of historical study related to historic preservation, or a person who has engaged in activities relevant to historic preservation, such as publishing articles on historic preservation, actively rehabilitating historic structures, or conducting relevant studies.
Replacement/reuse plan: A plan for redevelopment within a Historic Preservation District that complies with existing zoning, the General Plan, Historic Preservation General Design Guidelines, and meet the City's requirements for development and redevelopment.
Workmanship: The physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period of history or pre-history.
(Ord. No. 4936, § 2(Exh.), 11-2-20; Ord. No. 5051, § 2(Exh. A), 5-25-23)
Source: City of Chandler, Arizona, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/az/chandler/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTVIPL_CH35LAUSZO_ARTXXXIVHIPR_35-3403DEFetched: 11/1/2026