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An element of CEPA; the process by which a project is first evaluated under CEPA to determine whether an EIE is...
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A detailed environmental study required by CEPA to provide specific information to decision makers about a proposed project. Under CEPA, “historical resources” (see below) cannot be demolished or adversely altered without preparation of an EIE, which studies...
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The exterior surface of a...
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A geographically defined area that possesses a significant concentration of buildings or sites that have been united architecturally or historically. Individual buildings in a District need not be individual historic landmarks; they can derive their significance in...
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The physical material of a Building, Structure, or city that is...
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A process of systematically identifying, researching, and documenting properties that reflect important themes in a city’s growth and development, such as architecture, city planning, social history, ethnic heritage, politics, industry, transportation, commerce,...
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Refers generally to any historic Building or Site; in Connecticut, a “historical resource,” as defined in CEPA, is any building or site listed in or Eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Often called “historic resource” in common...
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Term that describes whether a historic resource is intact, considering whether it has maintained its historic location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling (sense of place), and historic association.
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An action reducing the harm that a development project causes to the environment or to a historic...
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A federal statute that requires environmental review for projects funded with federal money (like CEPA, but at the federal...
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A District, Site, Building, Structure, or Object of national historical significance, designated by the Secretary of the Interior under authority of the Historic Sites Act of 1935 and entered in the National Register of Historic...
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The comprehensive list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects of national, regional, state, and local significance regional, state, and local significance in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture kept by the National...
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A Building that does not contribute to the significance of an Historic District, either because it was built outside the “period of significance” or has been excessively...
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Primarily artistic in nature or relatively small in scale and simply constructed. An Object may be movable but is typically associated with a specific setting or environment. Examples of an object include a sculpture, monument, statue, or...
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The span of time in which a property attained the significance for which it meets the for which it meets the National Register criteria.
