Terms Used In Michigan Laws 399.210

  • Historic district: means an area, or group of areas not necessarily having contiguous boundaries, that contains 1 resource or a group of resources that are related by history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture. See Michigan Laws 399.201a
  • Ordinary maintenance: means keeping a resource unimpaired and in good condition through ongoing minor intervention, undertaken from time to time, in its exterior condition. See Michigan Laws 399.201a
  • Repair: means to restore a decayed or damaged resource to a good or sound condition by any process. See Michigan Laws 399.201a
  • Resource: means 1 or more publicly or privately owned historic or nonhistoric buildings, structures, sites, objects, features, or open spaces located within a historic district. See Michigan Laws 399.201a
  • Work: means construction, addition, alteration, repair, moving, excavation, or demolition. See Michigan Laws 399.201a
   Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent ordinary maintenance or repair of a resource within a historic district, or to prevent work on any resource under a permit issued by the inspector of buildings or other duly delegated authority before the ordinance was enacted.