§ 44-4.1-2 - Definitions.
SECTION 44-4.1-2
§ 44-4.1-2 Definitions. – As used in this chapter:
(1) "Certified maintenance or rehabilitation" means anymaintenance or rehabilitation of a historic residence consistent with thecharacter of that property or district as determined in accordance withcommission guidelines.
(2) "Commission" means the Rhode Island historicalpreservation and heritage commission created pursuant to § 42-45-2, or forpurposes of the historic commercial structure property tax reduction in Warren,the local historic district commission in Warren.
(3) "Historic residence" means a historic residentialproperty which is not of a character subject to federal depreciation allowancepursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 167 or 168 and which is:
(i) Listed individually in the state register of historicplaces; or
(ii) Located in a district listed in the state register ofhistoric places and certified by the commission as contributing to the historiccharacter of that district; or
(iii) Located in a local historic district zone as designatedby a city or town under chapter 24.1 of title 45 and certified by thecommission as contributing to the character of that historic district zone; or
(iv) Designated by a city or town as an individual structuresubject to regulation by a local historic district commission under chapter24.1 of title 45.
(4) "Historic Commercial Structure" means: a historicstructure in Warren utilized for commercial purposes, whole or in part, andwhich is:
(i) Listed individually in the state register of historicplaces; or
(ii) Located in a district listed in the state register ofhistoric places and certified by the commission as contributing to the historiccharacter of that district; or
(iii) Located in a local historic district zone as designatedby the town under chapter 24.1 of title 45 and certified by the commission ascontributing to the character of that historic district zone; or
(iv) Designated by the town as an individual structuresubject to regulation by a local historic district commission under chapter24.1 of title 45.