LA HMGP SPECIFIC a. Elevation of generators, electrical panels, washers and dryers, and hot water heaters as long as they are placed or located where not highly visible from the street, or if installation does not result in significant loss of historic fabric, or character-defining details. C. Windows and Doors 1. In-kind repair or replacement of damaged or deteriorated windows, shutters, storm shutters, and doors including all hardware. 2. Replacement of windowpanes in-kind. Clear plate, double, laminated or triple insulating glazing can be used, provided it does not result in altering the existing window material or form. This Allowance does not apply to the replacement of existing archaic or decorative glass. Historic windows or glazing may be treated with clear window films. 3.
LA HMGP SPECIFIC a. In-kind repair or replacement of interior or exterior protective shutters, storm screens, screen drops, storm fabric, interior blast xxxxxxx, and door glazing. b. Removal of non-contributing, incompatible windows and doors which were replaced within the past fifty years and their replacement with new windows, doors and hardware which meets the SOI Standards for Rehabilitation. c. Strengthening of entry doors and bracing of garage doors provided they do not result in altering the existing door form and appearance. D. Exterior Walls, Cornices, Porches, and Foundations 1. Cleaning, repair or repainting of surfaces, provided that destructive surface cleaning and preparation treatments are not used (e.g., water blasting, sandblasting, power sanding, chemical cleaning). Surface treatments much comply with the treatment approaches outlined in Preservation Brief: 6 (Dangers of Abrasive Cleaning to Historic Buildings). 2. Partial in-kind replacement of porches, cornices, siding, balustrades, stairs, or trim. 3. In-kind repair or replacement of signs or awnings. 4. Installation of temporary stabilization bracing or shoring, provided such work does not result in additional damage, significant loss of historic fabric, or irreversible alterations to this or adjacent areas. 5. Anchoring of walls to floor systems, provided the anchors are embedded and concealed from exterior view, and disturbed historic fabric is restored in-kind. 6. In-kind repair or reconstruction of concrete and masonry walls, columns, parapets, chimneys, or cornices, using compatible brick and mortar as previously described. 7. Bracing and reinforcing of walls, chimneys and fireplaces, provided the bracing and reinforcing are either concealed from exterior view or removable in the future. 8. Strengthening and reinforcing of foundations and addition of foundation bolts, provided that visible new work is in-kind, and if required, mortar repair or replacement as previously described. 9. Repairs to and replacement of elements of curtain wall assemblies or exterior cladding that is hung on the building structure, usually from floor to floor, and when the color, size reflectivity and visual patterns are unaltered. 10. LA HMGP SPECIFIC: a. Bracing and bolting of walls to address hydrostatic and hydrodynamic forces, provided the bracing is concealed from exterior view. b. Sealing a building or installing flood panels following the SOI Standards for Rehabilitation to make it watertight or impermeable to fl...
LA HMGP SPECIFIC. In the case of guardrails, the addition of safety end treatments is allowed. G. Repairs to road slips and landslides that do not require grading of undisturbed soils on the up-hill side of the slip and that do not require work or staging areas in sites of properties where buildings or structures are more than 45 years old. H. Rebuilding or re-establishing an eroded or slumped roadbed on the downhill side of the road using such methods as lag and piling walls, gabions, rock fill, etc., when all work is contained within the right of way. I. Re-establishing and/or armoring of existing ditches. J. LA HMGP SPECIFIC: Repair, replacement, upgrade or installation of culverts and arches beneath roads or within associated roadway drainage ditches, including any modest increase in capacity for mitigation purposes or to meet current codes and standards, provided that activities will not disturb previously undisturbed soils. Unless repairs are in kind, this allowance excludes such facilities that are of distinctive design or materials which have achieved historic significance or contribute to a historic district. K. LA HMGP SPECIFIC: Installation of speed bumps and/or enhanced curbs outside of viewshed of NHLs and individually-listed historic properties. L. LA HMGP SPECIFIC: Minor elevation (within 1’-0” of existing elevation) of roadway surface within existing right-of-way on existing alignment. IV. BRIDGES A. In-kind repairs of abutments, wing walls, piers, decks, and fenders, where no new construction is proposed. B. Repair or replacement of non-historic bridges where repair work, including the establishment and use of staging areas, does not exceed the existing road right of way. C. LA HMGP SPECIFIC: Removal and/or replacement of flap-gates or flood gates, and bar screeners provided that activities will not disturb previously undisturbed soils. D. LA HMGP SPECIFIC: Elevation of non-historic bridges on existing foundations and footings. V. UTILITIES A. In urban or developed settings, replacement in situ or the relocation of existing utility poles between the edge of sidewalk and the road. Minor mitigation measures (e.g., increases in pole diameter) shall be covered by this Allowance. B. In rural settings, replacement of poles located along road shoulders. Minor mitigation measures (e.g., increased in pole diameter) shall be covered by this Allowance. C. In off-road alignments, replacement of power/utility poles within an established right of way that are either repl...
