La. Admin. Code tit. 25, § I-903 - Interpretation of Provisions of Act Number 650 of the 1979 Louisiana Legislature

A. Existing Structures within the State Capitol Historic District. All alterations, additions or renovations, both interior and exterior, shall be determined in the professional judgment of the Divisions of Archaeology and Historic Preservation to be in conformance with the recommendations published in The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation Projects with Guidelines for Applying the Standards before a certificate of appropriateness can be issued.

B. New Structures or New Construction within the State Capitol Historic District. All plans for the exterior of new structures or for the exterior of new construction of any type must be determined, in the professional judgment of the Division of Historic Preservation, to be compatible with and sympathetic to the historic and cultural character of the district, before a certificate of appropriateness can be issued.

C. Landscaping within the District. All and any alteration to the existing grounds of the district must be found in the professional judgment of the Divisions of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, to be compatible with, and sympathetic to the historic and cultural character of the district, before a certificate of appropriateness can be issued.

D. Furnishings, Furniture and Art Objects of Historic Significance located within the District. All interior furnishings, furniture and art objects of historic significance must be found, in the professional judgment of the Division of Historic Preservation, to be used, repaired, restored, or altered in sympathy to each item's artistic, historic, or cultural integrity and value. Standard and current professional reference works will be used by the Division of Historic Preservation to make recommendations and decisions before a certificate of appropriateness can be issued.

E. Archaeology within the District. All or any excavation or moving of earth, rock or subsoil or rearrangement of the grounds within the district shall be done in a manner which, in the professional judgment of the Division of Archaeology, is compatible with and sympathetic to a policy of preservation of historical and archaeological cultural resources before a certificate of appropriateness can be issued.

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La. Admin. Code tit. 25, § I-903

Promulgated by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Office of Program Development, LR 6:107 (March 1980).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 25:781-85 and R.S. 36:208(E).