| (a) Application reports. It is important in the case
of complex projects to ensure the historical accuracy and/or appropriateness
of the project by gathering and assessing important information relating
to the property through investigation, research, and documentation.
Based on the scope of a project, one or more of the following application
reports may be required to be submitted as a part of the permit application.
A permit may not be issued before all required application reports
have been received. All application reports must be prepared under
the supervision of professionally qualified individuals as specified
in §26.4 of this title (relating to Professional Qualifications
and Requirements).
(1) Historic structure report.
(A) Purpose. This report should be utilized to evaluate
the existing conditions of the building or structure, to understand
the changes to a property over time, to establish preservation objectives
for the property, to schedule the accomplishment of these preservation
objectives, and to better support the proposed work.
(B) When required. When a proposed rehabilitation,
restoration, or reconstruction project involves fabricating significant
missing architectural or landscape features, recapturing the appearance
of a property at one particular period of its history, removing later
additions, or significant changes to the building for rehabilitation,
a historic structure report must be completed prior to application
for a Historic Buildings and Structures Permit.
(C) Minimum report requirements. Documentation must
follow the guidance of the National Park Service's Preservation Brief
43: The Preparation and Use of Historic Structure Reports (available
on the National Park Service website at https://www.nps.gov/tps/how-to-preserve/briefs/43-historic-structure-reports.htm)
and should include the following:
(i) historical background and context, including:
(I) name of the original architect and date of construction;
(II) information on important historical events or
persons associated with the property;
(III) copies of extant historic plans and photographs
of the property; and
(IV) oral history documentation, when possible;
(ii) chronology of development and use;
(iii) physical description;
(iv) evaluation of significance;
(v) condition assessment, including:
(I) photographic documentation of the existing conditions
(Digital photographs should have a resolution of at least 300 pixels
per inch); and
(II) architectural drawings of the existing conditions;
(vi) historic preservation objectives;
(vii) requirements for work; and
(viii) work recommendations and alternatives, including
intended modifications to the building or structure.
(2) Historical documentation.
(A) Purpose. Historical research and documentation
assist in understanding the changes to a historic property over time
and can better support proposed project work.
(B) When required. Historical documentation may be
required at the request of the commission's staff, executive director,
or the Antiquities Advisory Board to support work proposed under a
permit.
(C) Minimum report requirements. Historical documentation
must include the following:
(i) name of original architect and date of construction;
(ii) history of the use of and known modifications
to the structure;
(iii) brief history including information on important
historical events or persons associated with the structure;
(iv) copies of extant historic plans and photographs
of the building or structure and site, or documentation of the specific
historic features, areas or materials to be affected by proposed restoration
or reconstruction work; and
(v) oral history documentation to support proposed
restoration or reconstruction work, or to document historic structures
and buildings proposed for relocation or demolition.
(3) Architectural documentation.
(A) Purpose. Documentation of cultural resources that
will be lost or damaged due to rehabilitation, relocation, or demolition
will ensure that a record of the cultural resource continues to exist
after the loss or damage.
(B) When required. Architectural documentation must
precede any work that will damage, alter, obscure, or remove significant
architectural configurations, elements, details, or materials. Documentation
that meets the required standards must be submitted for rehabilitation
and restoration projects that will significantly alter a building,
structure, or other cultural resource, and for all relocation and
demolition permits.
(C) Minimum report requirements. Architectural documentation
must meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines
for Architectural and Engineering Documentation (available on the
National Park Service website at https://www.nps.gov/HDP/), also referred
to as Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American
Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes Survey
(HALS) standards and guidelines. The commission will assign the level
of documentation required (levels I-IV) based on the project work
proposed and the significance of the cultural resource.
(4) Archeological documentation.
(A) Purpose. Many standing structures have an archeological
component, and archeological remains exist in urban areas as well
as rural areas. The information available from archeological investigations
in and around a building or structure is important in conjunction
with architectural and historical documentation for the synthesis
and study of all related material.
(B) When required. When development or historic preservation
treatment of a historic property makes disturbance of the earth unavoidable,
the specific areas affected may need to be tested archeologically
to determine if the undertaking will disturb or destroy archeological
remains, including subsurface features of an aboveground structure.
If the exploratory tests indicate the area has archeological value
and if the development plans cannot be altered, the archeological
data and artifacts directly affected by the project are to be recovered.
(b) Project reports. When the situation indicates it
is advisable, one or more of the following project reports may be
required to be compiled during the course of a project and submitted
along with the completion report. All project reports must be compiled
under the supervision of professionally qualified individuals as specified
in §26.4 of this title.
(1) Architectural documentation. When investigation
and documentation is not possible prior to commencement of work because
of physical obstruction, or when previously obscured conditions are
subsequently discovered, architectural documentation may be required
during the course of a project (see subsection (a)(3) of this section).
(2) Archeological documentation. When investigation
and documentation are not possible prior to commencement of work because
of physical obstruction, or when previously obscured evidence is subsequently
discovered, archeological documentation may be required during the
course of a project. Archeological documentation may be required for
relocation or demolition permits (see subsection (a)(4) of this section).
(3) Storage report.
(A) Purpose. Historic features or materials original
to the building or structure or otherwise significant to the building
or structure's evolution are important to the understanding of Texas
culture and history.
(B) When required. When historic features or materials
original or otherwise significant to the building or structure's history
are removed during the course of a project, selected samples must
be stored at the site or at a site approved by the commission, and
a storage report must be filed.
(C) Minimum report requirements. Documentation must
include the following:
(i) photo documentation of the structural or architectural
elements to be removed in their original position and in storage (Digital
photographs should have a resolution of at least 300 pixels per inch);
(ii) written documentation of the existing condition
of the elements prior to removal; and
(iii) written documentation of the storage (preservation)
efforts, including the method and location of storage and any conservation
efforts made.
(4) Completion report.
(A) Purpose. When work is done to a historic building
or structure, it is important to record the changes that take place
so that the building or structure's historic evolution might be completely
documented for future study.
(B) When required. All Historic Buildings and Structures
Permits require completion reports.
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