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SCOPE OF WORK The vistas from the rear of the property are spectacular and the owner made the decision to expand on that space by building pergolas on either side of the slightly off -center doorway (which had previously been altered.). A Pergola, like a colonnade, is a garden structure with an open wood framed roof, often latticed, supported by regularly spaced columns of masonry or wood. The structure is often covered with climbing plants to create shade within the pergola itself. 1 THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS PROCESS Paraphrasing the ordinance, a certificate is required when changes to historic homes are proposed. Those changes can be an excavation; addition; alteration; new construction, etc. Before construction occurs, the owner of the Sunny Isles Beach Historic Designated building must appear before the Sunny Isles Beach Historic Preservation Board for their review. The Board is looking to see if (in this case) the new construction affects the historic building in a negative way, i.e. does the new construction alter or occlude from view elements of the historic building that help to create its character. To assist the Board in making their decision a document entitled the "Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation" produced by the Federal government and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations is used as a guide in making their decisions. Of the twelve standards, in this instance there are four that have particular applicability to the nature of this construction. (EXCERPTED FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR'S STANDARDS) The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The replacement of intact or repairable historic materials or alteration of features, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided Distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved. 1 Cyril M Harris, A Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. ( New York: McGraw Hill)) 1975 p 356.