1. (a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

2. (b) “Appurtenance and environmental setting” includes:

   1. (1) paved or unpaved walkways and driveways;
   2. (2) trees;
   3. (3) landscaping;
   4. (4) pastures;
   5. (5) croplands;
   6. (6) waterways; and
   7. (7) rocks.
3. (c) “Commission” includes a historic district commission or a historic preservation commission.

4. (d) “Demolition” includes any willful neglect in the maintenance and repair of a structure, other than the appurtenance and environmental setting of the structure, that:

   1. (1) is not due to a financial inability to maintain and repair the structure; and
   2. (2) threatens to result in a substantial deterioration of the exterior features of the structure.
5. (e) “District” means a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or development.
6. (f) “Person” includes a unit of local government.

7. (g) “Routine maintenance” means work that:

   1. (1) does not alter the exterior fabric or features of a site or structure; and
   2. (2) has no material effect on the historical, archaeological, or architectural significance of the site or structure.

8. (h) “Site” means the location of:

   1. (1) an event of historic significance; or
   2. (2) a structure or ruin that possesses historic, archaeological, or cultural significance.

9. (i)

   1. (1) “Structure” means a combination of material to form a construction that is stable.

   2. (2) “Structure” includes:

      1. (i) a building;
      2. (ii) a stadium;
      3. (iii) a reviewing stand;
      4. (iv) a platform;
      5. (v) staging;
      6. (vi) an observation tower;
      7. (vii) a radio tower;
      8. (viii) a water tank or tower;
      9. (ix) a trestle;
      10. (x) a bridge;
      11. (xi) a pier;
      12. (xii) paving;
      13. (xiii) a bulkhead;
      14. (xiv) a wharf;
      15. (xv) a shed;
      16. (xvi) a coal bin;
      17. (xvii) a shelter;
      18. (xviii) a fence;
      19. (xix) a display sign that is visible or intended to be visible from a public way; and
      20. (xx) a part of a structure.

Added by Acts 2012, c. 426, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2012. Amended by Acts 2012, c. 427, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.