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The SecretarY of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation Rehabilitation is defined as the process of returning a property to a state of utility, through repair . or alteration, which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions and features of the property which are significant to its historic, architectural, and cultural values. . . 1. A property shall be used for its historic purpose. or be placed in a new uSe that requires min~ "cIiangeto the defining characteristics of the building and its site and environment. . . 2. The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of historic materials or alte~on of features and spaces that.characterize a property shall be avoided. . 3. Each property shall be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes . that create a. false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural. features or . architectural elements from other buildings, 'shall not be undertaken. 4. Most properties change over time; those changes that have acquired histOric significance in their own right ~ bC, retained and preserved. ~~ S. Distinctive features, finiShes, an9'.\cOnstl'uction techniques or examples of crafl:smanship that characterize a property shaJl be ~erved. 6. Deteriorated historic features shall be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive f~ the new feature shall match the old in design, color, texture, and other visual qualities, and, where possible, materials. Replac~ment of missing features shall be suDstantiated by documentary, physical, or pictorial evidence. · . ~.: :'~~.: , 7. Chemical or physical treatments, such as sandblasting, that cause damage to historic materials . shall not be used. The surface cleaning of structures, if approprla.te, shall be undertaken using the gentlest means possible . . 8. Significant ~eological resources affected by a prpject shall be protected and preserved. -If such resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures shall be undertaken. ~. ".', ...~.i' '. " .' .~~...' . 9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materia1s that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the integrity of the property and its environment. 10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction shall be undertaken in a such a "mannei'that if.removed:in the futur~, the ess.C!J.tial fQlm ~d.inte~:;Of thct .~oric propert)q~nd its environment would be unim~ . , .