Lansing, MI Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)

"Object" means a district resource of functional, aesthetic, cultural, historical, architectural or scientific value that may be, by nature of design, movable, yet related to a specific setting or environment. Examples: statue, fountain, lighting fixture, sign, sundial.E."Open space" means a district resource that is undeveloped land, a naturally landscaped area, a formal or man-made landscape or developed open space, significant as a connective link or buffer between other district resources. Examples: naturally landscaped park, formal garden, vacant land, parking lot.F."Feature" means a prominent or distinctive aspect, quality or characteristic of a designated Historic District. Examples: landscaped boulevard, brick paving, tree-lined street. Elevation means a scale drawing of the side, front or rear facades of a given district resource.

Historic means the age of a district resource; however, there is no age limit implied by the use of the term "historic." Rather, the term shall apply to any district resource that is significant to the overall appearance of a Historic District and that plays a role in the evolutionary growth of a Historic District's streetscape.

Historic District means a geographically defined area, or group of areas, not necessarily having contiguous boundaries, that contains a resource or a group of resources that are related by history, architecture, archaeology, engineering or culture.