Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 16 - History, Humanities and Arts
Part 3 - Historic Preservation Division
Chapter 1 - Policies for Implementation of the Antiquities Law of Mississippi
Rule 16-3-1.5(A) - Routine and/or Minor Activities

Projects that do not involve demolition or significant alteration of a designated Mississippi Landmark property and consist of routine or minor activities consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, as outlined below, may be approved by the staff without a contemporaneous resolution of the board. At the next board meeting, the board shall place upon its minutes approval of the projects approved by the staff pursuant to Section 5 (A). The following are considered to be routine and/or minor activities (consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation) that may be approved by the staff:

* Appropriate removal of insignificant or incompatible minor additions or alterations;

* Selective demolition for investigative purposes;

* Repair or selective in-kind replacement of exterior cladding materials;

* Repair or in-kind replacement of roofing, coping, gutters and downspouts;

* Selective in-kind or appropriate replacement of exterior and interior lighting fixtures;

* Repair or selective in-kind replacement of original and/or appropriate flooring materials;

* Repair or selective in-kind replacement of interior and exterior finishes, including but not limited to structural finish materials (i.e. stucco, plaster, clapboard, etc.), paint, and/or stain;

* Repair of original and/or appropriate windows or doors;

* Heating ventilation and air conditioning, and duct equipment replacement, if suitably screened or unobtrusive to the structures original building materials or its aesthetic surroundings;

* Plumbing or exhaust vents replacement, if suitably screened or unobtrusive to the structures original building materials or its aesthetic surroundings;

* In-kind repair or replacement of woodwork, metalwork, and other trim;

* Selective brick pointing and cleaning of building exteriors, except by sandblasting, inappropriate chemicals, or other abrasive methods;

* Removal of trees not more than 12 inches in diameter, or dead ones of any size with qualified arborist report;

* In-kind repair or replacement of sidewalks and parking surfaces;

* In-kind repair or selective replacement of fencing;

* Other routine, minor, and compatible work consistent with the above, and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

Miss. Code §§ 25-59-1, 39-7-1 (1972, as amended).