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(1)The Martha Jefferson Historic Conservation District; and (2)The Rugby Road Historic Conservation District.Within each district designated above, city council has determined that only certain buildings are considered "contributing structures." Those contributing structures are identified on a map of each district included within the city's conservation district design guidelines, copies of which are available within the department of neighborhood development services. Sec. 34 -338. Relationship to individually protected pro perties. (a)Within a conservation district all individually protected properties listed in section 34 -273 shall retain that designation, and shall be reviewed under the Code provisions applicable to those properties.(b)Before an area is designated as a historic conservation district, each of the structures that may qualify for designation as an individually pr otected property under section 34-273 within that area shall be identified. Sec. 34 -339. Contributing structures. Before an area is designated as a conservation district, each structure shall be determined to be either "contributing" or "non -contributing." Thereafter, at least once every fifteen (15) years, this determination shall be reconfirmed. Sec. 34 -340. Actions requiring certificate of appropriateness; exemptions; penalties. (a)Within a conservation district no building, structure or addition shall be constructed,and no contributing structure should be demolished, razed, or moved, in whole or in part,unless and until an application for a certificate of appropriateness has been approved by the board of architectural review (BAR), or by city council on appeal.(a)A cert ificate of appropriateness (COA) must be approved in accordance with this division, prior to the commencement of construction, erection, alteration, or demolition of certain buildings, structur es or improvements, as follows : (1)(b) All proposed new construction buildings and structures require s approval of a COA by the BAR if they require a building permit, and unless they are concealed by the principal structure from all abutting streets .(2)All new fences and walls that abut a street, or which are lo cated in a side yard between a street and the front of the principal structure on a lot, require a COA.(c)(b) The following proposed additions to existing buildings or structures require approval of a COA: (1)Additions located on a corner lot .(2)(1) Additions located wholly or partially to the side or front of an existing building . the principal structure on a lot, or (2)Additions located on a lot that abuts a street on the side or rear, or