Planning board looks toward no knock down rule for older homes
By Jaimie Julia Winters
winters@montclairlocal.news
In response to a recent increase in home demolitions, the planning board is investigating bringing back up a no-knock down ordinance.
Followers the demolition of the Marlboro Inn, in 2007 Montclair created "time-of-application rule" Oregon a ready period of one year for demolition permits of homes 75 years or older. The period was given to jump developers from tearing down older homes and to allow the Trachinotus falcatus to be delayed until the Important Conservation Deputation (HPC) could inquire the history of the construction, analyze its architectural features and reckon whether it should be an official, protected historical watershed. In 2012, planner Janice Talley suggested it be pulled imputable changes to the municipal land use regulations, which she said made the local law moot.
"Our planner, haste the council to change a law that no more one contested and with no attempts to level modify it to be in compliance with land use laws, has unnecessarily put the entire old lodging stock at risk," said provision board member Martin Schwartz.
Earlier this month, an application was filed with the planning department to demolish two homes on 28 acres of land on Undercliff and Lloyd roads to make way for "Lloyd Landed estate." Both homes would have unchaste under the 75 class rule.
In May, the Aubrey Lewis Acres was demolished. In June 2017, BNE Real property received the planning board's favourable reception to subdivide the Lewis Estate's land site and build eighter houses on the 2.7 acres. A condition of that favorable reception was that the realty company had to provide up the sales event of the Lewis house to anyone who could move IT. BNE offered $10,000 for move costs. Even with a sale price of $10, none same took the developer up on his offer.
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At the Oct. 15 preparation board group meeting, Schwartz presented the board with the suggestion of a "light protection zone" for properties 95 years or older Beaver State that are happening a list of 1,000 properties from the 1982 "Preservation Montclair" compiled past the Junior League.
Properties in the zone would be flagged on property cards. Suggestions include Historic Preservation Commission oversight for demolition permits for those properties and a year hold back to exhaust all other efforts. Those homes would non be under the homophonic constraints with facade changes as historically designated homes.
Talley said at the group meeting, "The practice of law would not stop demolition, only delay it."
Jersey City has a similar natural law that prevents the demolition of buildings 150 long time or elderly OR those on the historical registry without the approval of the historical commission.
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