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Ordinance # 2359-12 July 17, 2012 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER XXV, SECTION 25-30, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, ENTITLED HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, in the County of Essex, State of New Jersey, that Chapter XXV, Section 25-30, of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange, entitled “Historic Preservation . Commission”, shall be amended and supplemented to add Subsection 25-30.2 h. 3., entitled “Referrals”, to require that every application to the Township’s Land Use Boards, either the Planning Board or the Board of Adjustment, be referred to the West Orange Historic Preservation Commission for its consideration and review to determine if any of the criteria for historic district or historic landmark designation may be present and justify further review. Section 1. The Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orarige are amended and supplemented to read as follows: 25-30.2 h.3. Referrals. (a) Every application involving a property listed in “The Historic Sites Survey”, prepared by Robert Guter, dated July 1, 1992, to the West Orange Land Use Boards, either the Planning Board or the Board of Adjustment, shall be referred to the West Orange Historic Preservation Commission for its consideration and review to determine if any of the criteria for historic district or historic landmark designation may be present and justify further review to consider the appropriateness of preservation. (b) The Historical Preservation Commission shall complete its review of every application within thirty-five (35) days of its referral to the HPC and shall present its written evaluation to the referring Board and to the Director of Planning within ten (10) days of the completion of its review. (c) The properties listed in “The Historic Sites Survey”, whether formally designated as historic or not, have been found to meet one or more elements or criteria for landmark or historic site treatment. A copy of that Survey, consisting of three volumes, is located in the Township’s Planning Department, as well as at the Township’s Public Library. That Survey shall be incorporated herein by reference and the West Orange Historic Preservation Commission shall be responsible for updating and maintaining the index for the entire

’s Public Library. That Survey shall be incorporated herein by reference and the West Orange Historic Preservation Commission shall be responsible for updating and maintaining the index for the entire Survey to identify the properties cited in it by street address as well as lot and block designation. Section 2. The remainder of Chapter XXV, Section 25-30.2 h., remains unchanged.