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available check list, shall determine if the information is sufficient to constitute a complete application, and if the application is incomplete shall so notify the applicant within fifteen (15) days. f. Commission Review. 1. The Commission shall review complete applications for Certificates of Appropriateness at a public meeting. In addition to complying with requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act, and except in the event of an emergency, at least fifteen (15) days prior to such meeting, the Commission shall give notice of the time, date, place and subject of the meeting, which notice shall be given in writing to the applicant. The applicant shall give at least ten (10) days written notice of the time, date, place and subject of the meeting in writing to each property owner of record within two hundred (200) feet of the subject property; provided, however that exempted from this requirement are properties or structures which are zoned R-1 through R-6 or RT. In the case of an application for a permit to demolish or move a Historic Landmark or a structure or improvement in a Historic District, the applicant shall, in addition to the above and at least ten (10) days before the meeting, give notice of the time, date, location and purpose of the hearing to the agencies listed below by certified mail, return receipt requested, by regular mail, and by published notice in an official newspaper of the municipality; and shall present an Affidavit attesting to such notification prior to commencement of the meeting: (a) West Orange Historical Society (b) West Orange Environmental Commission (c) Office of New Jersey Heritage, Department of Environmental Protection (d) Any other organization concerned with historic preservation, deemed by the Commission to be appropriate in this instance. 2. At the meeting wherein the Historic Preservation Commission intends to vote upon an application, individuals interested in the application shall be permitted to comment in person only upon the application under consideration. 3. The Commission shall reach a decision on a complete application

interested in the application shall be permitted to comment in person only upon the application under consideration. 3. The Commission shall reach a decision on a complete application within forty-five (45) days of submission of the application or referral of same by the Construction Official/Zoning Officer. Nothing herein shall prohibit an extension of time by mutual agreement of the applicant and the Commission. The Commission may advise the applicant and make recommendations in regard to the appropriateness of the proposed action, and may grant approval upon such conditions as it deems appropriate within the intent and purposes of this section. An applicant shall not be required to appear or to be represented at the meeting for consideration of the application for a Certificate of Appropriateness. 4. If an application is approved, the Commission shall forthwith issue a Certificate of Appropriateness. If the Commission disapproves an application, the Commission shall state its reasons in writing within ten (10) days of such decision. In case of disapproval, the Commission shall notify the applicant in writing of such disapproval and provide the applicant with a copy of the reasons. 5. When a Certificate of Appropriateness has been issued, the Construction Official/Zoning Officer shall, from time to time, inspect the work approved by such Certificate and shall regularly report to the Commission the results of such inspections, listing all work inspected and reporting any work not in accordance with such Certificate or violating any ordinance of the Township. The Commission shall also make inspections of work approved by such Certificate whenever it considers such to be desirable. 162