Cresskill City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXII
Historic Sites and Districts
§ 275-82 Historic sites and districts.
A.
Properties designated.
(1)
The following properties designated by street address and lot and block numbers are hereby designated historic sites or districts:
Benjamin P. Westervelt House 235 County Road Block 168, Lot 14 | |
Blackledge, Gair House 111 Madison Avenue Block 25, Lots 26-29 | |
Camp Merritt Memorial Knickerbocker Road Block 14.05, Lot 1 | |
Demarest House 84 Jefferson Avenue Block 59, Lot 36 | |
Old Huyler Homestead 50 County Road Block 92.07, Lot 1 |
(2)
The aforementioned properties shall be incorporated into the Zoning Map of the Borough of Cresskill and shall be listed in the Community Facilities Plan Element of the Borough of Cresskill.
B.
Prohibition.
(1)
No work, or any of the following activities, can commence on the property of any landmark, or within any historic sites or districts, including:
(a)
Demolition of an historic landmark or of any improvement at an historic site or within any historic district.
(b)
Relocation of any historic landmark or of any improvement at any historic site or within any historic district.
(c)
Change in the exterior appearance of an existing landmark or of any improvement at an historic site or within any historic district by addition, alteration or replacement.
(d)
Any new construction of a principal or accessory structure, or any subdivision of property which would allow new construction of a principal or accessory structure.
(e)
Changes in or addition of new signs or exterior lighting, except for one unit sign per premises if the surface area of such sign does not exceed one square foot for an identification sign or four square feet for a commercial sign, provided that either of the same is attached to and parallel to a facade of the building or structure.
(2)
Exceptions. The following shall be permitted as an exception to Subsection B(1) above: any repainting, repair or exact replacement of any existing improvement, so long as the color or exterior surface material of the improvement shall not be changed as a result of such repainting, repair or exact replacement.
(3)
On application to the Historic Preservation Commission,[1] that Commission may, pursuant to Section 4 of the Historic Preservation Ordinance No. 86-10-927,[2] recommend to the Administrative Officer for or against the issuance of a permit for the work specified in Subsection B(1) hereof, and may further include such conditions as it may deem appropriate to the issuance of such a permit.