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Tenafly City Zoning Code

§ 35-807.5

Definitions.

[Ord. No. 97-29 § 807D; Ord. No. 10-24 § 43]
For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them below.
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
Shall mean a document issued by the Historic Preservation Commission following a prescribed series of hearings and review procedures, certifying that the proposed actions by an applicant are found to be acceptable in terms of design criteria as set forth herein relating to the individual site, structure or building, or other historic landmark as a whole. See subsection 35-807.8.
MAJOR APPLICATION
Shall mean any application for the demolition or the removal of an historic site or any part thereof; or an addition thereto; or the construction of a new structure on an historic site; or will substantially affect those characteristics of the historic site listed on its historic site designation; or, in the case of a structure within an historic district, will substantially affect the characteristics of the district listed on the district's historic site designation.
MINOR APPLICATION
Shall mean any application for a Certificate of Appropriateness which is not a major application. Matters covered by a minor application shall be determined by the Historic Preservation Commission to the provision of this chapter.
UNDUE HARDSHIP
Shall mean as it pertains to applications for Certificates of Appropriateness for work done to structures or sites designated as having historic significance:
a. 
Commercial property (including a property rented for residential use): the inability of the applicant to realize a reasonable return on the property without the proposed work.
b. 
Charitable nonprofit property (exempt from local property taxes): the inability of the applicant to carry out such purpose without the proposed work.
c. 
Owner-occupied residential property: the inability of the applicant to continue owner-occupied residential use without the proposed work.