West Orange City Zoning Code
§ 25-30.1
General Provisions.
[Ord. No. 2357-12 § 25-30.1]
a.
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to promote the educational, cultural, economic and general welfare of the Township through the preservation of historic buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts of historic interest, through the development and maintenance of appropriate settings for such places, and through collateral activities, to document and to promote the public enjoyment of such places, which impart to residents and visitors alike a distinct aspect of the Township and which serve as visible reminders of the historical and cultural heritage of the Township, the State and the Nation.
b.
Definitions. As used in this section:
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Shall mean the Director of Planning and Development.
COMMISSION
Shall mean the West Orange Historic Preservation Commission.
HISTORIC DISTRICT
Shall mean one or more historic sites, buildings, structures or objects and contiguous or surrounding property significantly affecting or affected by the quality and character of such sites, buildings, structures or objects.
A TYPE I HISTORIC DISTRICT
Shall mean one in which 50% or more of the individual buildings or structures comprising the District are more than 50 years of age.
A TYPE II HISTORIC DISTRICT
Shall mean one in which less than 50% of the individual buildings or structures comprising the District are more than 50 years of age.
HISTORIC PROPERTY OR HISTORIC RESOURCE
Shall mean a district, site, building, structure or object significant in American history, architecture, engineering, archaeology or culture at the national, State, County or local level.
INTEGRITY
Shall mean the authenticity of a property's historic identity, evidenced by the survival of physical characteristics that existed during the property's historic or prehistoric period.
INVENTORY
Shall mean a list of Historic Properties determined to meet specified criteria of significance.
LANDMARK
Shall mean any real property, manmade structure, natural object or configuration or any portion or group of the foregoing which have been formally designated in the Master Plan as being of historic, archaeological, cultural, scenic, or architectural significance.
NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA
Shall mean the established criteria for evaluating the eligibility of properties for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
PRESERVATION
Shall mean the act or process of applying measures to sustain the existing form, integrity and material of a building or structure, and the existing form and vegetative cover of a site. It may include initial stabilization work, where necessary, as well as ongoing maintenance of the historic building materials.
PROTECTION
Shall mean the act or process of applying measures designed to affect the physical condition of a property by defending or guarding it from deterioration, erosion, loss or attack, or to cover or shield the property from danger or injury.
RECONSTRUCTION
Shall mean the act or process of reproducing by new construction the exact form and detail of a vanished building, structure or object, or any part thereof, as it appeared at a specified period of time.
REHABILITATION
Shall mean the act or process of returning a property to a state of utility through repair or alteration which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions or features of the property which are significant to its historical, architectural and cultural values.
RESTORATION
Shall mean the act or process of accurately recovering the form and details of a property and its setting as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of later work or by the replacement of missing earlier work.
