West Orange City Zoning Code

Downtown redevelopment must be respectful of its surrounding if an overall positive ambiance is to be created and preserved. Construction need not be imitative or quasi-Victorian in style; to the contrary, poor imitations, such as ersatz mansard roofs, awkwardly designed cupolas and inappropriate appliques are worse, cheapening and debasing the overall look of the downtown area. Contemporary construction and remodeling can be totally positive by using the language and essential substance of nineteenth-century architecture to guide the designer in massing, proportion, scale, texture, pattern and line.