Montrose Group Supports Historic Commision Ordinance
Supporters of the ordinance turned out in force
Supporters turned out in force on Monday night urging the South Orange Board of Trustees to consider establishing a historic preservation commission. Ordinance 2012-09 passed 6-0 on first reading. Supporters of the ordinance, many of them members of the Montrose Park Historic District Association (MPHDA), weighed in during the public comment periods of the meeting. The ordinance to establish the historic preservation commission was in the news earlier this week because Marylawn School of the Oranges authorities have filed an application for a permit to demolish the historic home the school owns on Scotland Road. The commission will have to give approval to any plans to demolish historic buildings in the village or to subdivide a property. …
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Michael Goldberg
1:07 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Additional background on the creation of a Historic Preservation Commission in South Orange can be found at http://www.southorange.org/historicpreservation/ more ›