There is hereby created a Historic Preservation Advisory Committee.
The Historic Preservation Advisory Committee shall have the
responsibility to:
A. Prepare a survey of historic sites in the City, pursuant to criteria
identified in the survey report.
B. Make recommendations to the Planning Board on the historic preservation
plan element of the Master Plan and on the implications for preservation
of historic sites of any other Master Plan elements.
C. Advise the Planning Board on the inclusion of historic sites in the
recommended capital improvement program.
D. Advise the Planning Board and Board of Adjustment on applications for development, pursuant to §
8-35 of this article.
E. Provide written reports, pursuant to §
8-36 of this article, on aspects of applications for permits which affect historic preservation.
F. Carry out such other advisory, educational and informational functions
as will promote historic preservation in the City.
The Planning Board and Board of Adjustment shall refer to the
Historic Preservation Advisory Committee every application for development
submitted to either Board for development. This referral shall be
made when the application for development is deemed complete or is
scheduled for a hearing, whichever occurs sooner. Failure to refer
the application as required shall not invalidate any hearing or proceeding.
The Historic Preservation Advisory Committee may provide its advice,
which shall be conveyed through its delegation of one of its members
or staff to testify orally at the hearing on the application and to
explain any written report which may have been submitted.
All applications for issuance of permits for the alteration,
renovation, demolition and construction of buildings and structures
in historic zoning districts or on historic sites designated on the
Zoning or Official Map or identified in any component element of the
Master Plan which affect the exterior of such premises shall be referred
to the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee, which shall provide
a written report on any aspects of the proposed change which concern
historic preservation and provide advice to the administrative officer
or officers and to the property owner unless those aspects were determined
by approval of an application for development by a municipal agency
pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.).
The Historic Preservation Advisory Committee shall report to the administrative
officer or officers within 20 days of his referral of an application
to the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee.
The intent of this article is to establish an advisory committee
with limited responsibilities rather than a Historical Preservation
Commission pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-107 et seq.