The couple suing the township to reverse a Zoning Board and Historic Preservation Commission denial for a total demolition permit for their home at 109 Union St. have dropped their case.
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Maple Avenue home to come down for parking
Maple Avenue structure deemed not worth preserving.
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Couple denied demolition permit sues Montclair, historic preservation commission, zoning board
Attorney: Demo law violates the basic tenets of real property law, must be declared invalid, illegal
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Historic commission denies Union house razing again
Montclair’s Historic Preservation has denied a couple’s request to demolish their Union Street home, which has become ridden with asbestos and red-tagged by the township as uninhabitable.
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More Montclair demolition plans likely coming
Montclair’s Historic Preservation Commission has approved the demolition of a home at 13 Wheeler St. — the first razing the commission has granted since it was given oversight of some demolitions in 2019.
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Montclair Historic Preservation Commission to have jurisdiction over demo permits
Demolition permit approval will soon be handled by the Historic Preservation Commission, moving it out of the hands of the building department.
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Planning Board: Demo review law too far reaching
Planning board members are concerned that a demolition-review law could go too far in including houses that are not necessarily historic.
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Here’s what a no-demo law looks like in Montclair
The first step in moving the approval of demolition permits on historic structures from the building department to the Historic Preservation Commission was approved by the council last Tuesday.
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Demolition moratorium extended another 30 days, Lloyd mansion hearing postponed
The 60,000-square-foot “Lloyd Estate” has been moved off tonight’s zoning board agenda, and town officials just extended their no-knockdown moratorium another 30 days.
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Planning board looks toward no knock down rule for older homes
In response to a recent increase in home demolitions, the planning board is investigating bringing back a no-knock down ordinance.
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Demolition permit posted on Bellevue Theatre doors in Montclair
The township has issued an interior-demolition permit for the Bellevue Theatre. The construction permit, dated Nov. 14, was seen posted on a door of the movie house on Wednesday. It […]
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Lewis Estates mansion fate remains unclear
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news As of this middle of this week the future of the historic Lewis Estates house — for sale for $10 or less — remained unknown. A […]
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Questioning the Ethics Behind Carriage House Destruction
The Jersey Tomato Press weighs in.
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Taking it Down: Eyesores and Illegal Additions
Which elements of our hyperlocal built landscape shouldn’t be there. Sooner or later, they seem to come down, one way or another.