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Board discusses 'partial destruction' rule for rebuilding after damage; leans toward pragmatic approach
Summary
At a work session the Hopatcong Planning Board discussed how to interpret the municipal/State rules on "partial destruction" of structures. The board reviewed guidance from Cox and weighed enforcement risks; members generally favored allowing reconstruction within the same footprint where practical.
Hopatcong Planning Board members spent a work-session segment reviewing how the municipal ordinance and state municipal-land-use law treat "partial destruction" of buildings after events such as fire or storm.
The board discussed prior local ordinance language dating to about 2003–2004 that had allowed rebuilding where partial destruction occurred. The transcript records the board’s examination of the municipal-land-use-law constraints that prompted a change to the local ordinance several years ago and the practical guidance found in Cox (a standard…
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