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Panel revisits Narberth preservation ordinance, period-of-significance and inventory gaps
Summary
Members reviewed the borough's historic preservation approach, discussed a pre-1945 period of significance that appears on the map but not in the ordinance text, and debated how garages and accessory structures are treated under the district rules.
The Narberth Historic and Architectural Review Panel held an extended discussion of the borough's historic preservation ordinance, the map's stated period of significance and the treatment of accessory structures such as garages.
Panel members said the heritage plan that preceded the ordinance identifies a period of significance running to 1945 and provides the rationale used during ordinance drafting. Participants noted an inconsistency: the period appears on the district map and in the heritage plan, but the ordinance text itself does not explicitly enshrine the 1945 cutoff. Members described that omission as a drafting oversight that complicates public explanation of the…
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