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Committee approves adding civic buildings to local preservation ordinance
Summary
The committee voted to add a civic-building category (properties built up to 1970) to the local preservation ordinance and will forward the approved language to counsel; members said the designation makes demolition administratively harder but does not bar upgrades or adaptive reuse.
A local preservation committee on Monday voted to expand the borough’s preservation ordinance to add a civic-building category that covers certain public and institutional structures built up to 1970. The chair put the circulated draft to a vote after members discussed the proposal and confirmed a quorum.
Committee members described the change as a measured way to preserve historically significant civic…
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