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Morristown council adopts Spring Street redevelopment amendment with preservation assurances
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance O-12-2024 to amend the Spring Street redevelopment plan after residents pressed for preservation and tenant protections; administrators said preservation of the Southside structure is required except in catastrophic damage scenarios and redevelopment agreements will include tenant relocation and return provisions.
Morristown’s Town Council adopted an amendment to the Spring Street redevelopment plan (Ordinance O-12-2024) on May 28, 2024, after extended public comment and council discussion about preservation, parking and tenant protections.
Residents and neighborhood advocates urged the council to preserve a historically significant apartment building on the south side of Spring Street and to limit demolition. At the public-comment period, Deborah Ryslaine read a petition urging that the building’s facade — or the structure itself — be retained rather than replaced by a larger apartment block, saying the town risked losing “what makes…
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