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Commission reviews SHARD inventory, considers removing demolished properties and updating standards
Summary
Staff presented a compiled spreadsheet cross-referencing local ordinance listings and the SHARD database and proposed reviewing and potentially removing properties that no longer exist from local designation. The commission discussed mapping via GIS, a possible grant to update standards, and balancing preservation with housing needs.
At the March 6 meeting the Town of Newburgh Historic Preservation Commission spent substantial time reviewing the town's historic-properties inventory and discussing next steps for data cleanup and standards modernization.
Planning staff provided a compiled spreadsheet that matched the town's locally designated properties against entries in the SHARD state database, noting several mismatches and highlighting items that staff believes should be removed from local designation because the historic structures no longer exist or…
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