All proposed applications for development for any lands which contain an historic building, place, or structure, established within the City, shall be referred to the City of Northfield Planning Board for certificate of appropriateness consideration prior to action on the application by the municipal agency or office. Proposed developments which contain a designated historic building, place, or structure in the City should be designed to accomplish the following goals and objectives:
A. The existing character and appearance of the historic building, place or structure should be preserved.
B. Wherever feasible, existing structures should be restored in lieu of new construction.
C. All proposed developments should be compatible and consistent with existing development and the concept of the historic structure in relation to the following:
(2) Color scheme of buildings.
(3) Size, type, color, and design of signs.
(4) Scale of the use and structure.
D. Visual compatibility factors. Visual compatibility factors will be applied to historic structures.
E. No part of any structure allowed pursuant to this section shall be used directly or indirectly for any kind of advertising purposes.
F. Any building recognized as an historic building shall not be torn down without considerations as follows:
[Added 12-16-2008 by Ord. No. 17-2008]
(1) Such building shall be advertised in the Press of Atlantic City for a period of 14 days for sale for the amount of $1 to any purchaser who would move the structure to another location at the purchaser's expense. Said purchaser shall have 35 days from the last date of advertisement referenced above to close and complete settlement on the historic structure. Thereafter, the purchaser shall be obligated to remove the historic building from the landowner's property within 35 days from the date of purchase. There will be no extensions of the above-referenced time lines required.
(2) If the historic building is not purchased pursuant to Subsection
F(1) referenced above, then the Cultural Committee/Northfield Historical Society may be allowed to remove any materials/artifacts suitable to be placed in the museum before the destruction of said building. This will be within the sole discretion of the property owner.
(3) If the historic building is not purchased pursuant to Subsection
F(1) referenced above, then, prior to demolition, the building shall be documented by an architectural historian, with photographs and historical descriptions, in report form. The report shall be submitted to the State, County and City Historical Society for their files. To adequately document the building, the exterior appearance and interior appearance and structural components shall be documented. The report must be approved by the Planning Board or Zoning Board prior to demolition.
[Added 10-9-2012 by Ord. No. 9-2012]
