Prohibits approving authority from approving construction of certain warehouses on lot of land within 1,000 feet of historic district.*
What changed between versions
The definition of 'historic district' now requires that the district consist of at least 100 contributing or not-assessed resources (per the State Historic Preservation Office) AND be located along a roadway in the New Jersey Scenic and Historic Highways Program. This dramatically narrows which districts are protected.
The prohibition now applies to 'an approving authority' generally rather than specifically to 'a county or municipality, or other approving authority,' broadening which entities are covered.
New paragraph (3) exempts applications for development or redevelopment submitted under section 13 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-13), which is the state's economic development/redevelopment program.
New paragraph (2) prohibits the State or any local entity responsible for approving 'any other permit' from issuing a project-related permit for large warehouse construction within 1,000 feet of a qualifying historic district. This extends the ban beyond just site plans to all related permits.
The waiver provision was narrowed so that a planning board can only waive paragraph (1) of subsection b (the site plan prohibition), not all of subsection b. The language also now requires the planning board to actually 'grant' the waiver, and adds that no project-related permit may be issued unless the planning board has waived paragraph (1).
