New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 36 - GREEN ACRES PROGRAM
Subchapter 4 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT ACQUISITION PROJECTS: PROJECT ELIGIBILITY, CONDITIONS, AND LIMITATIONS
Section 7:36-4.4 - Acquisition of structures

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:36-4.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) A local government unit may use Green Acres funding to acquire an improved property and structure(s) that the local government unit shall maintain and operate for recreation and conservation purposes to support the use of an outdoor recreation or conservation facility or area.

(b) Within six months of acquiring land as part of a Green Acres project, the local government shall inspect the project site for the presence of any structures thereon that are or may be historic properties. Within 60 days after completion of the inspection, the local government unit shall provide to Green Acres and the Department's Historic Preservation Office (at PO Box 404, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0404):

1. A written notice of its findings; and

2. For any structure discovered on the project site that is or may be an historic property, a request for determination of potential eligibility for inclusion of the historic structure in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. Whenever such a structure is discovered, a copy of the written notice provided to the Historic Preservation Office shall also be sent to Green Acres, the New Jersey Historic Trust, and to the county historical commission or advisory committee, the county historical society, the local historic preservation commission or advisory committee, and the local historical society if any of those entities exist in the county or municipality wherein the project site is located.

(c) A local government unit may demolish or remove a structure acquired with Green Acres funding to create open space only after the local government unit has obtained written approval from Green Acres. Such demolition may be subject to 7:36-25.6.

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