N.J. Admin. Code § 7:4-7.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 7:4-7.3 - Emergency undertakings

(a) In the case of an emergency undertaking which needs to be implemented by the State, a county or municipality or an agency or instrumentality thereof, within 30 days of an emergency, the State, county or municipality or agency or instrumentality thereof, in lieu of the application procedure in 7:4-7.1, shall notify the Department by telephone and in writing as soon as possible. Said notification shall include: the name and address of the property listed in the New Jersey Register, a written description of the scope of the emergency undertaking, photographs documenting the condition of the registered property, a statement from an appropriate expert demonstrating how the condition of the property constitutes an immediate, direct, demonstrable and severe hazard to the safety of the public, and a statement as to how the undertaking will encroach upon the registered property. If demolition of all or a substantial portion of a property is proposed, the notification shall include a structural assessment and an evaluation of whether the property could be reasonably repaired, to be prepared by an architect or engineer with demonstrated experience with historic properties consistent with criteria established in the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards and related guidance as part of the larger Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation as referenced in 36 C.F.R. 61.

(b) The Department shall respond within seven calendar days after receipt by the Department of the complete notification as described in (a) above. If the Department determines that the condition of the property constitutes an immediate direct, demonstrable, and severe hazard to the safety of the public, Historic Sites Council review is not required and the Department shall respond in accordance with 7:4-7.2(e)5 but within seven calendar days after receipt by the Department of the complete notification as described in (a) above. Until the Department authorizes the emergency undertaking, the State, county or municipality or agency or instrumentality thereof conducting the emergency undertaking shall only take measures necessary to stabilize or isolate the affected property to prevent danger to the public. The Department may determine that the situation does not constitute an emergency and require that the applicant follow the application procedure in 7:4-7.2.

Amended by R.2003 d.110, effective 3/17/2003.
See: 34 New Jersey Register 3161(a), 35 New Jersey Register 1410(a).
In (a), rewrote the third sentence.