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But Mr. Simpson, the mayor's spokesman, said Mr. Amicone opposed the proposed demolition ordinance, saying it could stifle development, and would veto it if it is approved.

Thanks to Norwalk's demolition-delay ordinance, he got a chance to find out.

Norwalk's demolition-delay ordinance, which went into effect in 2003, has been a useful weapon.

Under the current ordinance, demolition of a landmark can be delayed by six months but not denied.

By the time filming of the show commenced in the early 1980s, groups like the Miami Design Preservation League had succeeded in getting the city's Art Deco District listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but designation offered no protection from demolition; only local ordinances could protect the buildings from being razed.

Some communities across the region have enacted preservation ordinances that prevent demolition or inappropriate alteration of buildings with historic or architectural significance, while others have approved residential development standards that regulate the height, shape and size of houses, protect mature trees and discourage garage doors that face the street.

Among options floated to the four council members (Terry Walker was out of town) were creating a historic preservation commission to review development projects and writing an ordinance highlighting rules for demolition and expansion of qualifying homes.

The current ordinance provides for halting demolition while a site is being considered for monument status, but that stay goes into effect only after the commission's first hearing is completed.

Like three-quarters of New Jersey's towns, New Providence has no preservation ordinance that would prevent the demolition of old or historically significant buildings.

An emergency ordinance adopted in May forestalled demolition of the 97-year-old former home of Edgar D. Goode, a pioneer of Glendale development.

In the 1980s, Los Angeles passed an ordinance requiring the retrofit or demolition of about 8,000 old brick buildings that could collapse during an earthquake.