Sentence examples for preservation zone from inspiring English sources

Local governments have the power to preserve buildings, but in Paramus, the historic preservation zone simply requires a six-month waiting period before proposed demolitions, so the borough can explore options to preserve or move the buildings.

Indeed, much of this area was designated a preservation zone.

Micah Rasmussen, Mr. McGreevey's spokesman, said the governor wants to put the finishing touches on a plan to create an environmental preservation zone in the Highlands and to begin an effort to change the state's property tax system.

The old centre of the town, part of which is now a preservation zone, has an inner perimeter of massive Gallo-Roman walls and the remains of an outer ring of medieval walls.

Though the building is listed on national and state registers of historic places and is part of the Paramus historic preservation zone, the local planning board has granted permission to the developer who is buying the property to tear it down to make room for a new subdivision with two houses there.

In this particular space, there is a process of diffused urbanization with very low densities in the Preservation Zone.

Many are surprised, however, that Ms. Beckstead's neighborhood of 90 Victorian homes, whose owners share a passion for preserving old houses, has become the rebel stronghold against the city's ambitious plans to preserve large swathes of San Francisco in a patchwork of historic preservation zones.

In 2004 the Shanghai government created 12 preservation zones, giving historic neighborhoods at least some protection.

In recent years, two-thirds of Beijing's 3,000 narrow lanes, known as hutongs, have been subsumed by mega-developments, many of them in neighborhoods that were officially designated preservation zones.

In 1973, the Kiev City Council established several "archaeological preservation zones" within the city; these included the territory surrounding the monastery.

The Australian state of Queensland has sixteen dugong protection parks, and some preservation zones have been established where even aborigines are not allowed to hunt.