Sentence examples for prevent demolition from inspiring English sources

City laws require that owners of buildings designated as landmarks be kept in good repair to prevent "demolition by neglect".

Every night now for the past eight months, residents have formed a ring around their village to prevent demolition crews from destroying it.

There is a strong movement for historical preservation, served by the private National Trust of Australia (NSW) and by the state Heritage Council, which has sweeping powers to prevent demolition or alteration of buildings identified as having historical value.

Similar battles to prevent demolition of Rudolph residences have been unsuccessfully waged in Sarasota, Fla., and Westport, Conn., in recent years; preservationists are now fighting to save his Riverview High School in Sarasota.

"Without any legal tools available to prevent demolition, it really does fall down to trying to convince the powers that be that the building is viable for their needs," said Lisa DiChiera of Landmarks Illinois, a historic conservation group that will issue a reuse study for the largely vacant hospital next week.

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.

Nor can the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation prevent demolitions of historic properties in the state.

Now actor and director Sam West has called on arts campaigners to protect these threatened buildings by occupying them and preventing demolition.

Mr. Holoford was informed by real estate professionals that his only certain option for preventing demolition was to write into the deed of sale that the house must be preserved.

But opponents of the demolition started legal maneuvers, and this past February, the Connecticut Superior Court issued a temporary injunction preventing demolition until Mr. Handrinos, 66, can prove why an alternative, renovating the house as a bed and breakfast, for example, is not "feasible and prudent".

This was granted on 17 June 1971, and in the following year the Department of the Environment issued a preservation order preventing demolition or significant alteration of the buildings.