[Amended 2-28-1985 by Ord. No. 9-85]
There is hereby established an Historic Preservation Commission, consisting of nine members, with the purpose being to develop and implement the official local historic preservation plan for the Township of Old Bridge.
The members of the Historic Preservation Commission shall be appointed by the Township Mayor for three-year terms. The Commissioners first appointed shall serve for staggered one-, two- or three-year terms. All members shall be residents of the Township of Old Bridge, and they shall serve without compensation, except as otherwise provided herein. The Mayor and Township Planner shall serve as ex officio members of the Commission.
The Historic Preservation Commission shall:
A. 
Compile an inventory of properties of historic, archaeological or architectural significance.
B. 
Establish an Official Local Register of Historic Places and transmit such information to the New Jersey Office of Historic Preservation for possible inclusion on the State and National Registers of Historic Places.
C. 
Coordinate local preservation activities and act as spokesman for the Township in dealing with state and federal agencies on matters affecting the Township's historic resources.
D. 
Advertise, prepare, print and distribute books, maps, charts, plans and pamphlets which, in its judgment, it deems necessary for its purpose, within the limits of funds appropriated to the Commission.
E. 
Recommend to the Planning Board, from time to time, plans and programs for inclusion in the Master Plan of the Township for development and use of such historic places.
F. 
Do such other acts and things as are reasonably related to and designed to carry out the purposes and objectives of the Commission, including, without limitation, the payment of such clerks and other employees as the Commission may from time to time require, within the limits of the funds appropriated to the Commission.
G. 
Keep records of the meetings and activities of the Commission and make an annual report to the Council.
Subject to the prior approval of the Planning Board and Council, the Historic Preservation Commission may acquire property, real and personal, in the name of the Township, by gift, pledges, grants, bequests, devices or lease, for any of the purposes of the Commission, and it shall administer the same for such purposes, subject to the terms of such conveyance or gift. The interest so acquired may be the fee or any lesser interest, development right, easement, including conservation easement, covenant or other contractual right, including a conveyance on conditions or with limitations or reversions, as may be necessary to acquire, maintain, improve, protect, limit the future use of or otherwise conserve and properly utilize historic places and other land and water areas in the Township.
[Amended 1-29-1986 by Ord. No. 59-85]
From time to time, the Commission shall recommend to the Township Council the inclusion of historic places on an Official Local Register of Historic Places. Upon such historic designation by action of the Township Council, no alterations or additions which are deemed to materially change the characteristics of the historic place shall be undertaken nor approved by any local official of the Township and no demolition of said historic place shall occur until prior approval has been obtained from the Historic Preservation Commission. The following sites are hereby designated historic places:
A. 
Provost Family Burial Ground, Block 1, Lot 44, 0.64 acre.
B. 
Mount Hebron Cemetery Association, Inc., Block 3231, Lot 13, 4.93 acres.
C. 
New Methodist Cemetery of 1805, Block 4230, Lot 4, 0.77 acre.
D. 
Baptist Cemetery, Block 3230, Lot 12.
E. 
Steamboat Landing.
F. 
Warne's Store, Route 516, Block 11251, Lot 17.
G. 
Hezekiah Warne Estate, Route 516, Block 11252, Lot 11.
H. 
Elmer Warne House, Route 516, Block 11251, Lot 21B.
I. 
Brown Homestead, Route 516, Block 9000, Lots 16A and 16B.
J. 
Oswald Brick Works, Laurence Harbor Parkway, Block 2150.
K. 
J. Burlew House and Woodwork Shop, Cottrell Road, Block 10252, Lot 19.
L. 
Farrington Farm, Farrington Road, Block 10252, Lot 46.
M. 
J. Forman House, Old Schoolhouse Lane, Block 3230, Lot 3 (Alice Kerr).
N. 
J.T. Fountain House, Throckmorton Lane, Block 15518, Lot 905A (St. Ambrose Convent).
O. 
Perth Amboy Water Works, Block 8004, Lot 10.
P. 
Owens House, Springhill and Old Mill Road, Block 10254, Lot 4 (Schulmesiter).
Q. 
Morgan Site, Route 34, Block 4187, Lot 6.
R. 
Morristown School, Schoolhouse Lane, Block 3230, Lot 5.
S. 
C. Brown House, Throckmorton Lane, Block 15549, Lot 5A (Gaub Farm).
T. 
E. Hennel House, Morganville Road, Block 11251, Lot 18A (Eifert).
U. 
Water Works Road.
V. 
East Greystone Road.
W. 
West Greystone Road.
X. 
Old Cheesequake Road.
Y. 
The foundation of Dill's Snuff Mill, along Deep Run, north of Banton's Bridge.