Joaquin Stearns

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• Preservation vice chair recuses himself, then represents applicant, at 269 Ridgewood Avenue hearing

  June 3, 2026 · Historic Preservation Commission

• Yewaisis elected HPC chair as commission approves five renovation projects, sends 26 Ridgewood Avenue plan back again

  January 7, 2026 · Historic Preservation Commission

• HPC Approves Garage-to-Suite Conversion at Forest Avenue, Deck and Window Plan at Baldwin Avenue

  November 5, 2025 · Historic Preservation Commission

• HPC clears seven projects but records a No vote and two recusals

  September 3, 2025 · Historic Preservation Commission

• HPC approves five projects, denies oversized Sherman Avenue addition

  August 6, 2025 · Historic Preservation Commission

• Glen Ridge preservation commission approves five projects, from garage rebuilds to a rear addition

  December 4, 2024 · Historic Preservation Commission

• 96 Sherman Avenue addition withdrawn after HPC calls its massing and old-new distinction unresolved

  March 6, 2024 · Historic Preservation Commission

• Historic panel splits twice in one night, with Chair Darby dissenting on both a slate roof and a rear porch

  February 7, 2024 · Historic Preservation Commission

• HPC approves pool-house windows on a narrow 4-3 vote, with Chair Darby among the dissenters

  January 3, 2024 · Historic Preservation Commission

• Neighbors back proposed 90 Ridgewood Avenue rebuild in public comment as HPC continues style debate

  December 6, 2023 · Historic Preservation Commission

• HPC denies asphalt shingle roof at 560 Ridgewood Avenue, leaves door open to synthetic slate

  November 1, 2023 · Historic Preservation Commission

• 51 High Street roof-raising withdrawn over height concerns as HPC approves wheelchair-access addition elsewhere

  October 4, 2023 · Historic Preservation Commission

• Historic commission demands fewer, better-proportioned dormers on Ridgewood Avenue Tudor; Herman Street owners withdraw over roofline dispute

  May 3, 2023 · Historic Preservation Commission

• Historic commission flags possible unpermitted addition and questionable curb cuts near Ridgewood Avenue; recommends ordinance changes to Council

  April 10, 2023 · Historic Preservation Commission

• Commissioner abstains on rear-yard pergola and hot tub plan at 170 Ridgewood Avenue

  February 1, 2023 · Historic Preservation Commission

• Council Elects Law as President, Reappoints Attorney at Annual Reorganization

  Council Reorganization Meeting January 3, 2023 · Mayor & Council

• Historic Commission Splits 5-2 on Belleville Avenue Addition, Advances Ordinance Expanding Review to Doors

  November 2, 2022 · Historic Preservation Commission

• Commission denies $200,000 slate roof replacement, splits on Highland Avenue garage-pool house vote

  September 7, 2022 · Historic Preservation Commission

• Historic Commission Approves Midland Avenue Addition Over Lone No Vote, Sends Highland Avenue Pool House Back for Rework

  August 3, 2022 · Historic Preservation Commission

• Commission denies second slate-to-asphalt roof swap in as many meetings, citing $73,000 cost gap

  July 6, 2022 · Historic Preservation Commission

• Commission denies clay tile roof replacement, splits on solar tile installation

  June 1, 2022 · Historic Preservation Commission

• Historic Panel Sends 22 Burnett Street Addition Back to Subcommittee After Second Rejection

  May 4, 2022 · Historic Preservation Commission

• 61 Willow Street Owner Withdraws Addition After Historic Panel Calls It Too Tall, Top-Heavy

  December 1, 2021 · Historic Preservation Commission

• HPC Chair Casts Lone No Vote on Clinton Road Stairs, Announces Departure at Year's End

  November 3, 2021 · Historic Preservation Commission