[MassHistPres] Penalty for Alterations without a Certificate from historic di

[Marcia Starkey]

To take this to the policy level: Do any towns in Massachusetts have any 
type of tax advantage for LHD buildings that could mitigate these 
situations? I'm not sure this is allowable under state law, but LHDs are 
only one type of resource in which the private property owner provides 
public benefit through voluntary measures. In the case of land, state and 
national encouragement programs seem to be tied to forfeiture of financial 
benefit. (also to encourage state or national policies) Where are we locally 
and politically on this question?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Reed" <roger_reed at town.brookline.ma.us>
To: <Dcolebslade at aol.com>
Cc: <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Penalty for Alterations without a Certificate 
from historic di


> If the work has already been done without a certificate, we would require
> the owner to apply for a retroactive certificate of appropriateness (an
> option with a fine on our application form).