[MassHistPres] Public Hearings - deadlines

Steve & Diane Derby derby01 at comcast.net
Thu Oct 5 19:04:57 EDT 2006


Our Historic District Commission does not presently have any limitation 
on how long a Public Hearing can be continued by the applicant.  In one 
case, the applicant has met with us 2-3 times during the course of his 
public hearing.  We still need additional information, so are not ready 
to conclude the PH and vote.  For the last few months, the applicant 
has asked that the PH be continued until the next month for a variety 
of reasons.  A concern is that the abutters are only notified of the 
initial PH meeting, thus are put in the position of having to check 
every month to see if the application they are interested in hearing is 
on the agenda yet, or risk missing out on their opportunity to attend 
because they didn't constantly check on our coming agendas.

Do any Historic District Commissions have a deadline by which PH's must 
be completed, or any sort of requirement that limits the number of 
times a PH can be continued at the applicant's request?

Thanks,

Diane Derby, V Ch
BallardVale Historic District Commission
Andover, MA 




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