[MassHistPres] Public Hearings - deadlines

[Marcia Starkey]

This is not a response to your question, but the Greenfield HC reasoned that 
the ZBA didn't have the background to decide appeals to demolition delay 
decisions and the ease of this process would render our decisions 
ineffective, so chose the alternative appeal to Superior Court. I would 
appreciate experiences to use of this route. Marcia Starkey
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve & Diane Derby" <derby01 at comcast.net>
To: "MHC Listserv" <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 7:04 PM
Subject: [MassHistPres] Public Hearings - deadlines


> 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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