[MassHistPres] Creating historic districts

[Brian Yates]

Sorry I never recognized the possible ethnic connotation.  Thanks for the
language lesson

Brian Yates  (My great aunt always claimed her mother was Scotch even though
the records show her as Irish.  Perhaps it was a subliminal step up on her
part.)

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Tucker, Jonathan <TuckerJ at amherstma.gov>wrote:

>  Those of us who value our Scottish origins can avoid unnecessary umbrage
> at Brian's use of the verb "to scotch" by considering the following excerpt
> from the April 26, 2001 issue of The Word Detective:
>
>
>
> The "scotch" in "scotch a rumor," . . . comes from the Old French word
> "escocher," meaning "to cut."  In the case of your example, it means to "cut
> out" or destroy a rumor, just as a sudden thunderstorm can "scotch" a
> family's plans for a weekend at the beach.  It is, in fact, the same
> non-Scottish "scotch" as found in the name of the children's game
> "hopscotch," referring to the playing lines cut into or drawn on the ground.
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>
> So, we can cut off without hesitation any notion that LHDs might allow
> fussy local commissions to control their neighbors' paint colors.
>
>
>
> *Jonathan **Tucker*
>
> Planning Director
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> Town Hall, 4 Boltwood Ave.
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> Amherst, MA  01002
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> (413) 259-3040
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> (413) 259-2410 [fax]
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> tuckerj at amherstma.gov
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu [mailto:
> masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] *On Behalf Of *Brian Yates
> *Sent:* Monday, December 08, 2008 3:15 PM
> *To:* Gretchen Schuler
> *Cc:* masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [MassHistPres] Creating historic districts
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>
> The other argument you'll hear is that it won't let me change the color of
> my home.  Probably not a big objection in this case but neighbors may fear
> an enlarged district.  so scotch this one up front.  The law doesn't allow a
> district to regulate color.
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Gretchen Schuler <ggschuler at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> The process for a single building district or a multi-property district is
> the same in terms of study report which is sent to MHC and local PB - public
> hearing and 2/3 vote of town meeting (or city council).  The MHC guidebook
> Establishing a Local Historic District will spell this out for you - if you
> are just adding a single-property district to your existing bylaw it should
> be relatively easy and not nearly as time consuming as a large district,
> because you will have no convincing - just time frames of when reports have
> to be submitted and 60 days that must pass before you can have public
> hearing.  Chris Skelly can provide information.  It was not clear in your
> e-mail whether other properties would be included in a new district which
> will take more work.  If one building - there should be no objections from
> town officials or abutters - particularly if there is an already established
> local historic district commission to assume responsibility of regulation.
> FYI - Somerville has many single building districts.
>
>
>
> Gretchen Schuler
>
> Wayland HDC
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> Dec 8, 2008 05:26:54 PM, Cwkmail at aol.com wrote:
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>  Dear All:
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>
>
> A resident in Shrewsbury, Mass. has suggested that a new local historic
> district be created for her historic home.  We are interested in obliging
> her.  However, we would like to know the *typical objections that town
> officials, abutters, and others have to the creation of a new local historic
> district* -- so that we can anticipate them and prepare rebuttals.
>
>
>
> Shrewsbury already has two local historic districts; however, they were
> created so long ago that no one remembers the details of any arguments
> that arose.
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>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Christopher Kirk
>
> Shrewsbury Historical Commission
>
> Shrewsbury, Mass.
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