[MassHistPres] Demo review procedures

[Marcia Starkey]

Is the porch minus the rest of the building historic?
Marcia Starkey
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>
> Thanks, Newton does consider partial demos, but what I am looking for is 
> how
> others work their ordinances, I am well familiar with Newton's.  In
> particular I am trying to find out if other communities find portions of a 
> building
> or specific architectural features "preferably preserved" as in 
> instituting a
> delay based upon their removal or alteration.  For instance:  in Newton if 
> a
> porch was found to be important to a significant home and was up  for
> demolition, the determination would be made that the porch should be 
> preserved not the
> whole building, as that is what is being altered.  As I  understand it in
> most communities the entire building would be found to be  preferably 
> preserved,
> a judgement based upon the building's significance not a  porch, window, 
> or
> shingle.  I am concerned about the prospect of creating  different legal
> statuses for different portions of a building.  Would you  find one wall 
> significant
> and not another or have 1/2 of a house subject to a  delay and not 
> another?
> This is in regards to a city wide demo review not a  local district. 
> Thanks
> for the input.
>
> Brian
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