[MassHistPres] Rules & Regs

[Dennis De Witt]

After a year of drafting and review (and 20 years of having gotten  
along without them) the Brookline Preservation Commission has approved  
a set of Rules & Regulations -- not to be confused with guidelines,  
which are incorporated by reference.  (See attached.)  One reason we  
did it was that we had language we wanted to incorporate in our  
revised demo law which we were told was too complex and was better  
addressed by "rule making" -- as is commonly done with all sort of  
legislation.

See the language of the Demolition by neglect and interior demolition  
delay sections to see why that made sense.

It also has the advantage that, within limits you can correct for  
errors and omissions.  Thus we now have a rule about when a demo delay  
"expires" and the process must be started over again.  Much easier  
than going to Town Meeting to build it into the bylaw.

Thanks to those towns (admittedly not many) who already had R&Rs on  
line -- from some of which we shamelessly borrowed the odd bits and  
pieces.

Dennis De Witt
Brookline

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