[MassHistPres] Special permit development in historic districts

[Sullivan, Charles M.]

There’s no statutory provision for precedence among historical commissions, planning boards, and boards of zoning appeal.

In Cambridge, the planning board and BZA generally defer to the historical commission on matters where we have jurisdiction, in part because our jurisdiction can be more strict and particular than theirs. As a practical matter, the historical commission’s lead time to a hearing is usually shorter than other boards’, so project proponents are encouraged to apply simultaneously and then ask for a continuance if the commission continues its deliberation beyond a single hearing.

Charles Sullivan

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Charles M. Sullivan, Executive Director
Cambridge Historical Commission
831 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Mass.  02139
617 349-4684 voice, 349-3116 fax

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Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:58 AM
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Subject: [MassHistPres] Special permit development in historic districts

When a new Planned Residential Development by Special Permit (not Subdivision Approval) is proposed within an historic district does the HDC review the application before or after it is approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals?

If afterwards, is the HDC then precluded from reviewing and requesting changes to the massing and locations of buildings and structures that were included in the approval documents?  How are conflicts resolved?

-Karle Packard, member
Concord HDC


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