[MassHistPres] Demolition delay

[David Temple]

Agreed. When Medfield had a six-month delay from 1993-99, we ended up losing every building we sought to have preserved.  The results have dramatically improved since we went to a one-year delay. 

Though some members of our local historical commission feel we should extend the delay to 18 months, I don't feel it's necessary, and I think it would be a tough sell at town meeting.  

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--- On Fri, 10/8/10, Gretchen Schuler <ggschuler at verizon.net> wrote:

From: Gretchen Schuler <ggschuler at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Demolition delay
To: jjgiiilaw at juno.com
Cc: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 3:51 PM



I think that communities that have extended from 6 months to one year have found it more meaningful and more effective.  It certainly makes sense to me to be one year - usually a developer can wait 6 months - the time it probably takes to get all permits in place - a year would be more problematic for an owner and may make them more amenable to considering options to save a building.  
 
Gretchen Schuler


Oct 8, 2010 07:39:05 PM, jjgiiilaw at juno.com wrote:

>Tewksbury is in the process of preparing a town meeting article which would 
>extend its current
>Demo Delay By-Law from its current very short 90 day restriction to something 
>longer. Does
>anyone have any thoughts as to period which provides maximum return on building 
>saved/adapted
>etc. Any other insight on how to leverage by law to save buildings as opposed 
>to just putting off the
>inevitable would also be appreciated. I appreciate the preservation communities 
>response to this 
>inquiry along with some helpful replies on priors.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jay Gaffney
>Tewksbury Historical Commission 
>
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