[MassHistPres] Length of Demo Delay
laurie young
ovnonp at gmail.com
Mon Mar 23 14:39:35 EDT 2015
In the Town of Barnstable, we recently moved from 6 to eighteen months.
We've only imposed it a couple times. I can't say that it is sufficient in
itself to preserve a property. Of course, after 18 months, we've exhausted
our options unless a district can be created and that has its own issues.
We have one LHD (Main Street and Waterfront) and one RHD (Old King's
Highway). It would be nice to have one or two more but the neighbors aren't
so interested at this point. What I would like to have in our bylaws is a
prohibition on demolition (even if the 18 month period has been exhausted)
until all permits are in place for new build. This way we won't have older
properties demolished and lots left vacant if the developers don't get
permission for what they intend. A vacant lot often means the neighbors
will agree to something they wouldn't agree to if the lot were still
occupied, just to remove the eyesore.
Laurie Young
ovnonp at gmail.com
617-429-1354
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1. Re: Questions about extending the Demo Delay Bylaw
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2. VAF-New England Annual Meeting ~ Saturday, March 28, 2015 ~
Old Sturbridge Village (Shantia Anderheggen)
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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:21:32 -0400
From: Dennis De Witt <djd184 at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Questions about extending the Demo Delay
Bylaw
To: Diane Pursley <pursley_diane at yahoo.com>
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Diane
It may be different elsewhere, but I have little faith that here a 24 month
delay would make the difference in saving an individual property. However,
18 months makes it easier (and in some cases is needed to make it possible)
to create a district when a demo delay is the catalyst. 18 months seems to
work, as long as the neighborhood is on the ball and organizes the effort ?
if they can?t do that, it won?t pass town meeting here in any case. So I
wonder if 24 months would make any appreciable difference here re creating
districts.
Also, bear in mind that for a town the district is not created until the AG
approves, which usually takes 90 days after the vote and can run longer of
the Town Clerk delays submitting it.
The following three districts, all overlapping NR districts, were created by
12 month demo delays because they preceded our 18 month delay for NR
properties ? they were all to a tight schedule ? Chestnut Hill North LHD ?
Graffham McKay LHD ? approved with three days to spare ? Harvard Ave. HLD
? Lawrence LHD ? recent and in an NR district ? 18 month
? a new Crowninshild LHD is almost certain to pass in May ? not NR, so only
has 12 months under our bylaw and has been a very tight schedule because
next Fall?s town meeting would be too late ? the delay was imposed in
December.\
Hope this helps
Dennis De Witt
Brookline
On Mar 22, 2015, at 7:12 PM, Diane Pursley <pursley_diane at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The Lexington Town Meeting is faced with the decision to extend our
Demolition Delay Bylaw from the current 12 months to 24 months. This Article
was brought to Town Meeting via a group of citizens who are alarmed at the
lack of protection it seems the 12 month delay really offers the properties
currently included on the historic inventory.
>
> We would like to reach out to this historic preservation community with
the following questions:
> Why you think demolition delay bylaws work to preserve historic
properties?
> Why would a longer demo delay be better? Is 24 months too long?
> Has anyone moved from 12 months to 18 months and seen the longer period
help preserve historic properties?
> Do any towns on this list have data that could support the case for a demo
delay bylaw in general or a case for moving from 12 months to 18 months?
> Could anyone direct us to studies documenting the impacts of the demo
delay bylaw in general or an extension?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> Diane Pursley
> Town of Lexington
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Subject: [MassHistPres] VAF-New England Annual Meeting ~ Saturday,
March 28, 2015 ~ Old Sturbridge Village
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Hi All:
There's still time to register for the Vernacular Architecture Forum's
Annual Meeting, coming up on Saturday, March 28 at Old Sturbridge Village,
Sturbridge, MA (see below and attached)! Registration is open through this
week, either by mail or walk-in at the meeting; however, lunch orders much
be reserved by the end of today (please email me separately if you would
like a lunch reservation and I'll add you to the count).
Shanti
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VAF-New England Annual Meeting
Saturday, March 28, 2015
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8:30 - 9:10 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
9:10 - 9:20 WELCOME ~ Betsy Cromley, VAF-NE President Pro Tem
9:20 - 10:20 Don Cyr, Acadian Vernacular Architecture
*45 minutes with 15 minutes for
questions/discussion
10:20 - 11:00 Laura Driemeyer, "The 'Block,' a Three-decker Variant
in Berlin, New Hampshire"
*30 minutes with 10 minutes for
questions/discussion
11:00 - 11:50 Zach Violette, Speculative Mill Town Architecture in
Augusta, Maine
*40 minutes with 10 minutes for
questions/discussion
11:50 - 12:00 2015 VAF-NE Field Trip Preview
12:00 - 1:30 LUNCH: Join in an informal buffet lunch of
sandwiches/salads/drinks at the Oliver Wight Tavern for $24/person. Other
lunch options are also available at the Museum and in nearby Sturbridge.
12:00 - 12:30 ANNUAL MEETING (VAF-NE Members) ~ President's Report;
Secretary's Report; Treasurer's Report; 2014 Field Trips; 2014 VAF National
Meeting; Board Nominations and Vote
1:30 - 2:45 Richard E. Greenwood Young Scholar Award
Jeffrey Klee, The Career of the Double Parlor
in Boston, 1800-1850
*45 minute paper with 15 minutes for
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2:45 - 3:30 2016 Annual Meeting: The National Historic
Preservation Act at 50! Please join us in a brainstorming conversation
on the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act and its
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identify themes for the 2016 VAF-NE Annual Meeting.
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Directions: Old Sturbridge Village is located in the town of Sturbridge, MA,
near the intersection of Route 90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike) and Route 84.
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the jug-handle to get into the Village. There's ample parking in the Village
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(on the left) and Visitors Center (on the right) to the Fuller Conference
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REGISTRATION FORM
(1) Registering in advance is extremely helpful to us.
(2) Checks should be payable to "VAF-NE"
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Name:
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