[MassHistPres] Model communities in dealing with secondary growth

[Karen VanWelden-Herman]

Good morning,  Josh,

The Andover Preservation Commission initiated a bylaw in 2003-2004, The
Dimensional Special Permit/Historic Preservation, to address redevelopment
on parcels with an historic house that will likely be demolished.  The
Special Permit is granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals with input from the
Preservation Commission. At the same time we also amended our Demolition
Delay Bylaw to 12 months to allow time for review so that if the house
needed to be moved to a new site, all the permits and related approvals
could be done in time.  I¹ve attached a link to the bylaw.  This bylaw was
amended at last year¹s town meeting to tighten up the language and the
process.  To date, 8 historic homes have been saved from demolition and
protected by preservation restrictions.
http://www.ecode360.com/15616872#15617122

Karen Herman, Chair
Andover Preservation Commission

From:  <masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu> on behalf of Joshua Dorin
<joshuadorin at gmail.com>
Date:  Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 2:19 PM
To:  historic preservation list <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Subject:  [MassHistPres] Model communities in dealing with secondary growth

Does anyone know of municipalities that have successfully developed a method
for handling secondary growth (i.e., there is no more undeveloped land
available and all subsequent development is through redevelopment of
properties)?

I imagine that any such method would incorporate a demolition review process
as well as tight controls on new construction through local zoning
regulations and construction review panels (separate from local historic
district commissions).

This could include towns and cities in Massachusetts or nationwide,
preferably in affluent regions where demand for land is high.


Josh Dorin
Wellesley Historical Commission
joshuadorin at gmail.com

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