[MassHistPres] Local Historic District Filing Fees

[Jane Loos]

The Westport Historical Commission/Local Historic District Commission is an
all volunteer organization, with no paid staff.  WHC is the only
commission/board in Westport with independent regulatory authority that
does not have paid administrative help.  During our annual budget
consultation with the FinCom where we requested additional funding to hire
administrative support, we were advised that we should increase our filing
fees in order to raise money for the Town that could possibly (no
guarantee) subsequently be used to fund an increase to our meager budget.

WHC currently charges a $50 filing fee for applications for Certificates of
Appropriateness for work in the Westport Point Local Historic District
(about 150 houses), but no fee for Certificates of Non-Applicability or
 Hardship.  We do not charge a filing fee to handle a demolition request
forwarded to us from the Building Department about a property on Westport's
1,000 plus listings on the Town's Historic Inventory.

We would be interested to know what is the practice for filing fees in
other Historical Commissions and Local Historic Districts.

Many thanks,  Jane Loos
WHC Secretary (since 2004) and Secretary/Clerk (since 2010).
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