[MassHistPres] Compliance Self-Reporting

[Nancy Miller]

Hi Andrew
I think it's critical that you develop a solid working relationship with
the city's Building Inspector.  Their department would be the final sign
off for any conditions with the building permit. Wareham gives the Town
Clerk and the Building Inspector the Order of Conditions for any
Certificate of Appropriateness  involving properties that fall under the
purview of the Commission. The more information the Inspector's office
has,such as your revised rules and regulations, maps, or information on
previous projects,  the better/ easier the process
Wishing you well
Nan Miller
Wareham

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 8:53 AM, Andrew Shveda <ashveda at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Worcester Historical Commission is currently working on revising and
> updating the rules and regulations pertaining to the three Local Historic
> Districts found in the city, Massachusetts Avenue, Montvale and Crown Hill.
> One item we have been struggling with is how to ascertain compliance with
> issued Certificates of Appropriateness. We currently have one dedicated
> Historic Preservationist on staff, and that is a new development which we
> are very grateful for. But asking this person to be responsible for
> compliance checks and fulfill all the other duties of the role is not
> possible. Especially since we will hopefully soon be reevaluating our
> Demolition Delay Bylaws and making some changes with regards to compliance
> as well.
>
> The question is, how to other communities' HC's and LHC's  handle
> compliance checks as well as penalties for failure to comply with the
> issued certificates?
>
> One idea that was passed around was to ask the applicant to submit a
> self-report form with a detailed narrative supported with photographic
> evidence describing how the specific points of the Certificate of
> Appropriateness was adhered to. We could then sign off on them either
> administratively or as a commission and then close out he application.
>
> If this where to be successful we would think about applying this to
> Demo-Delay applications as well since we see many more of those than
> Certificates of Appropriateness applications in LHD's.
>
>
> I would be grateful for any input on what your community does to enforce
> compliance and thoughts on this particular idea in general.
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Andrew Shveda, AIA NCARB
> Chairman
> Worcester Historical Commission
>
>
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