[MassHistPres] Demo Delays

[Blever3043]

The caveat we put in was NR eligibility as determined by MHC.  This meant that an objective third party (MHC) not the Newton Commission itself made the determination.  There was some political push back to having the Newton Historical Commission decide to put on the extra six months where eligibility was concerned.  When used, it means the Commission or more likely staff can contact the MHC with an updated B form and seek an eligibility opinion.  Unlike individual NR listing, a property owner's permission is not needed to seek an eligibility opinion. 
This goes hand in hand with the importance of having a good up to date survey of historic properties.  We did these changes along with applying for Survey and Planning grants to go back and reevaluate properties with outdated documentation and to seek out undocumented properties of significance.  The ordinance is online at Chapter 22.  
Brian LeverMedford


-----Original Message-----
From: Roughan, Michael <Michael.Roughan at hdrinc.com>
To: Blever3043 <blever3043 at aol.com>; masshistpres at cs.umb.edu <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Cc: Dennis De Witt <djd184 at verizon.net>
Sent: Tue, Jan 15, 2019 9:36 am
Subject: RE: [MassHistPres] Demo Delays

#yiv0058901566 #yiv0058901566 -- _filtered #yiv0058901566 {panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv0058901566 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv0058901566 {panose-1:2 11 10 4 2 1 2 2 2 4;} #yiv0058901566 #yiv0058901566 p.yiv0058901566MsoNormal, #yiv0058901566 li.yiv0058901566MsoNormal, #yiv0058901566 div.yiv0058901566MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;} #yiv0058901566 a:link, #yiv0058901566 span.yiv0058901566MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv0058901566 a:visited, #yiv0058901566 span.yiv0058901566MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv0058901566 p.yiv0058901566msonormal, #yiv0058901566 li.yiv0058901566msonormal, #yiv0058901566 div.yiv0058901566msonormal {margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;} #yiv0058901566 p.yiv0058901566msochpdefault, #yiv0058901566 li.yiv0058901566msochpdefault, #yiv0058901566 div.yiv0058901566msochpdefault {margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;} #yiv0058901566 span.yiv0058901566msohyperlink {} #yiv0058901566 span.yiv0058901566msohyperlinkfollowed {} #yiv0058901566 span.yiv0058901566emailstyle17 {} #yiv0058901566 p.yiv0058901566msonormal1, #yiv0058901566 li.yiv0058901566msonormal1, #yiv0058901566 div.yiv0058901566msonormal1 {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;} #yiv0058901566 span.yiv0058901566msohyperlink1 {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv0058901566 span.yiv0058901566msohyperlinkfollowed1 {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv0058901566 span.yiv0058901566emailstyle171 {font-family:sans-serif;color:windowtext;} #yiv0058901566 p.yiv0058901566msochpdefault1, #yiv0058901566 li.yiv0058901566msochpdefault1, #yiv0058901566 div.yiv0058901566msochpdefault1 {margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;} #yiv0058901566 span.yiv0058901566EmailStyle27 {font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;} #yiv0058901566 .yiv0058901566MsoChpDefault {font-family:sans-serif;} _filtered #yiv0058901566 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} #yiv0058901566 div.yiv0058901566WordSection1 {} #yiv0058901566 Brian,    Thanks for the information. Both Medford and Brookline have similar NR-eligible criteria for the extended delay. I believe this is appropriate for Hopkinton as well and intend to write this into the proposed bylaw. Is there a definitive statement on NR-eligibility that I can use?    ….Mike    Michael Roughan,AIA, EDAC, LEED AP, ACHA 
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    From: Blever3043 [mailto:blever3043 at aol.com]
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 3:27 PM
To: Roughan, Michael <Michael.Roughan at hdrinc.com>; masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Demo Delays    Mike,    I worked on extending Newton's to 18 months while on staff there.  I found that we needed a trade off.  We took it to 18 months for buildings listed or eligible for listing (as determined by MHC) on the National Register.  Asking for every building determined preferably preserved was not going to fly.  We also loosened up the standards for partial demo allowing smaller projects to move forward without review.  The theme was catching the bigger and more important fish and letting the smaller ones go.  It still took months but did pass.    Brian Lever Medford 


 -----Original Message-----
From: Roughan, Michael <Michael.Roughan at hdrinc.com>
To: Mass Historic List Serve (masshistpres at cs.umb.edu) <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Mon, Jan 14, 2019 3:08 pm
Subject: [MassHistPres] Demo Delays Thanks to the counsel of Dennis De Witt and Gretchen Schuler, the Hopkinton Historical Commission is looking to extend our Demo Delay from 6 months to 18 months. The rationale is 18 months is sufficient time to create a single structure Historic District, if that is the course Town Meeting wished to take. We have one significant property that the applicant has submitted a demolition application for, the Davis House. This structure was built in 1794 and has a long list of events that occurred on the property.   Does anyone have any information they have prepared for their Town Meeting to support a Demo Delay? What I was thinking is a list of questions i.e. Why extend the demo delay? How will it affect my property? Etc. or stories about properties lost.   Also is there a list anywhere of the Ma. towns with their current demo delay length?   Regards,   ….Mike   Michael Roughan,AIA, EDAC, LEED AP, ACHA Chairman - Hopkinton Historical Commission   Town of Hopkinton 18 Main Street Hopkinton, MA 01748 
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