[MassHistPres] Demo Delays

[Roughan, Michael]

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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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


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From: Roughan, Michael <Michael.Roughan at hdrinc.com<mailto:Michael.Roughan at hdrinc.com>>
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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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