[MassHistPres] Land transfer out of Historic District

[Dennis De Witt]

Tom

LHD boundaries are recorded.  You should consult your town counsel but I assume splitting the lot does not remove that part of it from the LHD.

There are LHDs whose boundaries do not follows lot lines.  For instance with very deep rural lots you might sometimes see the LHD boundary set at x-hundred feet from the street.  Brookline has an LHD whose boundary is partially set by the Brookline-Newton line, even though a few properties extend over it.  The part in Brookline is reviewable.

I think you’ll be told the developer would then have an expanded lot partly in the LHD with that part subject to review.

Dennis De Witt
Brookline

> On Nov 16, 2020, at 1:08 PM, THOMAS KRAUS <tkraus at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> It is a Local Historic District.  Please copy everyone on your reply.
> 
> Tom Kraus
> Natural Path Landscaping, LLC
> 508-479-2436
> www.NaturalPathLandscaping.com <http://www.naturalpathlandscaping.com/>
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Nov 16, 2020, at 12:33 PM, Dennis De Witt <abtdewitt at rcn.com <mailto:abtdewitt at rcn.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Is it an LHD?  Or NRD?
>> 
>> Dennis De Witt
>> Brookline
>> 
>>> On Nov 13, 2020, at 8:35 PM, THOMAS KRAUS <tkraus at verizon.net <mailto:tkraus at verizon.net>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> A developer is about to purchase a home in our Historic District and it associated lot behind this home..  Presently most of this small lot is grass covered and part of the HD home’s backyard.   
>>> 
>>> The developer intends to transfer land from the lot with the home in the HD to the lot behind  so he can construct a duplex on this lot which is too small by itself to support a duplex.
>>> 
>>> Needless to say, the large duplex in close proximity would completely change the character of the Historic District in general and eliminate most of the HD home’s backyard.
>>> 
>>> Does a Historic District have the power to stop this land transfer out of the HD?  Does anyone have any experience in stopping such a transfer?
>>> 
>>> Tom Kraus
>>> Foxborough Historic District Commission
>>> 508-479-2436
>>> 
>>> 
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