[MassHistPres] Demolition delay ordinances - running with specific properties

[franksmalabar at gmail.com]

Hi,

 

2003 …2022…time to try again…get your nose under the tent….a modest Demo Delay, say 3 to 6 months and specially ties to Historically Significant properties…with a good PR campaign may have a chance at your Town Meeting ….( I assume Town meeting form of Government ). I am sure MHC can help with information on the process.

 

In Chatham, we have 18 months….demo delay to all properties over 75 years old and determined by the Historical Commission tom be “Historically Significant”….as we are on Cape Cod, we have additional protection for National Register properties and National Register properties, as part of the Cape Cod Commission act…

 

Good luck..

 

Frank Messina

 

Chair, Chatham Historical Commission

 

From: MassHistPres <masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu> On Behalf Of Joe Bourneuf
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 10:25 AM
To: Sandra Fawn <sandrafawn at gmail.com>
Cc: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Demolition delay ordinances - running with specific properties

 

Ipswich’s Demo Delay Bylaw attaches to the property, and covers any structure except those within our Architectural Preservation District, which are governed by a separate Commission.

 

Joe Bourneuf 

Chair, Ipswich Historical Commission 

 

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 12:58 PM Sandra Fawn <sandrafawn at gmail.com <mailto:sandrafawn at gmail.com> > wrote:

Hello everyone,

 

Our town, Orange, does not have a demolition delay ordinance and I was told by the town clerk that a demo delay article was "overwhelmingly voted down" in 2003. 

The Historical Commission would like to prepare a new article for demo delay and the thought is to have it specific to town-owned properties. The reason for this is that the Town has demolished several town-owned properties in the recent past (wonderful historic properties!) and there was nothing the citizens or Historical Commission could do to delay or stop these demolitions.

In addition, if there was a demo delay ordinance specific to town-owned properties, then properties "taken" by the town that are of historical significance could be protected to some degree.

 

Questions - does anyone, any Town or City, have a demolition delay ordinance which is specific to certain areas of the town or to government-owned property?

We have a National Register District - does anyone have a demo delay ordinance that is specific to listed, National Register, properties? 

 

I appreciate any input.

 

Thank you,

 

Sandra Fawn, Chair

Orange Historical Commission

 

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