[MassHistPres] Town of Amherst - regulating parking in a local historic district?

[Gretchen Schuler]

In order to remove parking areas from review you would have had to
exclude/exempt them in accordance with Section 8 of MGL Chapter 40 C in
your ordinance/bylaw.  I'm pretty sure you have a 40 C district.  If you
want you can clarify but I'm pretty sure that as Charlie Sullivan said you
are covered right now!!
Gretchen Schuler
Wayland Historical Society
former chair of Wayland Historic District Commission

On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 8:13 AM Malloy, Nathaniel via MassHistPres <
masshistpres at cs.umb.edu> wrote:

> Thanks everyone for the comments.
>
> To clarify my earlier email, the Commission would like to review 'parking
> areas', which would become a defined term and would also be included as
> part of the definition of a structure, similar to walkways and driveways.
> For instance, a parking area could be defined as an 'improved impervious
> surface of 1,000 sq. ft. or larger'.  The Commission is not trying to
> regulate use but the parking area.  I realize that this may be a stretch
> and am curious if any community has also looked into this topic.
>
> Thanks so much.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Nathaniel Malloy
>
> Senior Planner
>
> Town of Amherst
>
> 413-259-3040
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> *From:* MassHistPres <masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu> on behalf of
> Malloy, Nathaniel via MassHistPres <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 12, 2023 1:51 PM
> *To:* masshistpres at cs.umb.edu <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
> *Subject:* [MassHistPres] Town of Amherst - regulating parking in a local
> historic district?
>
>
> All,
>
>
>
> The Town’s Historic District Commission is interested in regulating
> parking in the two local historic districts.  The reason is that we have
> such a strong demand for housing from the off-campus college students that
> a ‘typical’ residential property also accommodates more vehicles than
> expected.
>
>
>
> Are there examples from other Local Historic Districts were parking is
> subject to review?  Thanks so much.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Nathaniel Malloy
>
> Senior Planner
>
> Town of Amherst
>
> 4 Boltwood Ave.
>
> Amherst, MA  01002
>
> P: 413-259-3322
>
> F: 413-259-2402
>
>
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