[MassHistPres] Demolition delay success?

[Dennis De Witt]

Brookline's first demo delay case saved the Coolidge Corner Theater — with a combination of luck, enormous community advocacy, and a white knight.  There are no other commercial examples of note because developers time out the delay — although Brookline has planning board design review for many projects, which is getting much better.

Demo delay has played a role on the creation of six of our nine LHDs by allowing the neighborhood time to organize a process to petition for one — two LHDs preceded it and one was a single property owner initiated.

Non-NR properties are delayed 12 months.  NR properties are delayed 18 months.  

Demo delay covers many partial demolitions.  Those often lead to mitigation through negotiated design review.

Dennis De Witt
Brookline



> On Sep 25, 2023, at 1:15 PM, Courtney Meyer via MassHistPres <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Our Historical Commission is considering instituting a demolition delay bylaw. Does anyone have success stories in buildings they've saved as a result of a demolition delay? Or any pros/cons folks would like to share about the process?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Courtney Meyer
> Hadley Historical Commission
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