Group to Draft New Demolition Delay Bylaw
22.05.12
An article on the spring Town Meeting warrant with a history dating back to November may be removed from the warrant so a new bylaw can be written that affects certain properties in town – and, ultimately, their possible demolition.
Erin Calvo-Bacci, owner of The Chocolate Truffle on Main Street, proposed to add an appeal to the Board of Selectmen to the town’s demolition delay bylaw, for structures that the local Historical Commission deems potentially historically significant.
Calvo-Bacci agreed at the selectmen’s meeting Tuesday to postpone the article to November Town Meeting so a new bylaw could be written, instead of amending what a number of town officials at the meeting described as an already-confusing bylaw. The process of adding properties to a list of potentially significant structures is not clear and concise and lacks guidelines, according to the warrant article background.
Two members of the Board of Selectmen and the Historical Commission, which administers the bylaw and Calvo-Bacci will work to write a new bylaw, according to Tuesday’s discussion.
Source: Patch.com