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Town of Barnstable Local Historic Districts
Barnstable Historical Commission Procedures
Chapter 112 Historic Properties
Demolition
▪Any act of destroying, eliminating, pulling down, razing or removing a building or any
portion thereof, or starting the work of any such act with the intention of completing the
same.
▪A partial demolition includes widening of a window but does not include replacement of a
window within the same opening
Demolition Purview
Procedures
Procedures
Initial Determination
▪The Commission Chair or Chair's designee, in consultation with the Planning and
Development Department Staff, shall, within 21 business days of the filing of the notice of
intent, file with the Town Clerk an initial determination, in writing, as to whether or not the
building is a significant building in accordance with any criterion set forth in §112-2,
definition of "significant building,” Subsections A and B.
Significant Building
A.It is importantly associated with one or more historic persons or events, or with the broad
architectural, cultural, political, economic or social history of the Town or the
Commonwealth; or
B.It is historically or architecturally important (in terms of period, style, method of building
construction, or association with a famous architect or builder) either by itself or in the
context of a group of buildings.
Significant Building
A.It is importantly associated with one or more historic persons or events, or with the broad
architectural, cultural, political, economic or social history of the Town or the
Commonwealth; or
B.It is historically or architecturally important (in terms of period, style, method of building
construction, or association with a famous architect or builder) either by itself or in the
context of a group of buildings.
Notice of Public Hearing
▪Legal Ad in local newspaper
▪Abutters notice to all property owners within 300 feet of the subject property
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