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Adjourned Session —1999 Annual Town Meeting March 22, 1999 4.4.2 HISTORIC ELIGIBILITY DEFINED: a. Any historic element, as defined below, may qualify for eligibility under paragraph 4.4.2, Historic Preservation Incentives, if it is included on any of the following lists or surveys: 1) National Register Of Historic Places 2) State (Commonwealth Of Massachusetts) Register Of Historic Places 3) Inclusion by the Lexington Historical Commission in its Comprehensive Cultural Resources Survey, or identification by that Commission of historic and /or architectural significance and thereby potential inclusion in the Comprehensive Cultural Resources Survey. 4) Pending nominations in good standing to the National or State Registers b. Primary Qualifying Elements shall include the following: buildings, and other structures and outbuildings located on the property. c. Secondary Qualifying Elements shall include the following: sites and settings, objects, monuments, trees or any element of historical, architectural and /or cultural significance which indicates their contributory value in establishing historical context. d. Priority in granting special permits under these historic preservation incentives shall, in all cases, be placed upon keeping buildings and structures in place, rather than moving them to other locations, provided that the existing siting can be shown to represent valid historical setting and context. Moving of buildings, structures and elements to other locations shall be considered only if no other preservation measures are practical or reasonable on the existing site, or if the proposed removal is to return a building, structure or element to an original or more historically accurate location. The SPGA shall determine the validity of any such requests. 4.4.3 SPECIAL PERMIT AUTHORIZED: The Board of Appeals, or the Planning Board where it is authorized to be the special permit granting authority (SPGA), may grant a special permit to authorize actions that would otherwise not comply with the provisions of this By -Law and that would allow the renovation, repair, adaptive reuse or, in limited instances, removal, of historic or architecturally significant buildings. a. The following uses, identified by the line in which they appear in Section 4.2 ofthis By -Law, that are not usually permitted in the districts identified below, may be allowed in those districts, provided the SPGA makes the findings listed in 4.4.4.: 1.1.13 Residential /Institutional/Agricultural Uses; the conversion of single- family to two - family residences in the RD, CB and CLO districts. 2.1.14 the conversion of single - family residences to congregate living facilities in the CB and CLO districts. 3.1.187 the conversion of municipal buildings to residential use in the RM, CB and CLO districts. 4.1.21 the creation of Rooming Units in the CB, CLO and CN districts. 5.1.22 the creation of Accessory Apartments in single - family residences in the CB and CLO districts. 6.1.23 the creation of Bed and Breakfast Homes in the RT, RM, RD, CN, CB, and CLO districts. 7.1.24 General Home Occupation Uses with a maximum of one (1) employee other than an owner occupant and with a maximum of 4 customers per hour, as an average during the course of the business day, in all districts. 8.1.25 Professional Office Home Occupation Uses with a maximum of one (1) employee other than an owner occupant, in all districts. 9.6.14 Office Uses, Professional Services, in CN districts. 10. 6.15 Advertising/Editing, in CN and CB districts. 11. 6.16 Employment Agency and similar uses, in CN districts.