2016 Bylaw creating NCD - 2016 ATM Article 29

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Study Committee - rhe group of five people appointed to review, recommend or reject a Petition to create ;in NCI), Lis described in Section 3(c), or amend an existing NCD, as contemplated in Section 3{0. Temporary Structures — structures which have no permanent foundation, and are intended to remain o a property only for a brief period of time, not to exceed 60 days. 3. DESIGNATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICTS (a) To be considered for designation as an NCI), a neighborhood must satisfy the following criteria: The proposed NCD Area as a whole constitules a recogniiahIe neighborhood which has a distinctive character, cm/ (ii) the proposed NCI.) Area contains Buildings, Structures, or Settings that are significant to the architectural, aesthetic., cultural, economic or social history of Lexington: or On) the proposed NCI) Area has generally cohesive features, such as the scale, size, type of construction, materials, or style- or age of its Buildings and Structures, or its land use patterns and landscaping. (h) 'The designation of an NCD shall be initiated by Petition of neighborhood Property Owners, submitted to the Historical Commission and containing signatures of at least 10 Property Owners electing to be included in the proposed NCD Area, one signature per property, which petition shall also -include: (j) a general statement of the architectural, aesthetic, cultural, economic, social or historic qualities of the proposed NCD Area which make it appropriate for NCD designation, w. (h) a description of the cohesiveness of the proposed NCD Area in terms of scale, size, type of construction, materials or style or age of its Buildings and Structures, or its land use patterns and landscaping: cuid. (in) a preliminary map of the proposed NCD Area, and (iv) a general outline of the scope of the Regulations and Guidelines that would be proposed for the NCD. (c) Upon receipt of a Petition for NCD designation, the I:historical Commission shall within 30 days hold a public, hearing, notiring all Property Owners in the proposed NCI) Area and all property o\vners -within I 00 feet of the proposed NCD Area, at the address for such owners as listed in the then current real estate tax list of the Board of Assessors. Following such public hearing, the fiistorical Commission, by majority Vote, shall determine whether the proposed NCD would be appropriate under the criteria set forth in Section 3(a). lf the Historical Commission determines that an NCD would he appropriate, it shall convene a Study Committee to invest.igale and prepare a Re-port on the appropriateness of such a designation for the proposed NCD Area, The Study Committee shall consist of five members, of which one shall be a designee of the Planning Board; one shall be a designee of the Historical Commission, and three