[Amended 10-12-2010]
To promote the educational, cultural, economic and general welfare
of the public through the preservation and protection of the distinctive
characteristics of buildings and places associated with the history
of or indicative of a period of style of architecture of the Unionville
section of the Town of Farmington, State of Connecticut and the United
States of America and through the development of appropriate settings
for such buildings and places, there is hereby established a set of
historic districts in Unionville as well as a number of historic properties
both of which are more particularly bounded and described as follows:
A. The Cottage Street Historic District runs along Cottage Street, encompassing
contiguous buildings numbered 42, 43, 45, and 48. At the north end
of the street, the district encompasses Lion's Park (lot #8A) and
north and south of that, Suburban Park (lot #45), the canal bed (lot
#62) and Brook's Common (lot #6C). From the western boundaries of
Lion's Park and Suburban Park, the district runs further west to encompass
Hillside Cemetery (lot #99), Tunxis Hose Firehouse (lot #3), and the
lot at the corner of Farmington Avenue and Lovely Street (lot #2).
The district ends at Route 177 (Lovely Street).
B. The Avenue Historic District encompasses the northern property line
of 1774 Farmington Avenue, the western property lines of 1774 and
1773 Farmington Avenue, along the northern bank of the Farmington
River and the eastern property lines of 1773 and 1774 Farmington Avenue.
C. The Merriman Street Historic District runs along Merriman Street,
the eastern property line of 38 Merriman Street, the southern property
lines of 38 and 30 Merriman Street and the western property line of
30 Merriman Street.
D. The Lovely-Main Historic District runs along Lovely Street, the eastern
property lines of 111 and 99 Lovely Street, the southern property
line of 99 Lovely Street, the eastern property line of 120 Main Street,
the southern property line of 120 Main Street, the western property
line of 120 Main Street (the Main Street frontage), the northern property
line of 120 Main Street, the western property lines of 99 and 111
Lovely Street, and the northern property line of 111 Lovely Street.
Cross to the east side of Lovely Street, along the frontage of 126
Lovely Street, to the southwest corner of 132 Lovely Street, along
the southern property line of 132 Lovely Street, the eastern property
line of 132 Lovely Street, the northern property line of 132 Lovely
Street, and the western property line of 132 Lovely Street.
[Amended 7-13-2021]
E. The Main Street West Historic District runs along Main Street, the
western property line of 206 Main Street, the northern property lines
of 206 and 198 Main Street and then along Bidwell Square.
F. The Clover Pinney Park Historic District runs along Elm Street, the
northern property line of 20-22 Maple Avenue, the eastern property
line of 20-22 Maple Avenue, the eastern and southern property lines
of Clover Pinney Park, the southern and western property lines of
28 Elm Street, the western property line of 52-56 Maple Avenue, the
northern property line of 52-56 Maple Avenue, the northern property
line of 42-44 Maple Avenue, the eastern property line of 42-44 Maple
Avenue, the southern property line of 38 Maple Avenue, the western
property line of 20 Elm Street, the northern property line of 20 Elm
Street and closing on Elm Street.
[Amended 2-10-2015; 9-11-2018]
G. The School Street Historic District runs along the eastern, northern
and western property lines of 10 School Street, the westerly property
line of 23 School Street, the southerly property line of 23, and 15
School Street, and the easterly property line of 15 School Street.
H. The Farmington River Historic District runs along the northern property
line of 1761 Farmington Avenue, 1755 Farmington Avenue and Yodkins-Morin
Park, the eastern property line of Yodkins-Morin Park, the southern
property line of Yodkins-Morin Park, 1755 Farmington Avenue and 1761
Farmington Avenue, bordering the Farmington River, and the western
property line of 1761 Farmington Avenue.
[Added 2-10-2015; 9-11-2018]
O. 169 Lovely Street.
[Added 2-10-2015]
P. 10 Walnut Street.
[Added 2-10-2015]
Q. 230 Main Street.
[Added 9-11-2018]
R. 796 Plainville
Avenue.
[Added 7-13-2021]
Terms within this chapter are to be defined
in accordance with General Statutes of the State of Connecticut, § 7-147a
et seq.
The Unionville Historic District and Properties
Commission shall have powers and perform such functions and shall
be subject to such limitations as shall, from time to time, be provided
by General Statutes of the State of Connecticut, § 7-147a
et seq.
The Commission shall fix the time and place
of its regular meetings and provide a method for calling special meetings.
The presence of four members shall constitute a quorum, and no resolution
or vote, except a vote to adjourn or fix the time and place of its
next meeting, shall be adopted by less than three affirmative votes.
Where, by reason of topographical conditions,
district borderline situations or because of other unusual circumstances
solely with respect to a certain parcel of land and not affecting
generally the district in which it is situated, the strict application
of any provision of C.G.S. §§ 7-147a to 7-147y, inclusive,
as amended, would result in exceptional practical difficulty or undue
hardship upon the owner of any specific property, the Commission,
in passing upon applications, shall have the power to vary or modify
strict adherence to said sections or to interpret the meaning of said
sections so as to relieve such difficulty or hardship, provided that
such variance, modification or interpretation shall remain in harmony
with the general purpose and intent of said sections so that the general
character of the district shall be conserved and substantial justice
done or, as to an historic property, the historic and architectural
aspects of the historic property conserved. In granting variations,
the Commission may impose such reasonable and additional stipulations
and conditions as will, in its judgment, better fulfill the purposes
of said sections. In addition to the filing required by Subsection
(b) of C.G.S. § 7-147e or 7-147v, the Commission shall,
for each variation granted, place upon its records and in the notice
to the applicant the reason for its determinations.
Any person or persons severally or jointly aggrieved
by any decision of the Historic District Commission or of any officer
thereof may, within 15 days from the date when such decision was rendered,
take an appeal to the Superior Court for the judicial district of
Hartford/New Britain at Hartford, which appeal shall be made returnable
to such Court in the same manner as that prescribed for other civil
actions brought to such Court. Notice of such appeal shall be given
by leaving a true and attested copy thereof in the hands of or at
the usual place of abode of the Chairman or Clerk of the Commission
within 12 days before the return day to which such appeal has been
taken. Procedure upon such appeal shall be the same as that defined
in C.G.S. § 8-8, as amended.
[Amended 10-12-2010; 2-10-2015; 9-11-2018; 7-13-2021]
The boundaries of the Unionville Historic Districts and historic
properties shall be shown on a map captioned "Unionville Historic
Districts and Historic Properties, Farmington, Connecticut," dated
August 2021.