[Adopted 12-20-1999]
An Historic District Commission is hereby established in accordance with C.G.S. §§ 7-147a through 7-147k, as they may be amended from time to time.
The Historic District Commission shall consist of five members and three alternates who shall be electors of the Town of Bethlehem, holding no salaried municipal office. If persons living in the Historic District are willing to serve on the Commission, at least one of the five members of said Commission and one alternate shall be a resident living in the district.
The members and alternates shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen for terms of five years.
Historic District No. 1 will consist of certain properties on Main Street North, Main Street South, East Street, Munger Lane and The Green commencing at the northern extremity of 9 Main Street North (Bellamy-Ferriday House) on the west side of Main Street North. (It also includes the property on Munger Lane which is part of the Bellamy-Ferriday property, 21 Munger Lane.) It shall encompass the properties on the east side of Main Street North at 4 Main Street North (Museum, old Town office building) on the north side of the street and extend eastward on East Street to include 15 East Street and on the south side of the street, 18 East Street. The district extends from the intersection of State Routes 61 and 132 southward on the east side of the street to 29 Main Street South (First Church minister's residence) and on the west side of the street to 36 Main Street South (Town Hall) and includes the property on The Green (4 and 10 The Green).
[Amended 9-3-2015]
A. 
The Historic District Commission is empowered to act in accordance with C.G.S. §§ 7-147a through 7-147k, as they may be amended from time to time, and may draft rules, regulations and procedures by which its business will be conducted. Meeting minutes, and any rules, regulations and procedures instituted by the Historic District Commission, shall be on file in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with state statutes.
B. 
The Historic District Commission is authorized to oversee the Bethlehem Town Green, including the maintenance and use of the Town Green, the placement and care of monuments, structures, temporary displays, signs, plantings and trees, and all other matters concerning the Town Green, and to adopt rules and regulations with respect thereto subject to approval of the Board of Selectmen.
The Board of Selectmen is designated as the Commission's enforcement officer. Enforcement will be processed in the Litchfield Superior Court.