[Adopted as Art. 18 of the Town Bylaws]
There is hereby established an Historic District Commission
under the provisions of the Historic Districts Act, MGL c. 40C, consisting
of five members, and three alternate members, appointed by the Select
Board members, including one member, where possible, from two nominees
submitted by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities,
one member, where possible, from two nominees, one of whom shall be
submitted by the Massachusetts State Chapter of the American Institute
of Architects, and one of whom shall be submitted by the Boston Society
of Landscape Architects, and one member, where possible, from two
nominees of the Board of Realtors covering Sharon. One or more of
the foregoing shall be, where possible, a resident of an Historic
District established in Sharon pursuant to the Historic Districts
Act. When the Commission is first established, one member shall be
appointed for a term of one year, two shall be appointed for a term
of two years, and two shall be appointed in like manner for terms
of three years. When the Commission is first established, one alternate
member shall be appointed in like manner for a term of one year, one
alternate member shall be appointed for a term of two years, one alternate
member shall be appointed for a term of three years, and their successors
shall be appointed in like manner for terms of three years.
There is hereby established an Historic District under the provisions
of the Historic Districts Act, MGL c. 40C, bounded and described as
follows:
A. Historic
District No. 1: The land shown on a plan entitled "Proposed Sharon
Historic District" by John A. Newell A.I.A. & Associates, dated
September 27, 1969, filed in the office of the Town Clerk, and comprising
the parcels labeled on said plan "Unitarian Church," "Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur T. Morse," "First Congregational Church Parsonage," "Dr. Walter
A. Griffin Office," "Dennett House," "First Congregational Church"
and "Sharon Public Library," together with that part of North Main
Street and that part of High Street enclosed by the heavy line drawn
around the above premises on said plan.
B. Historic
District No 2: Buildings and property situated at 41 Bay Road, Sharon,
commonly known as "Cobb's Tavern." Said property is described and
bounded as follows: Beginning at a point marked by an iron pipe next
to a stone wall paralleling Bay Road and at the northeasterly junction
of the lot with Bay Road extending 212 feet southerly along Bay Road
to another iron pipe; thence westerly at an angle of 90 degrees, 09
minutes to Bay Road 168.04 feet to the property of the then John Lavezzo
and another iron pipe; thence northerly at an angle of 100 degrees,
20 minutes for a distance of 142.00 feet to another iron pipe; thence
easterly at an angle of 100 degrees, 07 minutes at a distance of 206.38
feet to the starting point on Bay Road. The property containing in
all 32,430 square feet, about 0.737 acre, shown on a Plan of Land
in Sharon, Mass. belonging to Clifford C. Best, dated September 30,
1947, and recorded at Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, Book 54-1948,
which conveyed the land to Frederic S. Tobey et ux attested January
22, 1948, by L. Thomas Shine, Register. The recorded conveyance from
Frederic S. Tobey to Chandler W. Jones is February 6, 1959, Book 3703,
Page 373.
C. Historic
District Number 3: The land shown on a plan entitled "Proposed Sharon
Historic District Three" by the Town of Sharon Department of Public
Works Engineering Division dated March 19, 2004, filed in the office
of the Town Clerk, and comprising the parcels labeled on said plan
"75 South Main Street (Charles R. Wilber School) and 21 South Pleasant
Street (Pleasant Street School and Kate Morrell Park)."
The Historic District Commission shall have all the powers and
duties of historic district commissions as provided by the Historic
Districts Act, MGL c. 40C.
The Historic District Commission shall adopt rules and regulations
for the conduct of its business not inconsistent with the provisions
of the Historic Districts Act, MGL c. 40C, and may, subject to appropriation,
employ clerical and technical assistants or consultants and may accept
money gifts and expend same for such purposes.
When taking action under the provisions of the second paragraph
of MGL c. 40C, § 7, the Historic District Commission shall
make a determination within 50 days after the filing of the application
for a certificate of appropriateness, or such further time as the
applicant may in writing allow.
In case any section, paragraph or part of this bylaw be for
any reason declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court of last
resort, every other section, paragraph or part shall continue in full
force and effect.
[Adopted as Art. 34 of the Town Bylaws]
This bylaw is enacted for the purpose of preserving and protecting
significant buildings within the Town which are outside local historic
districts and to encourage owners of such buildings to seek out persons
who might be willing to purchase, preserve, rehabilitate, or restore
such buildings rather than demolish them. To achieve these purposes,
the Sharon Historical Commission (the "Commission") is empowered to
advise the Building Inspector with respect to the issuance of permits
for demolition of significant buildings. The issuance of demolition
permits for significant buildings is regulated as provided in this
bylaw.
As used in this bylaw, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
BUILDINGS
Any combination of materials forming a shelter for persons,
animals, or property.
DEMOLITION
Any act of pulling down, destroying, removing, or razing
a building or any portion thereof, or commencing the work of total
or substantial destruction with the intent of completing the same.
SIGNIFICANT BUILDING
Any building or portion thereof which:
A.
In whole or in part was built 100 or more years prior to the
date of the application for the demolition permit or is of unknown
age; or
B.
Is listed on, or is within an area listed on, the National Register
of Historic Places, or is the subject of a pending application for
listing on said National Register; or
C.
Is included in the Cultural Resources Inventory prepared by
the Commission, including those buildings listed for which complete
surveys may be pending; or
D.
Has been determined by vote of the Commission to be historically
or architecturally significant in terms of period, style, method of
building construction, or association with a famous architect or builder,
provided that the owner of such a building and the Building Inspector
have been notified, in hand or by certified mail, within 10 days of
such vote.
If any section, paragraph, or part of this bylaw be for any
reason declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court, every other
section, paragraph, and part shall continue in full force and effect.