Neighbors urge removal of large stone wall at 42 Chuck Hollow; HDC orders site visit after citing owner

The Nantucket Historic District Commission on Tuesday agreed to conduct a site visit after neighbors and abutters said a newly installed stone wall and household gate at 42 Chuck Hollow was constructed without HDC approval and is highly visible from the road and neighboring properties. Neighbors urged the commission to require removal and to enforce a prior cease-and-desist order.

Neighbors told the commission the 7-foot-plus stone wall, capped with bluestone and topped with ornate timber and latticework in some sections, is not a modest retaining wall but a fully visible decorative wall that “dominates” the street view. Mike Levitt, speaking for abutters across the road, said the structure “significantly exceeds 4 feet” and that the owner continued construction after a cease-and-desist order…