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Historic District Commission denies COA for Broadway property chimney removal, citing insufficient documentation

3069181 · April 21, 2025
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The Norwich Historic District Commission on April 16 denied a certificate of appropriateness for a Broadway property application that proposed removal of a chimney, saying the submission lacked necessary details about scope, structural assessment and finish work.

The Norwich Historic District Commission on April 16 denied a certificate of appropriateness for proposed work at a property on Broadway that included removal of a chimney, finding the application lacked sufficient information to evaluate the effect on the historic streetscape.

The commission's discussion focused on the application's two-line description, which read in the meeting transcript as "removal of chimney, too old and wet." Commissioners said the short description provided no contractor, structural report, plans for patching or finishing the roof and no explanation of whether the chimney…

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