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Select Board upholds HDC demolition approval for 10 New Wales Street after extended appeal and public testimony
Summary
The Select Board on Monday denied an appeal by the Nantucket Preservation Trust and upheld the Historic District Commission's approval to demolish 10 New Wales Street.
The Select Board on Monday denied an appeal by the Nantucket Preservation Trust (NPT) and upheld the Historic District Commission's approval to demolish the brick structure at 10 New Wales Street.
The appeal alleged procedural errors and that the HDC acted arbitrarily and capriciously by failing to follow the demolition review steps described in the HDC guidebook Building with Nantucket in Mind and by not adequately determining whether the structure was "protected," "contributing," or "individually significant." NPT Executive Director Mary Bergman urged the board to vacate the HDC decision and remand the matter for a full public hearing that would…
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