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HDC allows one visible roof plane to be painted flat black for solar, contingent on easement concurrence
Summary
The commission agreed to allow a flat-black paint application on a visible roof plane to help rooftop solar blend visually, but emphasized the property’s preservation easement and asked for concurrence from the easement holder; the decision was conditional and narrowly scoped.
The Nantucket Historic District Commission on March 10 approved, by voice vote, a limited color-change request allowing a visible roof plane on a contributing structure to be painted flat black so rooftop solar panels will blend with the roof. The approval was explicitly tied to the property’s preservation-easement conditions and the applicant’s representation that the easement holder (NPT) was amenable.
Tobias, the applicant’s agent, said the paint is intended to make panels less visually…
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