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Historic district commission recommends that planning board not support ballot petition to remove two parcels
Summary
After neighbor testimony and an extended discussion, the Historic District Commission voted to recommend the planning board not support a citizens’ petition to remove two parcels on Wallace Road from the district; the motion passed with four voting to recommend non-support and one abstention.
The Bedford Historic District Commission voted Jan. 6 to recommend that the planning board not support a citizens’ petition to remove 320 and 324 Wallace Road from the town’s historic district.
Kathleen Bemis, the town council representative present, read the petition language during the meeting; the petition seeks to exclude two newer homes at the outer edge of the district. Commissioners and neighbors debated whether removing the parcels — which petitioners described as having ‘‘zero historical significance’’ — would set an undesirable precedent that could erode the…
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