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Commissioners press applicant after renovation evolved into effective demolition at 115 Cliff Road
Summary
At the March 31 meeting the Historic District Commission flagged a case where an approved renovation appears to have been dismantled in the field, called for the applicant to supply all sequential submissions and minutes, and voted to hold the application while staff compiles the record.
The Nantucket Historic District Commission on March 31 asked the applicant for 115 Cliff Road to produce the full record after commissioners concluded the project in the field had progressed beyond the renovation shown in the paperwork.
Commissioners said the plans the applicant submitted and the drawings approved over several hearings indicated retaining much of the original fabric, but site photos and the applicant’s overlay drawings suggested only limited elements were left. “If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, it’s a duck,” the chair said,…
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