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Regulatory Authority: Devens Enterprise Commission
Agency Contact: Peter C. Lowitt
Phone: 978.772.8831 ext 3313
Address: 33 Andrews Parkway, Devens, MA 01434
Massachusetts Register Number 1211
Effective Date: June 2012

974 CMR 7.00 HISTORIC DISTRICT

7.02: Applicability

  1. The historic district is shown on a map dated September 10, 2002, produced by MassDevelopment Engineering and attached as 974 CMR 7.09 figure 1.

  2. The DEC shall issue of Certificates of Appropriateness, Certificates of Non-applicability, or Certificates of Hardship for building alterations or new construction to all structures within the historic district except those structures listed in the Section 1.06 Programmatic Agreement between the Army and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. No building permit for construction of a building or structure or for alteration of an exterior architectural feature within an historic district and no demolition permit for demolition or removal of a building or structure within an historic district shall be issued until the Certificate of Appropriateness has been issued by the DEC. For any of the building or structure listed in the Programmatic Agreement, the actions of the SPO/MHC shall be deemed the Certificate of Appropriateness by the DEC.

  3. Level One/Level Two - Level One permits are approval of minor architectural modifications of a structure or building within an historic district. All other permits are Level Two.


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