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Rev. 04/2014Page 1 of 4Form 8
Form 8 - Additional Information Required for the Approval of
Historic District By-Laws Adopted Pursuant to G.L. c. 40C, § 3
1
Date Town Meeting Convened:
Town:
FORM 8
This Form 8 is to be used when submitting to the Attorney General for approval the adoption or amendment of historic
district by-laws. Where more than one amendment is proposed, you must submit a separate copy of this Form 8 for each
amendment unless the information asked for is the same for all amendments.
Section 1
Section 1, Town Meeting Action.
A.) Town Meeting voted under Article(s)
Check one, follow corresponding direction:
To establish an historic district (complete Sections 1 & 2 only)
To enlarge historic district boundaries (complete Sections 1 & 2 only)
To reduce historic district boundaries (complete Sections 1 & 2 only)
To create an additional historic district (complete Sections 1 & 2 only)
To amend an historic district by-law (complete Sections 1 & 3 only)
B.) The buildings, structures or sites to be included in the proposed historic district may consist of one or more parcels or
lots of land, or one or more buildings or structures on one or more parcels or lots of land. Does the by-law specify
buildings, structures or sites to be included in the district?
Yes No
1
Historic District By-laws are authorized by statute “…to promote the educational, cultural, economic and general welfare of the public through the
preservation and protection of the distinctive characteristics of buildings and places significant in the history of the commonwealth and its cities and
towns or their architecture, and through the maintenance and improvement of settings for such buildings and places and the encouragement of design
compatible therewith." [G.L. c. 40C, § 3]
C.) A two-thirds vote was determined:
By a counted vote
By declaration of the Moderator pursuant to the provisions of G.L. c. 39, § 15, as amended.
(Note: “yes” votes = , “no” votes =
)
If the two-thirds vote was declared by the Moderator, please attach a certified copy of either (i) the vote taken at this
town meeting so authorizing, or (ii) a copy of the by-law provision so authorizing.
[Attachment #1, Copy of Vote or Copy of By-Law Provision]
Rev. 04/2014Page 2 of 4Form 8
Section 2
FORM 8
Section 2. Procedures applicable to (1) the establishment of a new historic district, (2) the enlargement or
reduction of an existing historic district, and (3) the creation of an additional historic district.
A.) Investigation and Report. Prior to the establishment, enlargement, or reduction of an historic district, or the
creation of an additional historic district, an investigation and report on the historical and architectural significance
of the buildings, structures or sites to be included in the proposed historic district or districts shall be made by an
Historic District Study Committee or by an Historic District Commission. The Committee or Commission is required
to transmit copies of the report to both the Planning Board and to the Massachusetts Historical Commission for their
respective consideration and recommendations.
2
2
In the case of an enlargement or reduction of an existing historic district, the investigation and report shall be by the Historic District
Commission having jurisdiction over that district, instead of a Study Committee. In the case of the creation of an additional historic district, the
investigation and report shall be by the Historic District Commission of the town (or by the Historic District Commissions acting jointly if there be
more than one) instead of by a Study Committee unless the Commission(s) recommend otherwise.
3
The hearing shall be not less than sixty (60) days from the date on which the report was transmitted to the Planning Board and to the
Massachusetts Historical Commission as set forth in Section 2(A)(3)(a)&(b) above.
1.) The investigation and report was made by (check one):
The Historic District Commission; or
A Historic District Study Committee.
2.) Date of the report
3.) A copy of the report was transmitted:
To the Planning Board on (date)
and;
To the Massachusetts Historical Commission on (date)
Please attach a copy of the report to this form. [Attachment #2, Copy of the report]
B.) Public Hearing. Not less than sixty (60) days after the transmittal of its report to the Planning Board and to the
Massachusetts Historical Commission, the Commission (or Committee) shall hold a public hearing on the report after
due notice has been given at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date thereof, which shall include a written notice
mailed postage prepaid, to the owners as they appear on the most recent real estate tax list of the board of assessors
of all properties to be included in such district or districts.
1.) A public hearing on the report was held by the Commission (or Committee) on:
3
Date
2.) Written notice of the public hearing was mailed postage prepaid to the owners as they appear on the most recent
real estate tax list of the board of assessors of all properties to be included in any new, enlarged, or additional
historic district, and in the case of a reduction to an existing district, to the owners of each property in the district.
Written notice was mailed to property owners on
Date
Rev. 04/2014Page 3 of 4Form 8
FORM 8
C.) Final Report, Map, Draft of Proposed By-law. The Commission (or Committee) shall submit to the Town Meeting
a final report with its recommendations, together with a map and a draft of the proposed by-law or amendments
thereto.
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
1.) Did the Commission (or Committee) submit a final report with recommendations to Town Meeting (check one)?
2.) Did the Commission (or Committee) submit a map of the proposed district to Town Meeting (check one)?
If yes, please attach a copy of this final report. [Attachment #3, Final Report]
If yes, please attach a copy of this map. [Attachment #4, Map of Proposed District]
3.) Did the Commission (or Committee) submit to Town Meeting a copy of the proposed by-law or amendments
thereto (check one)
If yes, please attach a copy of the proposed by-law or amendments.
[Attachment #5, Proposed By-Law or Amendment}
Section 3. Procedures Applicable to the Amendment of an Existing Historic District By-Law.
An Historic District By-Law may, from time to time, be amended in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of
G.L. c.40C by a two-thirds vote of Town Meeting, provided that the substance of such amendment has first been
submitted to the Historic District Commission having jurisdiction over that district for its recommendation and its
recommendation has been received by Town Meeting or sixty (60) days have elapsed without such recommendation.
Section 3
A.) The substance of the proposed amendment was submitted by to the Historic
District Commission having jurisdiction of the district.
Date
Please attach a copy of the Notice to Commission Setting Forth the Substance of Proposed Amendment.
[Attachment # 6, Notice to Commission Setting Forth the Substance of Proposed Amendment]
B.) Please check one:
The Historic District Commission submitted to Town Meeting its
recommendation on the proposed amendment;
More than sixty (60) days have elapsed without recommendations
from the Historic District Commission to Town Meeting
Date
OR
Note 1: Filing with the Town Clerk and Recording in the Registry of Deeds. G.L. c. 40C, § 3, provides in pertinent
part that no ordinance or by-law creating an historic district, or changing the boundaries of an historic district, shall
become effective until a map or maps setting forth the boundaries of the historic district, or the change in the boundaries
thereof, has been filed with the town clerk and has been recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district in
which the town is located, and the provisions of section 13A of chapter 36 shall not apply.
Note 2: Filing with Massachusetts Historical Commission. G.L. c. 40C, § 15, provides in pertinent part that all by-
laws creating an historic district adopted by a town under authority of Chapter 40C and under authority of any special law
- unless the special law shall otherwise provide - amendments thereto, maps of historic district created thereunder, and
annual reports and other publications of commissions, and rosters of membership therein, shall be filed with the
Massachusetts Historical Commission.
Rev. 04/2014Page 4 of 4Form 8
FORM 8
Attachments Checklist. When completing this form, ensure that you have including all appropriate attachments, as
referenced throughout this form by the numbers listed below. Please check those Attachments that you have included:
Date SignedPrinted Name of Town ClerkSignature of Town Clerk
Certification
I certify the above declaration to be true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
#1 Copy of Vote or Copy of By-Law Provision
#2 Copy of the report
#3 Final Report
#4 Map of Proposed District
#5 Proposed By-Law or Amendment
#6 Notice to Commission Setting Forth the Substance of Proposed Amendment
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