[HISTORY: Adopted by the Old and Historic Marblehead Districts Commission of the Town of Marblehead 2-8-1973. Amendments noted where applicable.]
General Refrences
Old and historic districts — See Ch. 110.
Zoning — See Ch. 200.
The Old and Historic Marblehead Districts Commission on February 8, 1973, adopted the following rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 101 of the Acts of 1965[1] and of Chapter 110 of the Bylaws of the Town of Marblehead.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. A272, Art. II.
A. 
All applications for certificates of appropriateness shall be on a form approved by the Commission and shall be signed by the applicant or someone duly authorized in his behalf in accordance with these rules. Application forms may be obtained from the Town Clerk, the Building Commissioner or the Secretary of the Commission and shall be filed together with sketches, plans or other information required by these rules and regulations with the Town Clerk, Abbot Hall.
B. 
Each application must include a reasonable description of the work for which the certificate of appropriateness is requested, including the exterior architectural features of the building or structure or addition to be erected, reconstructed, altered, restored, moved or demolished, and including, wherever appropriate, the texture and material (shingles or clapboards, etc.), trim, gutters and leaders, windows and sash, doors and door frames, number of stories and roof pitch, and, in the case of a sign, a general description of the sign showing its size, wording, material, and, if lighting is proposed, a description of the lighting and in all cases any other information reasonably necessary to enable the Commission to visualize changes in exterior appearance which will result from the proposed work. It is not necessary to submit interior arrangements.
C. 
Sketches and scale plans or drawings showing exterior elevations and containing exact dimensions must be submitted in the case of major construction, reconstruction or alteration. In other cases, sketches, scale plans or drawings and photographs may be required by the Commission in order to enable it to act upon the application.
D. 
After notice has been given as required by law, the documents and material referred to in Subsections B and C shall not be altered or revised without the express permission of the Commission.
E. 
An applicant may appoint any person to act on his behalf by a signed statement filed with the Commission.
A quorum for the conduct by the Commission of all public hearings on applications, or other matters before the Commission under the Act and Bylaw referred to in § 233-1, or the conduct of its own business affairs, shall consist of a majority of the members thereof at the time in office. The Commission at any meeting may act by vote of a majority of its members at the time in office.
The Commission shall elect a Chairman and Secretary from its own members. Such officers shall be elected annually at the first meeting of the Commission following its appointment by the Board of Selectmen.
The Chairman, or acting Chairman elected by the Commission in the absence of the Chairman, shall preside at all meetings and public hearings and decide all questions of order.
The Secretary shall give all required notices of meetings and hearings, all required decisions and notices thereof, keep the minutes of the proceedings of the Commission, issue certificates of appropriateness, and perform such other duties as may be directed by the Chairman of the Commission.
Where required by the Act or Bylaw referred to above, the Commission shall hold a public hearing with respect to the applications submitted to it. The applicant and all other persons entitled thereto shall receive notice of such hearing. At the hearing the applicant and all other interested persons may be heard relative to the appropriateness of the matter before the Commission. Every person so appearing before the Commission shall be required to state his name, address and the name and address of the party whom he represents at the hearing. Questioning of persons appearing other than by Commission members shall not be permitted, except upon the approval of the Chairman. Any member of the Commission may question any person present at a hearing who has or may have knowledge of any matter relating to the hearing.
A. 
Any rule of the Commission, except as is governed by law, statute, or bylaw, may be suspended in a particular case by a vote of a majority of its members at the time in office at any meeting of the Commission.
B. 
These rules or any one of them may be altered, amended or repealed by vote of a majority of the members at the time in office at a meeting of the Commission after six days' written notice to the members of the proposed amendment. Such notice may be waived by any member of the Commission in writing.