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ARTICLE 18 HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION AND HISTORIC DISTRICT
SECTION 1. There is hereby established an Historic District Commission under the provisions of the "Historic District Act", General Laws, Chapter 40-C, consisting of five members, and three alternate members, appointed by the Selectmen, including one member, where possible, from two nominees submitted by the society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, one member, where possible, from two nominees, one of whom shall be submitted by the Massachusetts State Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and one of whom shall be submitted by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects, and one member, where possible, from two nominees of the board of realtors covering Sharon. One or more of the foregoing shall be, where possible, a resident of an Historic District established in
Sharon pursuant to the Historic District Act. When the Commission is first established, one member shall be appointed for a term of one year, two shall be appointed for a term of two years, and two shall be appointed in like manner for terms of three years. When the Commission is first established, one alternate member shall be appointed in like manner for a term of one year, one alternate member shall be appointed for a term of two years, one alternate member shall be appointed for a term of three years, and their successors shall be appointed in like manner for terms of three years.
SECTION 2. There is hereby established an Historic District under the provisions of the Historic Districts Act, General Laws, Chapter 40-C, bounded and described as follows:
Historic District No. 1: The land shown on a plan entitled "Proposed Sharon Historic District" by John A. Newell A.I.A. & Associates, dated September 27, 1969, filed in the office of the Town Clerk, and comprising the parcels labeled on said plan "Unitarian Church", "Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur T. Morse", "First Congregational Church Parsonage", "Dr. Walter A. Griffin Office", "Dennett House", "First Congregational Church" and "Sharon Public Library" together with that part of North Main Street and that part of High Street enclosed by the heavy line drawn around the above premises on said plan.
Historic District No 2: Buildings and property situated at 41 Bay Road, Sharon, commonly known as Cobb's Tavern. Said property is described and bounded as follows:
"Beginning at a point marked by an iron pipe next to a stone wall paralleling Bay Road and at the northeasterly junction of the lot with Bay Road extending 212 feet southerly along Bay Road to another iron pipe; thence westerly at an angle of 90 degrees, 09 minutes to Bay Road 168.04 feet to the property of the then John Lavezzo and another iron pipe; thence northerly at an angle of 100 degrees, 20 minutes for a distance of 142.00 feet to another iron pipe; thence easterly at an angle of 100 degrees, 07 minutes at a distance of 206.38 feet to the starting point on Bay Road. The property containing in all 32,430 square feet, about 0.737 acres, shown on a Plan of Land in Sharon, Mass. belonging to Clifford C. Best, dated September 30,1947 and recorded at Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, Book 54-1948 which
conveyed the land to Frederic S. Tobey et ux attested Jan. 22, 1948 by L. Thomas Shine, Register." The recorded conveyance from Frederic S. Tobey to Chandler W. Jones is February 6, 1959, Book 3703, Page 373.
Historic District Number 3: The land shown on a plan entitled “Proposed Sharon Historic District Three” by the Town of Sharon Department of Public Works Engineering Division dated March 19, 2004, filed in the office of the Town Clerk, and comprising the parcels labeled on said plan “75 South Main Street (Charles R. Wilber School) and 21 South Pleasant Street (Pleasant Street School and Kate Morrell park.”)
SECTION 3. The Historic District Commission shall have all the powers and duties of historic district commissions as provided by the Historic Districts Act, General Laws, Chapter 4.
SECTION 4. The Historic District Commission shall adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its business not inconsistent with the provisions of the Historic Districts Act, General Laws, Chapter 40-C, and may, subject to appropriation, employ clerical and technical assistants or consultants and may accept money gifts and expend same for such purposes.
SECTION 5. When taking action under the provisions of the second paragraph of Section 7 of the Historic District Act, General Laws, Chapter 40-C, the Historic District Commission shall make a determination within fifty days after the filing of the application for a certificate of appropriateness, or such further time as the applicant may in writing allow.
SECTION 6. In case any section, paragraph or part of this by-law be for any reason declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court of last resort, every other section, paragraph or part shall continue in full force and effect.
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