Demolition Review - 18 Month Delay — File 211948

1 CITY OF SOMERVILLE ORDINANCE NO. 2021-_______ In City Council _______________ AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE MAXIMUM DEMOLITION DELAY TO 18 MONTHS (FROM 12 MONTHS) BE IT HEREBY ADOPTED by the City Council, in session assembled, that the Somerville Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by replacing “12” with “18 in subparagraph (g)(1) of Section 7-28 of the Code of Ordinances so that subparagraph reads as follows: 7-28. Demolition Review Ordinance. (g) Process for Preferably Preserved Buildings. (1) Demolition Review Period. Upon the commission’s final determination that said building is preferably preserved, per subsection (f) of this section, the building official shall not issue a demolition permit for building during the demolition review period. The demolition review period shall be as follows: The demolition review period shall be a maximum of 12 18 months. The demolition review period shall begin on the date following the day upon which the commission made the final determination that building is preferably preserved. Approved: President, City Council Approved: Mayor