Article 62, Section 19 establishes Neighborhood Design Overlay Districts (NDOD) as overlays to certain subdistricts within the Charlestown Neighborhood District. The Neighborhood Design Overlay Districts are established to protect the existing scale, quality of the pedestrian environment, character of the residential neighborhoods, and concentrations of historic buildings within the Neighborhood Design Overlay Districts.
Per Article 80E-2.1 (b)(iii): Design review has been triggered due to one or more of the following:
- Change in roof shape, cornice line, street wall height, or building height of an existing building;
- Erection/extension of a building > 300 or more s.f.;
- Change in building massing or size/location of door or window openings, where such alteration affects three hundred (300) or more square feet of exterior wall area, or a smaller exterior wall area if expressly provided in the underlying zoning.
Proposals with Open Comment Periods
43 Mount Vernon Street
45 Mount Vernon Street
The proponent intends to renovate and add bay windows and rear additions to two existing buildings. You can view plans related to this project by clicking on the addresses of the property above. The Inspectional Services Department (ISD) has determined that the project does not require zoning relief but does require BPDA Design Review. If you have any questions or comments, please submit them via the form below by 5:00 PM on May 22, 2024.
Proposals Undergoing Design Review
There are currently no proposals undergoing design review.
Proposals that Completed Design Review
6–8 Nearen Row (2024-01-18)
8 Monument Square (2023-10-23)
8 Lawrence Street (2023-01-23)
43–47 Elm Street (2022-04-26)
45 Monument Square (2022-04-19)
114 Baldwin Street (2021-08-30)