All of the Commission's regulatory approvals have a life of six months. One of these certificates is always necessary to obtain a building permit for work in a neighborhood conservation district. Occasionally, a Certificate of Hardship will be issued for work which is not otherwise appropriate if the Commission determines that failure to approve an application would entail a substantial hardship, financial or otherwise, and that the work would not be a significant detriment to the district.A Certificate of Appropriateness will be issued for reviewable alterations which the neighborhood conservation district commission deems not incongruous to the character of the property in question.These certificates are generally issued by the Historical Commission staff on-the-spot. A Certificate of Non-Applicability will be issued for work done in kind (work which matches existing conditions exactly), interior alterations, alterations not visible from any public way, and any other work which does not require review by the neighborhood conservation district commission.Application Forms ( Regular PDF) or ( Edit-On-Screen PDF). To learn more about Certificates and the review process, please visit the Districts & Historic Properties page. If you are planning a project within the District, please e-mail Eric Hill or call the office at 617.349-4688 or by TTY: 617.349-6112. The Commission encourages property owners, contractors, architects, developers, or anyone working on a project within the District to contact staff during the planning stages of the project. The District is regulated by the Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District Commission, a group of volunteer Cambridge citizens appointed by the City Manager. The NCD contains approximately 200 buildings. The district is bisected by Longfellow Park, which is part of the Old Cambridge Historic District. The district is located west of Harvard Square between Brattle Street and the river, with Hilliard Street on the east and Lowell Street on the west. The Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD) encompasses two neighborhoods, formerly each designated as separate districts. Welcome to the home page for the Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District.
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