You snooze, you lose: Zoning board overturns delays on demolishing three buildings because landmark commission missed deadlines (opens in new tab)

The Zoning Board of Appeal today directed ISD to issue demolition permits tout suite to the owners of three older houses, one on Mission Hill, two in South Boston, because the city Landmarks Commission failed to meet legal deadlines for delaying demolition. Under the city zoning code, the Landmarks Commission can order a 90-day delay for any demolition filing if it determines the building in question has some particular historic or cultural meaning - in an attempt to give neighbors and the ow...