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The Board approved, 3-0, a Certificate of Appropriateness for 56 Chester Street to replace deteriorated wood shake shingles with a matte black or charcoal standing seam metal roof.
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The property owner may replace the leaking, deteriorated roof with the proposed metal roofing after the Board found it appropriate for the building and historic district. During a work session, Board members also recommended changes to historic-district exemptions and revised guidance for new construction, including standards for materials, building scale, roofs, windows, and porches.
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