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The Historic District Commission consists of five members and three alternate members, who are electors of the town holding no salaried municipal office and appointed by the First Selectman.
The Historic District Commission has all the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon it by the General Statutes.
The Westport Historic District Commission (HDC) is a Certified Local Government agency (CLG) by partnership with the Town of Westport, the state and the federal government. It has the responsibility of overseeing four local historic districts, the Kings Highway North Historic District, the Jesup Road Historic District, the Violet Lane Historic District, and the Gorham Avenue Historic District.
The HDC also oversees the National Register Districts, which are the National Hall and Compo/Owenoke. In addition, the Commission has a mandate, as a CLG, to be an advocate of historic preservation planning throughout the Town of Westport.
If a property is located in one of the designated local historic districts in Westport, all exterior renovations, additions, repairs, exterior changes to dwellings, fences, driveways or signs visible from the public right-of-way, or local roads, must receive a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic District Commission. Applications are heard in public meeting and granted by the Commission before work commences.
The Commission works to assist the district in maintaining its character and developing sympathetically as a community. The HDC office is located in Room 108 at Town Hall with a full-time CLG Coordinator/HDC Staff Administrator.
To find out more about historic districts in Westport, check the links below:
To review a list of the historic houses in Westport, please click the link below.