The demolition of the building at 27 Governor Street has gotten the backing of the Architectural Advisory Committee, which sent a recommendation to the Planning and Zoning Commission, the agency that would have authority over the project.

The demolition is proposed in connection with the Visiting Nurse Associations plans to build a headquarters on the property, just uphill from the town parking lot near the Boys & Girls Club.

Acting as the Village District Consultant, the architecture committee gave architect Peter Coffins plans a 5-0 favorable vote on a pre-application review on March 25.

Although this is a 19th-Century building, it was determined by the committee that all the Victorian-era trim and porches have been completely stripped from the building, and the interior has been gutted over the years, committee chairman John Kinnear wrote. There are no architectural or historic reasons to preserve the building or retain it as the core of a very large addition. The committee agrees that a new building on this site is in the best interest of the village.

Town Planner Betty Brosius said the demolition of the building would eventually be considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission acting as the Village District Commission.

It would probably be presented for public comment as part of the same as yet unscheduled public hearing that will consider the special permit application to build a new RVNA building, she said.

Ms. Brosius emphasized that the Village District Consultants agreement with the demolition plans is only a recommendation and the decision would be up to the commission.

This was only an informal review, she said.

The RVNA will have to file a special permit application and a Village District Application, and then the Planning and Zoning Commission will make decisions on both of those, when the time comes, she said.

That wont be for a month or so after the applications are submitted for review, she added.

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