Chapter 786, Acts of 1914. An Act Exempting a Certain Parcel of Land in the City of Boston from Restrictions as to the Height of Buildings

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The parcel of land situated in the city of Boston bounded by Washington street, Lovering place, Harrison avenue and Asylum street is hereby exempted from the provisions of chapter three hundred and thirty-three of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and four and chapter three hundred and eighty-three of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and five, relative to the height of buildings, and is relieved from the restrictions as to height placed thereon by the commissioners on the height of buildings in the city of Boston acting under the authority of said statutes: provided, however, that nothing herein shall authorize the erection on said parcel of a building exceeding one hundred and twenty-five feet in height above the grade of the sidewalk on Washington street in front of said parcel, nor the erection of any building thereon except in accordance with a permit duly granted therefor by the building commissioner of the city of Boston.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved July 7, 1914.]

Chapter 254, Acts Of 1915 (Special Act).. An Act Relative to the Erection of Buildings in the City of Boston

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. If any building erected in the city of Boston since the first day of August in the year nineteen hundred and seven, under a permit granted by the building commissioner or issued by direction of the board of appeal, appears to have been erected contrary to the law, existing at the time of its erection, such building shall be considered as having been erected in conformity with law, and the building commissioner and the mayor shall issue the permits necessary to make lawful the use of said building for the purpose for which it was erected; provided, that an application for the authorization of such use be filed with the building commissioner within six months of the passage of this act; and provided, also, that it shall appear to said commissioner, or, upon appeal from his ruling, to a majority of the board of appeal: -

First. That said building was erected in accordance with the plans approved by the building commissioner or the board of appeal.

Second. That said building was erected in good faith with the intention of complying with the law.

Third. That the use of said building for the purpose for which it was erected would not, under all the circumstances of the case, injuriously affect public interests.

Sect. 2. The provisions of section one of this act, and any authority granted thereunder, shall not relieve the owner of any building of the duty of complying with the provisions of any law passed subsequent to the time of the erection of such building, or with the terms of any order, rule or regulation made or established under authority of such law.

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(The foregoing was laid before the Governor on the twenty-ninth day of March, 1915, and after five days it had "the force of a law," as prescribed by the Constitution, as it was not returned by him with his objections thereto within that time.)                                       [Took effect April 3, 1915].

Chapter 306, Acts of 1915 (Special Act). An Act Relative to the Shirley-Eustis Mansion on Shirley Street in the City of Boston

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The provisions of chapter five hundred and fifty of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven relative to the construction, alteration and maintenance of buildings in the city of Boston shall not, prior to the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, apply to the Shirley-Eustis mansion, so-called, situated on Shirley street in the city of Boston and formerly occupied by a colonial governor and by a governor of the commonwealth: provided, that, in the meantime, the house shall not be used as a dwelling house or for any other purpose except to provide for its preservation and restoration as an example of a colonial executive mansion; and provided, that it shall be occupied only by a caretaker and his assistants.

Sect 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 27, 1916.

Chapter 333, Acts of 1915 (Special Act). An Act Relative to the Height of Buildings in the City of Boston

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The chairman of the city planning board, the fire commissioner and the building commissioner of the city of Boston are hereby created a commissioner to determine and revise the boundaries of districts A and B as heretofore designated by the commission on height of buildings in the city of Boston, in accordance with the provisions of chapter three hundred and thirty-three of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and four, in the orders of said commission dated, respectively, the fifth day of July and the third day of December in the year nineteen hundred and four, and recorded, respectively, with Suffolk deeds in book twenty-nine hundred and seventy-six, page forty-five, and in book three thousand and eight, page one hundred and twenty-nine.

The height to which buildings may be erected in Districts A and B, respectively, as revised and established under this act, shall not exceed the height authorized for buildings in districts designated as A and B, respectively, under the provisions of said chapter three hundred and thirty-three and of chapter three hundred and eighty-three of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and five, and the orders of the commission on height of buildings in the city of Boston under authority of said chapter three hundred and eighty-three recorded, respectively, within Suffolk deeds in book three thousand and fifty-nine, page four hundred and seventy-seven, and in book three thousand and eighty-three, page seventy-four.