4.3 Modifications to Dimensional Requirements
A. Multi-family Dwellings
1) For multiple dwelling use, the minimum lot area shall be 10,000 square feet for each dwelling unit on lots where sewer service is available and permitted. For multiple dwelling use on lots where sewer service is not available and permitted, the minimum lot area shall be 20,000 square feet for each dwelling unit.
Amended Oct 16, 2007 Article 15
2) The Maximum number of dwelling units per habitable building shall not be greater than twelve units.
B. Appurtenant Open Space
No yard or other open space required for a building by this by-law shall, during the life of such building, be occupied or counted as open space for another building.
C. Projections
Nothing herein shall prevent the projection of steps, handicap access ramps, cornices, window sills, belt courses, and other ornamental features into any required yard.
Amended May 21, 1990 Article 19
D. Corner Clearance
Within the area formed by the lines of intersecting streets and a line joining points on such lines fifteen feet (15') distance from their point of intersection, or increase of a rounded corner of the point of intersection of their tangents, no structure and no foliage shall be maintained between a height three and one-half feet and a height eight feet above the plane through their curb grades.
E. Green Belt
Industrial Districts provision shall be made for the planting of a green belt, if required, and in a manner approved by the Planning Board. A "Green Belt" is defined as a protective screen which shall be planted and maintained in evergreen trees or shrubs, not more than fourteen feet apart or less than six feet high at the time of planting.
F. Building Height
In all districts, except the Multi-Story District as specified within Section 2.8, and the Business District, no building shall be erected or altered to an average height of more that thirty-five feet (35'). Average height is calculated by taking the average of the heights, as measured from the ground surface to the eaves, at every exterior building corner. The maximum building height allowed within the Business District and Commercial/Limited Industrial District shall be fifty feet (50'). Where such building is proposed to be greater than thirty-five feet (35') tall, it shall be set back from the property line abutting a Residential District a horizontal distance the same as the height of the building.
Amended
May 16, 1998 Article 25
May 21, 2001 Article 38
May 20, 2002 Artilce 36
Oct 15, 2007 Article 13
G. Habitable Buildings Per Lot
Only one habitable building shall be placed on any one lot.
H. Common Driveways
Amended May 17, 1999 Article 34
For lots to be used for residential dwelling purposes where adequate access is provided across the frontage, the Planning Board may grant a Special Permit to allow common driveways for no more than four (4) lots that meet the zoning requirements. Common driveways shall not be used to satisfy zoning frontage requirements.
Common drives may be permitted to allow for more efficient traffic flow, to reduce traffic hazards from numerous individual driveways, to consolidate access to lots across wetland resources, and otherwise where, in the Planning Board's judgment, such an arrangement will be more advantageous to the neighborhood than separate driveways.
1) The applicant shall submit documents, plans, and profiles, stamped by a professional engineer, to the Planning Board for its approval of the proposed common driveway to assure compliance with the following standards for common driveways prior to the issuance of a building permit:
a) The maximum grade shall be 12%. The minimum grade shall be 1%, with a 3% maximum grade within 50' of its intersection with a street right of way. The maximum length shall be five hundred feet (500'), and the angle of intersection with the street right of way shall be no less than 600.
b) The minimum width shall be fifteen feet (15') for the durable surface, with a three foot (3') wide improved gravel shoulder on at least one side. Driveways shall be surfaced with a durable, all-season non-dusting material, drained and suitably maintained to the extent necessary to avoid any nuisance by reason of dust, erosion or water flow onto streets or adjoining property. The common driveway shall be paved within the right of way of the street to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Streets.
c) The common driveway shall exit onto the frontage street, and shall be located entirely within the boundaries of the lots served thereby. The plans shall show grading adjacent to the driveway to assure compliance with these standards.
d) The minimum easement width of 24 feet shall be created so that appropriate legal devices (easements or restrictive covenants which run with the land and hold the town harmless) shall be executed and recorded along with the deeds for the lots to assure that maintenance, repair, snow removal, de-icing, rubbish collection, and liability for the common driveway shall remain perpetually the responsibility of the private parties, or their successors-in-interest.
2) The applicant shall submit certified As-built plans and obtain the approval of the Building Inspector prior to the issuance of the occupancy permit.
3) The Planning Board may establish appropriate procedures, including applications and review fees, for Common Driveways Special Permit Applications.
Amended
Sept 17, 1984 Article 8
May 17, 1999 Article 34
Oct 18, 1999 Article 26
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