4.1.1.
Table of Dimensional Requirements. No building
or structure shall be constructed nor shall any existing building
or structure be enlarged or altered except in conformance with the
Table of Dimensional Requirements,[1] as to lot coverage, lot area, land area per dwelling unit,
lot width, front, side and rear setbacks, and maximum height of structures
except as may otherwise be provided elsewhere herein.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Table of Dimensional Requirements
is included at the end of this chapter.
4.1.2.
Notes to Table of Dimensional Requirements.
The notes attached to the Table of Dimensional Requirements shall
have the force and effect of the Table itself.
1.
Lot width. Lot width shall be measured as the shortest
distance between side lot lines taken through the dwelling. In the
event of an irregularly shaped lot and a question as to the identification
of the appropriate side lot lines for the foregoing measurement, the
matter shall be decided by the Building Commissioner with the advice
of the Planning Board. At no point between the street frontage line
and the principal structure shall the lot be narrower than 75% of
the required lot frontage.
[Amended 5-14-2013 ATM by Art. 6]
2.
Front yard. In the R-1a, R-1b, and RA Districts the
required front yard is 25 feet to the lot line or 50 feet to the street
center line, whichever is greater
3.
Open area; Business and Light Industrial Districts.
At least 25% of the lot area shall be free of structures, paving,
storage areas or other elements which preclude vegetation.
4.
Business and Light Industrial District; North Main
Street. For lots with frontage on North Main Street, front yard building
setback of not less than 100 feet from the center line of the street
shall be required. The required front yard shall be maintained and
planted as open space.
5.
Business and Light Industrial District; lots abutting
Residential District. Where a lot abuts a Residential District, side
and rear yards of not less than 35 feet shall be provided. In such
cases, parking shall not be permitted in these setback areas unless
buffer screens are provided.
6.
Front yard; Business District. Front yards shall be
green and open, be suitably landscaped, be unbuilt upon, be unpaved
and not parked on. Adequate entrances and exits shall be allowed in
this front yard.
7.
The total number of apartment dwelling units in an
IH District shall not exceed 416 of such units. The maximum number
of buildings (accessory buildings excepted) in an IH District shall
not exceed eight of such buildings in the aggregate.
8.
In the M-1 District, an industrial park shall have
a minimum lot size of at least 320,000 square feet (7.346 acres).
This requirement does not prohibit the construction of more than one
building on a lot of less than 320,000 square feet in the M-1 District,
provided that the lot meets all other requirements of the M-1 District.
9.
No dwelling, or part thereof, shall be located within the front,
side and rear yard setbacks, as defined by the Table of Dimensional
Requirements.
[Added 5-14-2013 ATM by Art. 6]
4.1.3.
Reduction of lot size and frontage; eminent
domain. No lot shall be reduced in area or frontage if it already
has or will be caused to have less area or frontage than required
by these bylaws, except by a taking by eminent domain or a conveyance
for a public purpose. In such case of eminent domain or conveyance,
the lot shall be remain a buildable lot to the extent it was a buildable
lot before such action.
4.1.4.
Appurtenant open space. No yard or other open
space required for a building by these bylaws shall, during the life
of such a building, be occupied by another building or be counted
as open space for another building.
4.2.1.
Lots with more than one frontage. Lots abutting
more than one street shall be provided with the required frontage
on all such abutting streets.
4.2.2.
Exceptions to height requirements. Limitations
of height shall not apply to such structures as belfries, flagpoles,
chimneys, radio and television antennas, windmills, silos, water tanks
and similar nonhabitable structures. In the IH District, the limitation
of height in feet shall not include water tanks, transmission towers,
observation towers nor chimneys, ventilators, skylights, tanks, bulkheads,
elevator penthouses, aerials nor any other necessary features usually
carried above roofs, towers or church spires or other buildings if
such features are in no way used for living purposes.
1.
The height of wireless telecommunications facilities
shall be governed by the provisions of Section 6.5.11.
4.2.3.
Corner clearance. Within an area formed by the
side lines of intersecting streets and a line joining points on such
lines 25 feet distant from their point of intersection, or in case
of a rounded corner, from the point of intersection of their tangents,
no structure or fences shall be erected and no foliage maintained
between a height of 3.5 feet and a height of eight feet above the
plane through the curb grades.
4.2.4.
Front yards. Every structure in all districts
shall be so located as not to extend within 25 feet of the street
line or building line, or 50 feet from the street center line, whichever
is greater, except as otherwise set forth herein, except that no building
need be set back more than the average setback of the buildings on
either side, a vacant lot being counted as though occupied by a building
set back 25 feet from the street side line. If a lot abuts on more
than one street, the full front yard shall be provided for each street.
4.2.5.
Business
District; special permit. A lot in the Business District which does
not meet the area or frontage requirements of this Section 4.0 may
apply for a special permit from the Board of Appeals to exempt such
lot from the dimensional requirements for lot area, lot frontage and
width, and side and rear yards. Any such special permit shall ensure
compliance with the needs of public safety, health and welfare.
[Added 5-12-2009 ATM by Art. 33]
