The Land Use Board may authorize as a conditional use the conversion
of any dwelling existing at the effective date of this chapter in
an R-1 Residential District, a C-3 Business District or an I-4 Light
Industrial District into a dwelling for not more than two families
subject to the following requirements:
A. The lot area per family, yards and building area shall not be reduced
to less than the requirements for the district in which the lot is
situated.
B. No structural alteration of the building exterior shall be made except
as may be necessary. Such conversion shall be limited to single-bedroom
apartments, unless such apartment shall exceed 720 square feet in
area.
C. The Land Use Board may prescribe such further conditions with respect
to the conversion and use of such building or land as it deems appropriate
to the end that the general architectural character of the area be
maintained.
The Land Use Board may authorize as a conditional use the construction
of an apartment building to contain not more than two apartments in
an R-1 Residential District, a C-3 Business District or in an I-4
Light Industrial District subject to the following requirements:
A. The lot area per family, yards and building area shall not be reduced
to less than the requirements for the district in which the lot is
situated.
B. The apartments shall be limited to single-bedroom apartments unless
such apartment shall exceed 720 square feet in area.
C. The two apartments shall abut and shall have a common wall, either
horizontal or vertical, between them.
D. The Land Use Board may prescribe such further conditions with respect
to the construction and use of such building or land as it deems appropriate
to the end that the general architectural character of the area be
maintained.