The purposes of the Outer Village Residential Overlay District
are to provide for a variety of one- and two-family housing opportunities
in neighborhoods adjacent to Salisbury Square, in a manner compatible
with existing neighborhood scale and architectural styles, and to
encourage housing development near goods and services.
The Outer Village Residential Overlay District is hereby established
as an overlay district. The district is bounded on the map titled
"Outer Village Residential Overlay District," dated August 26, 2009,
which map is hereby incorporated in and made part of this article.
The Outer Village Residential Overlay District does not include any
portion of any parcel that is included in the Commercial District
along Elm Street, Beach Road or Bridge Road.
In the Outer Village Residential Overlay District, all requirements
of the underlying district(s) shall remain in effect except where
these regulations supersede or provide an alternative to such requirements.
In the event that an owner desires to redevelop in accordance with
the regulations herein, the rules and regulations of the Outer Village
Residential Overlay District shall apply, and by filing an application
for a permit for a development subject to these rules and regulations,
the owner shall be deemed to accept and agree to them. Where the provisions
of the Outer Village Residential Overlay District are silent on a
zoning regulation, the requirements of the underlying zoning district
shall apply.
The Planning Board shall be the special permit granting authority
for uses in the Outer Village Residential Overlay District.
A. Decision criteria. The Planning Board's actions shall be based upon the considerations and procedures in §
300-35 of this bylaw and the degree to which the proposed development:
(1)
Addresses the purposes of the Outer Village Residential Overlay
District; and
(2)
Appropriately addresses site-specific attributes or site-specific
concerns.
B. Conditions. The Planning Board shall impose conditions in its decision
as necessary to ensure compliance with the purposes of this bylaw.
Approval of a project shall be conditioned to provide that no further
division of land which increases the number of lots or units or results
in any alteration of the area to be set aside as open space may occur
without a modification of the special permit.
Open space includes the portion of a lot that is not covered
with structures, access roads or driveways, sidewalks, patios, off-street
parking or any other material placed on or above the earth which substantially
reduces or prevents the natural percolation of water. The open space
shall be suitably landscaped with noninvasive, drought-resistant plantings,
which may include trees, flowers, shrubs, succulents or ornamental
or other grasses, except that where the open space includes wetlands
as defined in MGL c. 131, § 40, the requirements of the
Salisbury Conservation Commission shall supersede these landscaping
requirements.