The purposes of the 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 Village Residential Overlay District is
hereby established as an overlay district. The district is bounded
on the map titled "Village Residential Overlay District," dated August
24, 2006, which map is hereby incorporated in and made part of this
article.
In the 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 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 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 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 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.