The design standards contained in the Rules
and Regulations shall govern all development in a conservation cluster
development. In addition, the conservation cluster development shall
met the following design standards:
A. The standards contained in § 198-1803.1.2
through 1803.1.7 and 1803.1.10 and all other sections of the Zoning
Bylaws which are not in conflict with these regulations.
B. Each building site shall have access by way of a relatively
level drive which shall not have a grade in excess of 10%.
C. There shall be a buffer strip at least 50 feet wide
around the perimeter of the tract when the abutting use is not a conservation
cluster development or dedicated open space or dedicated to conservation
purposes.
D. There shall be a buffer strip at least 30 feet wide
between the groupings of building lots within the conservation cluster
development.
E. Each principal building shall have access from a street:
(1) Contained within the conservation cluster development;
and
(2) Not in existence prior to the development of the cluster.
F. No building, structure or pavement shall be located
within areas which are required to be maintained as open land.
G. Buildings shall be compatible with other buildings
in the conservation cluster development.
H. Buildings, open spaces, driveways and other development
features shall be located and designed in a manner which conforms
to the existing natural terrain of the site.
I. All existing or proposed utilities shall be installed
underground at the time of initial construction.
J. The following requirements shall apply to the Open Land that is part
of the Development:
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(1) The
minimum required Open Land shall not contain a greater percentage
of wetlands as defined in the Wayland Wetlands and Water Resources
Protection Bylaw (excluding buffer zones), than the percentage of wetlands
found in the overall tract of land on which the cluster development
is located.
(2) The
minimum Open Land shall be laid out as one or more parcels that are
contiguous with one another and that shall contain at least one access
corridor to a public way, or private way open to the public, which
corridor shall be not less than 25 feet wide. This requirement may
be waived if the Open Land abuts existing conservation land or open
space that is otherwise accessible to the public, and through which
pedestrian access to the Open Land is feasible and convenient.
(3) If
the Tract has at least four feet of shared boundary with: (i) existing
Open Land; (ii) conservation-restricted land; or (iii) the Mass Central
Rail Trail, then the minimum Open Land shall be laid out to abut said
adjacent area(s) for at least 25 linear feet, or for the length of
the shared boundary if less than 25 feet, and the applicant shall
provide walking trail access across the minimum Open Land to said
areas from the closest public way and/or from the roadway serving
the Development.
(4) In
order to limit the degree to which the Open Land may have an irregular
shape, the following Lot Shape Factor formula shall be used: Lot perimeter
squared ÷ Actual Lot area = Lot Shape Factor. Eighty-five percent
(85%) of the area of the minimum Open Land shall not have a Lot Shape
Factor greater than 50. See examples below:
(5) If
title to the Open Land is conveyed to an entity other than the Town
of Wayland, the grantee's title shall be subject to a "conservation
restriction" as that term is used in MGL c. 184, §§ 31
through 33, or an "other restriction held by a governmental body"
as that term is used in MGL c. 184, § 26, in either case
said restriction shall: (i) preserve the predominantly natural state
of the restricted land; and (ii) have a term of enforceability that
is either perpetual, in the case of "conservation restrictions," or
for 99 years in the case of "other restrictions."
K. If a Development
contains historic and/or archaeological resources, the Planning Board
may require the resource(s) to be protected through the execution
and delivery of a preservation restriction that either conforms to
the requirements of MGL c. 184, §§ 31 through 33, or
otherwise provides long-term protection of the resource.
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All improvements not specifically mentioned
in the Rules and Regulations or these regulations shall be subject
to standards approved by the Planning Board.