Planned Unit Developments may be allowed in
appropriate areas of any approved residence district in conjunction
with the Permitted Principal Uses therein by special permit only,
and must meet the following development standards.
[Amended 5-18-1998 ATM]
A.
Plot and lot sizes and dimensions, and the location
and height of buildings, if meeting the standards of this bylaw, may
be freely disposed and arranged provided the construction conforms
to comprehensive plans approved, pursuant to this bylaw, by the Special
Permit Granting Authority. In reviewing and approving all plans, the
Special Permit Granting Authority, in addition to the standards set
forth herein, shall utilize the Town standards of subdivision control
as well as the opinions of the Town Engineer, the Town Planning Consultant
and the Town Water and Sewer Consultants. The Special Permit Granting
Authority shall have full power to require modifications in the plan
submitted by any applicant.
B.
No tract, parcel or lot, or tracts, parcels or lots
shall contain less than 10 or more acres of adjoining and contiguous
land and shall contain sufficient access to a State highway or to
the Town road system as designated on the official or zoning map of
the Town of Rockland as amended. For the purpose of this Section,
internal streets, roads, and rights-of-way shall not be deemed to
divide acreage of a planned unit development.
[Amended 5-4-2009 ATM, Art. 24]
A.
Boundary line setback requirements. All buildings,
structures and uses shall be set back no less than 25 feet from all
external streets.
B.
Internal street setback requirements. All buildings
and structures for principal or accessory non-residential uses shall
be set back no less than 25 feet from any public or private street
within a planned unit development.
No building or structure shall have a height greater than as provided in § 415-22 of this bylaw.
A.
No areas devoted to single-family detached residential
structures shall have a density in excess of four units per acre exclusive
of all street rights-of-way.
B.
No area or areas devoted to multi-family residences
shall have a density in excess of 15 units per acre exclusive of all
street rights-of-way.
C.
Each of the above residential density limitations
shall be mutually exclusive of each other and shall not be cumulative.
D.
The prepared "grid" subdivision will only encompass
that portion of said land which is not defined as wetlands under the
Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act.[1] The total number of dwelling units within a Planned Unit
Development shall not exceed the total number of dwelling units which
would be permitted on the non-wetland portion of the parcel developed
in a traditional (or grid) manner.
[1]
Editor's Note: See MGL c. 131, §§ 40
and 40A.
In connection with residential structures there
shall be provided at least one square foot of common recreation area
for each two square feet of residential floor area. The required common
recreation area shall be provided in a lot, or lots, of at least 21,780
square feet that is free of structures associated with the residences
in the Planned Unit Development. Common recreation areas shall be
delineated on plans submitted to the Planning Board for review with
the size of the area noted. Provisions for delineating this area in
the finished development, method of delineation subject to Planning
Board approval, shall be made by the developer. Common recreation
areas shall be developed with either active or passive recreational
facilities or both. No facility in which the residents of the planned
unit development are excluded by outside or private membership shall
qualify for the purposes of the requirements herein.
A.
Each planned unit development shall develop and maintain
the following required open space: One square foot of open space for
each one square foot of total gross floor area of the planned unit
development, but in no event shall less than 35% of the gross land
area of the planned unit development be open space.
B.
Computation.
(1)
Any required open space may include common recreation
areas and required buffer areas for computation purposes.
(2)
In no case shall more than 30% of the required open
space consist of areas defined as wetlands by the Massachusetts Wetlands
Protection Act.
(3)
For purposes of determining the total number of allowable
dwelling units, the applicant must submit a "grid" subdivision plan
to the Planning Board which complies with the plan regulations set
out in the Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision of Land.
C.
Modification. The Special Permit Granting Authority,
at its discretion, shall have the right to reduce the required minimum
area of open space if all of the following conditions are met:
(1)
If one or more tracts, parcels or lots are required
to be dedicated for public use or public purpose including, but not
limited to, schools, fire stations, police facilities, libraries,
or other similar municipal uses, but not including utility, sewer
or stormwater drainage easements; water or sewer improvements, roadways
or any other recreational facilities or other similar dedication required
by this bylaw.
(2)
If the area of open space shall not be less than 30%
of the total area of the planned unit development.
(3)
If the total reduction in said open space shall not
be greater than one acre or part thereof in open space for every one
acre or part thereof of lands required for public uses or public purpose
dedication.
B.
Parking requirements. Parking spaces as set forth
in the Zoning Bylaws are to be ten-foot width by twenty-foot length
to nine-foot width by eighteen-foot length with a back-up area of
23 feet. Ratio of 30% compact cars to 70% full-size cars, where the
compact car has a width of 8 1/2 feet by 16 feet length or less.
All required parking areas shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet
from any property line and that ten-foot setback will be properly
landscaped.
[Amended 5-5-2008 ATM, Art. 42]
All streets and roads, either dedicated public
streets or privately owned and maintained or any combination thereof
shall be subject to all Town bylaws and regulations as well as the
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with regard to construction.
A.
All utility improvements including storm drainage
systems, sanitary sewage collection and disposal and water supply
systems shall be in accordance with the standards and procedures as
established by other local, county, and state regulations. Said improvements
shall be subject to review and approval by the Town Engineer and Town
Boards, as well as appropriate county and state agencies.
B.
Electric, gas and telephone service shall be provided
by the developer in concert with the appropriate public utilities
providing such service. Said service shall be provided as part of
an underground system.
The submission and approval of any planned unit
development shall be subject to all Town, County, and Commonwealth
laws, rules and regulations governing the subdivision of land in the
Town of Rockland and for purposes of such review a planned unit development
shall be considered a sub-division of land.
Ownership of common land shall be in accordance
with MGL c. 40A, § 9.
