The purpose and intent of this and the subsequent two articles
is to provide adequate lot size, frontage, privacy, daylight, sunlight
and air in the City; to secure safety; to prevent overcrowding of
land; to provide at least a minimum of useful outdoor space; to require
provisions for off-street parking and loading and sign requirements
in proportion to the need generated by the uses; and to establish
a minimum and a maximum relationship between lot and structure for
the purpose of retaining and preserving the amenities of the various
areas of the City of Methuen.
Any structure hereafter altered, constructed, erected, placed
or converted for any use in any district shall be located on a lot
only in conformance with the minimum requirements of the Table of
Dimensional Regulations as found in Appendix B or the General Intensity Regulations in § 6.2.
[Added eff. 11-6-2002 by Ord. No. 748]
In any residentially zoned area where a new residential structure
is to be constructed there shall be a requirement that curbing, underground
utilities and sidewalk, if existing on or in front of a lot within
500 feet and on the same way to the lot to be built upon, shall be
constructed on or in front of that lot as applicable. Such construction
shall be performed under standards equivalent to those under the then-existing
subdivision rules and regulations, or which currently exist if no
regulations were in place at the time of construction. Additionally,
if the lots adjacent to the lot to be built upon have located thereon
leaf-bearing shade trees bordering on the way, said lot to be built
upon shall have planted a leaf-bearing shade tree with a minimum breast
height diameter of four or more inches.