In a Residence A-3 District as indicated by
the Building Zone Map, no building or other structure shall be erected,
altered or used and no land shall be used or occupied for any purpose
except for apartment houses or garden-type apartments and accessory
uses incident thereto and subject to the following restrictions:
A. Subdivision control will not apply except insofar
as it applies to road construction, surface drainage and utilities.
B. The project shall be located on a lot containing not
less than two acres and contain not more than eight family dwelling
units per acre of lot area. The building coverage shall not exceed
40% of the lot area. The minimum lot frontage on a street shall be
150 feet.
C. No building shall be located nearer than 40 feet to
a street line or other property line.
D. There shall be a landscaped strip of not less than
15 feet in width appropriately planted with lawn, trees and shrubs
adjacent and parallel to all property lines of the site.
E. There shall be a landscaped foundation strip of not
less than 10 feet in width between each building and any roadway,
drive or street. Such strip shall contain a six-foot-wide grassed
and planted area and four-foot-wide sidewalk adjacent to any roadway,
drive or street within the project.
F. No building shall be more than two stories in height,
exclusive of the basement. The basement shall not contain any living
quarters.
G. The minimum distance between any two buildings on
the same lot shall in no case be less than 40 feet.
H. Floor area.
(1) No building shall contain more than eight family dwelling
units, and no dwelling unit shall contain less than the following
minimum floor areas:
(a)
One-bedroom units: 400 square feet.
(b)
Two-bedroom units: 600 square feet.
(c)
Each additional room: 120 square feet.
(2) In computing floor area, only the space within the
dwelling unit used exclusively for living purposes shall be considered.
Halls, closets, stairways, bathrooms and lavatories are expressly
excluded from this computation.
I. All stairways are to be contained within the building
structure proper.
J. Each dwelling unit shall have access to not fewer
than two egresses remote from each other and so arranged that to reach
one egress it will not be necessary to pass through a common corridor
or hallway which serves the other egress. The term "egress" is as
defined in § 101.0 of the Department of Public Safety, Board
of Standards, Building Code.
K. Parking space shall be provided at the rate of two
spaces for each family dwelling unit. Each space shall contain a minimum
of 200 square feet and shall be located at least 25 feet from any
principal building, except that if garage parking is to be located
within the building, it must comply with the rules and regulations
governing construction of garages contained in Form FPR-4 of the Massachusetts
Department of Public Safety, Board of Fire Prevention Regulations.
L. There shall be no provision for parking on roadways,
drives or streets.
M. The balance of the lot not used for buildings, roadways,
streets or parking areas shall be suitably planted and landscaped
and maintained.
N. Space contained in apartment units or garden-type
apartment units shall not be used, rented or leased for any commercial
or business uses.
O. The plans for any such apartment or garden-type apartment
shall be submitted to the Planning Board for its approval as to site
layout, provisions for handling vehicular traffic flow, parking area
and landscaping before a building permit is issued.