Except by a special permit from the Board of
Appeals, no projections into the required yards or other required
open space shall exceed the following dimensions:
A. Balcony or bay window may project up to two feet into
a required yard or other open space provided it is limited in total
length to 1/2 the length of the building face or side as the case
may be.
B. Open terrace, step, stoop or deck under four feet
in height (total, including railing if any, measured from finished
grade) may project into a required yard or open space up to 1/4 the
required setback but not closer than eight feet to any property line.
C. Steps, stoops or decks over four feet in height (total,
including railings if any, measured from finished grade), windowsill,
chimney, roof eave, fire escape, fire tower, awning, storm enclosure
or similar architectural features may project not more than two feet
into a required yard or open space.
[Amended 6-21-1999 STM by Art. 12]
On a corner lot in any district, nothing shall
be erected, placed, planted or allowed to be or to grow in such a
manner as to impede vision between a height of three feet and 10 feet
above the street level with the triangular area formed by the intersection
of any two street lines and a line joining points along said street
lines 20 feet from the point of intersection of the two street lines.
Any lot or use created after the effective date
of this bylaw shall comply with the requirements stated below.
A. Industrial/business abutting residential. Wherever
a lot in an industrial or business district abuts land in a residential
district, a buffer strip shall be created on said lot along the industrial
or business district side of the zoning district boundary as illustrated
in Plate 3 at the end of this bylaw. The width of the buffer strip
shall be at least twice the minimum yard requirement of the abutting
residential district for the adjacent yard, but in no event less than
40 feet, and in the PIDD the width of the buffer strip shall be no
less than 50 feet from a residential district. Such buffer strip shall
be suitably landscaped and screened densely along the residential
district boundary so as to screen effectively any business or industrial
activity from the ground-level view from adjacent residential property.
No parking areas, storage of materials or signs shall be located in
a buffer strip.
[Amended 9-22-2008 STM by Art. 4]
B. Industrial/business within residential district. Wherever
a lot in a residential district is in nonresidential use, a buffer
strip shall be created on the nonresidentially used lot along the
lot line(s) separating the nonresidentially used lot from any residentially
used lot(s). The width of the buffer strip shall be at lease twice
the minimum yard requirement of the residential district, but in no
event less than 40 feet. The buffer strip shall be landscaped and
screened along the property line separating the nonresidential use
from the residential use. Furthermore, no parking areas, storage of
materials or signs shall be located in the buffer strip.
C. Multifamily abutting single family. Wherever a lot
in new multifamily dwelling use abuts a lot in single-family dwelling
use, a buffer strip shall be created on the lot in multifamily use
along the side or rear lot line(s) adjoining the lot(s) in single-family
use. Said buffer strip shall be landscaped and screened so as to screen
effectively the multifamily dwelling use from ground-level view and
any adjacent single-family dwelling. No parking areas, storage of
material or signs shall be located in a buffer strip.