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March 20, 2013 Adjourned Session of the 2013 Annual Town Meeting, cont.... ARTICLE 2: ELECTION OF DEPUTY MODERATOR AND REPORTS OF TOWN BOARDS, OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 9:01 P.M. Richard Canale,pr.9,moved the Report of the Planning Board be received and placed on file. Adopted Unanimously. Mr. Canale reported. 9:06 p.m. Presented by Planning Board Chair Richard Canale. ARTICLE 34: AMEND ZONING BYLAW MOTION: That the Zoning By-Laws of the Town be amended as set forth in the motion attached to the report of the Planning Board on this article, a copy of which is on file with the Town Clerk and the Planning Board, and further that non-substantive changes to the numbering of this bylaw be permitted in order that it be in compliance with the numbering format of the Code of Lexington. Motion from Planning Board Report Move that the Zoning Bylaw, Chapter 135 of the Code of the Town of Lexington,be amended as follows: Approved by 1. Delete in their entireties the following provisions of the existing Zoning By-law: Atty General Article I Purpose, Districts and Authority Martha Coakley Article II Definitions Aug_ 16,2013; Posted Article III Administration and Enforcement Aug 21,2013 Article IV Permitted Uses and Development Standards (includes Table 1) Article V Supplementary Use Regulations, Residential Uses Article VI Nonconforming Situations Article VII Dimensional Controls Article VIII Special Zoning Districts Article IX Special Permit Residential Developments Article X Landscaping,Transition and Screening Article XI Off-Street Parking and Loading Article XII Traffic Article XIII Signs Article XIV Outdoor Lighting Article XV Wireless Communication Facilities Article XVI Dead End Streets and Drives Table 2 Schedule of Dimensional Controls 2. Substitute the following provisions in the attached document entitled"Chapter 135 Zoning" and dated March 20, 2013: Section 135-1.0 Purpose and Authority Section 135-2.0 Districts Section 135-3.0 Use Regulations Section 135-4.0 Dimensional Controls Section 135-5.0 General Regulations Section 135-6.0 Special Regulations Section 135-7.0 Special District Regulations Section 135-8.0 Nonconforming Uses and Structures Section 135-9.0 Administration and Procedures Section 135-10.0 Definitions 3. Modify the 2012 Zoning Map (incorporating amendments through Town Meeting 2012)with its existing district boundaries as follows: a. Remove the RM Districts and rezone them as follows: RM-1 Massachusetts Avenue and Woburn Street to RS RM-2 Waltham Street&Worthen Road to RS RM-3 Emerson Garden Road and Maple Street to RO RM-4 Worthen Road,near Bedford Street to RS RM-5 Shirley Street, at end to RS RM-6 Concord Avenue,near intersection of Waltham Street to RO RM-7 Waltham Street,Vynebrooke Village to RS RM-8 Woburn Street,near intersection of Lowell Street to RO b. Remove the following overlay districts: Wetland Protection District at Maple Street,the Great Meadows Wetland Protection District at Concord Avenue, Radio Towers Wetland Protection District at Hobbs Brook Basin 4. And further that non-substantive changes to the numbering of this bylaw be permitted in order that it be in compliance with the numbering format of the Code of Lexington. [Note the only change between the March 13, 2013 document and the March 20, 2013 document is on page 36 in§5.2.6.8 where the reference to§5.2.8 is corrected to§5.2.6.]