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ARTICLE 6 ZONING BY-LAW,TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law as set forth in a document entitled Zoning By-Law, Technical Corrections, which is on file, and may be inspected, in the offices of the Planning Board and of the Town Clerk, which addresses the following issues: 1) the use of headings to make the By-Law easier to read; 2) the definitions of Story, Cellar and Crawl Spaces; and calculation of the number of stories; 3) the intent, process and time periods involved in the granting of a permit for a temporary use by the Special Permit Granting Authority or the Zoning Officer; 4) applying the public benefits choices for cluster provisions in Section 9, Residential Development, to Section 7.4.5, Frontage Reduction, Lots In Small Subdivisions; 5) elimination of the four-foot separation requirement between basement floor elevation and the high water table, to defer to applicable Massachusetts Building Code requirements; 6) clarification that the Outdoor Lighting provisions do not apply to residential structures with 3 or 4 units, 7) correction of the numbering sequence from 1998 Town Meeting amendments that regulated wireless communications; resulting from a review by the Attorney General deleting two paragraphs; and 8) clarification of the definition of"new tower" and the resultant setback requirements for wireless communications facilities; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of the Planning Board) DESCRIPTION: This article includes a number of amendments,which are lengthy and are not reproduced here for cost reasons, that: 1) correct typographical errors and cross refe- rences, 2)bring the wording of the By-Law into compliance with Chapter 40A, the Zoning Act, or court decisions, 3) clarify interpretations, 4) group provisions dealing with a subject into one section and 5) update obsolete provisions of the By-Law. ARTICLE 7 ZONING BY-LAW,PROCEDURES SECTION 8, SPECIAL ZONING DISTRICTS To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law as set forth in a document entitled Zoning By-Law, Procedures for Special Districts, which is on file and may be inspected in the offices of the Planning Board and the Town Clerk,which addresses the following issues: 1) clarifying certain re-filing procedures involving revisions to a preliminary site development and use plan (PSDUP) for the purpose of reconsideration by the Town Meeting; 2) clarifying amendment procedures for PSDUP's passed by an earlier Town Meeting. 3) deleting the existing minor revision process for a residential or commercial planned development district and requiring compliance with the PSDUP approved by Town Meeting; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of the Planning Board) 8