2021-11-08-STM#1-min-as Amended June 2022

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November 8,2021 Special Town Meeting#1(2021-1),cont. (Inserted by the Select Board at the request of the Planning Board) DESCRIPTION: This article would update the Zoning Bylaw in a number of ways related to walls, fences,and structures in yards to: • Add a definition of"fence", • Limit the height of fences and retaining walls along a street; • Limit the height of retaining walls near side and rear lot boundaries to their distance from the lot line; • Treat combinations of fences and retaining walls as a single structure for the purpose of these limits; • Permit structures enabling access for disabled persons anywhere on a lot; • Prohibit structures in yards which interfere with safe sight distance on a street;and • Clarify that structures other than buildings are permitted in minimum required yards,subject to height limitations. ARTICLE 12:AMEND ZONING BYLAW STRUCTURES IN YARDS MOTION: Mr. Stevens moves that the Zoning Bylaw,Chapter 135 of the Code of the Town of Lexington,be amended as follows,where *, eice=text is to be removed and underlined text is to be added, except where otherwise stated below,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 the Town of Lexington: 1. Amend§ 135-4.3.1 as follows: 4.3.1 Structures Other than Buildings. 1. The maximum height,in feet,for structures other than buildings may not exceed the maximum height for buildings as set forth in Table 2. 2. Structures other than buildings may be located in a minimum required front,rear or side yard provided that the height of the structure is not greater than its horizontal distance from the lot line,except that: a. Structures of any height which are required to enable access for disabled persons may be located anywhere on a lot, b. A fence��^"not greater than six feet in height(@*e@pt 44at^ sWpai4it4g pas may be located on or closer to a side or rear lot line,4ia- *�fe4;ara c. A fence or retaining wall not greater than four feet in height may be located on or closer to a front lot line;and d. Supporting posts for a fence may extend six inches higher than the top of a fence. 3. Structures shall not interfere with safe stopping sight distance on a street. 4. Where two or more fences or retaining walls are separated by a distance that is less than the height of the highest such structure,all such structures shall be considered a single structure and their height shall be measured as the combined height of the structures. 5. A sign,permitted under§5.2,may be located in a front yard. 2. In§ 135-10.0,add a new definition as follows: