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Adjourned Session —1999 Annual Town Meeting March 22, 1999 ARTICLE 5: ZONING BY -LAW, ADJUSTMENTS SECTION 9, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS 9:18 P.M. Presented by Anthony Galaitsis, Planning Board. Mr. Galaitsis moved that the article be Indefinitely Postponed. 9:18 P.M. Following a voice vote, the Moderator declared the article INDEFINITELY POSTPONED. ARTICLE 6: ZONING BY -LAW, TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 9:18 P.M. Presented by John Davies, Planning Board. Mr. Davies moved that the report of the Planning board on Article 6 be accepted and placed on file. Following a unanimous voice vote, the Moderator declared the report accepted and placed on file. -------------------------------- MOTION: That the Zoning By -Laws of the Town be amended as set forth in the motion and attached to the report of the Planning Board and filed with the Town Clerk. (MOTION of Planning Board Report): That the Zoning By -Law be amended in various sections, as follows: Amendment Al by adding a new section 1.7 as follows: "1.7 HEADINGS Headings, subheadings and captions at the head of subsections and paragraphs are for reference only and are not substantive provisions of the Zoning By -Law. They are not legally adopted parts of the Zoning By -Law as voted by Town Meeting." Amendment A2 In Section 2, DEFINITIONS, in the definition STORY by deleting the words ".... but not including a cellar, a crawl space, ...." so that the definition, as amended, will read: STORY: That portion of a building contained between any floor and the floor or roof next above it or the uppermost portion so contained if under a sloping roof and not accessible, by an approved stairway, or not designed or intended for human occupancy. In Section 2, DEFINITIONS, in the definition CELLAR, by deleting the second sentence which reads: "A cellar shall have a floor -to- ceiling height of seven feet or greater." In Section 2, DEFINITIONS, in the definition CRAWL SPACE, by deleting the existing definition and inserting in place thereof the following: "CRAWL SPACE: A space under a building not designed or intended for human occupancy or use that provides access to the underside of the building and has a height between the ground or floor level of the crawl space and the underside of the floor above it of not more than four feet." In Section 7, Dimensional Controls, by striking out subparagraph 7.5.5 Parking Within Building in its entirety and by substituting in place thereof the following: "7.5.5 CALCULATION OF STORY" For the purposes of calculating the height of buildings in stories, a story shall not include: a cellar, a parking level, a crawl space or any other floor area not designed or intended for human occupancy provided its height is not more than four feet above the lower elevation as described in subparagraph 7.5.1.a. In the case of a sloping site, the height of such floor area above the lower elevation may be calculated using the procedure in subparagraph 7.5.3. Average Height Of Building. Where different parts of the space below the first floor would be classified as a crawl space, a cellar, or a basement, the number of stories shall be calculated as if the classification of space that comprises the greatest percentage of area covered the entire space below the first floor."