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AMEND ZONING BYLAW ARTICLE 40 SPECIAL PERMIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS PAGE 2 OF 6 A Special Permit Residential Development(SPRD) allows for a departure from conventional subdivision dimensional standards. The maximum amount of residential development for the tract as a whole is based on calculations derived from a conventional subdivision plan for the same tract of land. Part 3. Delete the definitions of`Balanced Housing Development," "Public Benefit Development," and "Site Sensitive Development" in § 135-10. Part 4. Replace § 135-6.9, Special Permit Residential Developments,with the following: 6.9 SPECIAL PERMIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS 6.9.1 Purpose. Special Permit Residential Developments (SPRDs) are intended to: 1. Promote proposals designed with sensitivity to the characteristics of the development site that might otherwise be limited by application of uniform, largely geometric standards; 2. Minimize disturbance of existing topographical features of open land; 3. Promote the efficient and economical provision of facilities such as complete streets; 4. Permit different types of structures and residential uses to be combined in a planned interrelationship that promotes an improved design relationship between new buildings, public facilities, common open space, and adjacent and nearby land uses and forms; 5. Encourage diversity of housing opportunities in Lexington to meet the needs of a population which is diversified with respect to number of persons in a household, stage of life, and income; 6. Encourage the development of affordable and work force housing; and 7. Increase the number of dwelling units listed on the state's Subsidized Housing Inventory. 6.9.2 Development Standards. 1. The requirements of§ 4.0 are modified as follows for SPRDs permitted pursuant to this § 6.9: a. Sections 4.1.4 (one dwelling per lot), 4.2.2 (lot regularity) and 4.2.3 (developable site area) do not apply. b. Lot area. There is no minimum lot area required,provided the development tract meets the off-street parking requirements of this Bylaw and the installation of any on-site water supply and sewage disposal facilities can be accommodated. c. Frontage. There is no minimum frontage required,provided the frontage proposed for each lot provides adequate access to the buildings on the lot. d. Site coverage. The maximum site coverage limit in Table 2 does not apply.